Breaking Dawn was AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3 RAH RAH RACHELLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<3

Hey Terra,

The Breaking Dawn release party was yesterday night and it was so much fun! I went as Bella Swan, the main female character in the Twilight saga. My mom curled my hair and wove flowers in, just like the book. The release party started around 9 and ended around 12ish. There were many different activities to do, such as fortune telling, jewelry making, mask making, pin the tail on the wolf, and "Forks High" pictures. I had my picture taken by a photographer and my mom, the photographer was hired to take "prom" pictures. The person standing next to me is Edward, Bella's love in the books. The "Forks High" photos had the mini trellis with some trees painted around. It was really cool! Then, I met up with my friend Stephanie at jewelry making! We were both on Team Edward. There was also a Team Jacob. When you walked in the door you had to choose, obviously I chose Team Edward because I was Bella. At the jewelry making section, there were wolf and heart charms, which Edward and Jacob gave to Bella in Eclipse. I got both of them on my bracelet and it looks awesome! Stephanie and I played pin the tail on the wolf and walked around a lot to see what was going on in the store. There were three different people who asked to take my picture and I let them, it was SO cool! There was a group of girls who told me that, " You should win, because you're the best Bella here and if you don't, we're going to start yelling and rebel!!!" It was funny because everytime Stephanie and I walked by them, they would go, " Hey look, it's the winner!" Of course they hadn't yet announced the winner but it was amazing, I felt like a million bucks! Later on, my dad and I walked to the front of the store and a lady named Susan told me that she was from Public Relations and that I had WONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN the costume contest!!!!!!!! I couldn't believe it! Susan asked me to stand by the Customer Service desk and they would announce it in a couple of minutes. I was so excited! Then, they went on the loudspeaker and announced that, " We'd like to announce the winner of the costume contest and it's Rachel in the ballgown!" People were screaming and clapping for me, it was an amazing feeling. But, the coolest thing was, that I won out of all the different characters there, not just Bella. First place was the only place they had and I won, can you believe it?!?! Susan then awarded me with two handmade wooden bracelets, one red, one black, with special Breaking Dawn ribbons holding them together! They're beautiful, if you look in the picture at the top, you can see them. I was so lucky to have won. The funny thing is, that was a dress my mom had kept in the attic for years and pulled it out because she saw it when she had been cleaning the attic out. It's a one of a kind dress, you wouldn't find that in a mall!! Then, they began to call numbers for people who had pre ordered the book, I didn't but it wasn't a big deal because I got a book. What happened was, after the people who pre ordered got their books, they had tons left that you could buy. We were about the second ones in line so I was fortunate and got a book. There had to be at least 200 people there. The pink table you see me standing at holding Breaking Dawn held a birthday book for Bella that you could sign, I did. After I won, Susan took my picture there. The only thing that could make it better would be if you were there to share in the magic with me. I started Breaking Dawn and I think it's really good so far. I'm so tired, today was a big day for me as well! Nicole, Lauren, and I went to the Freehold Mall today to celebrate Nicole's birthday! It was a lot of fun, we drove down to the mall and it was awesome because we had a looong time to talk and it was fun just driving there! When we got there, we went to J. C. Penny's for a photo shoot at the picture thing. The theme was monkeys and we could do whatever we wanted as long as it was decent for photos! It only took about ten minutes but we just had fun with it. Then, we waited about 15 minutes and the woman uploaded the pictures on the computer and we get copies of them which I'll scan and post for you to see when I get them. We were sooooooo hungry so we went to Johnny Rocket's, the COOLEST restaraunt in the world! It was 1950's style and the food was amazing there! Lauren, Nicole, and I shared fries and onion rings with our cheeseburgers, double bacon stackers, and chicken fingers. The cheeseburger was so good, in fact, everything was! We had rootbeer floats and Nicole got a milkshake. It was so funny though because someone had a birthday and the waitresses had a disco dance routine to "Stayin Alive", it was hilarious! Johnny Rocket's had a jukebox and even the booths from the pictures in the 1950's! It was really really cool. When I get the pictures, I'll post them so you can see. We had to be back by 5 so we had a lot of extra time on our hands so we walked around in the mall and went into the stores. First we hit Abercrombie and Fitch, American Eagle, Hot Topic, and Claire's. We all had money so at Claire's we decided to get Friendship necklaces! It was kind of hard to find packs of multiple matching ones but luckily we did! So we walked around while each of us secretly bought secret presents for each other. When we got back to the car, we took them out and gave them to each other! I bought us 4 a BFF necklace that had rainbow stars on it, Lauren bought me and Nicole hee-uge bottles of nailpolish, I got purple and she got pink! Then, Nicole gave us the star BFF necklaces! We all have two BFF necklaces! I have one for you for when you come back! You, Nicole, and Lauren are the ideal friends! There's no one else I'd want to share them with! :) Well, as you can see, I had a fun-packed week and it's not over yet!!!! I'm going to go read Breaking Dawn some more! I hope to hear from you soon!

SINCERELY ME,

RAH RAH RACHEL!

Hey Rachel,
Breaking Dawn sounds like so much fun!! Congratulations on winning the prize! That must have been an awesome feeling! Miss you!
Terra