Beautiful Liar ((June 5th Blog))

Well this is the second time I am going to try and do this blog. I originally wrote it the other day when I was on my new laptop but as I got to the end of it the laptop kind of refreshed the screen and it went missing and needless to say I wasn't at all pleased about it.
For those who know me really well (and those who bothered to read my profile) will know Bon Jovi are my all time favourite band. I've seen them in concert twice before (once in 2003 and again last year 2006). Last year I got VIP tickets and had one of the most amazing days of my life.
I was happy when I found out that they were opening the O2 Arena in London on the 24th June and wanted to go but then I was sad when the tickets sold out within 60 seconds of them going on sale. I decided I was going to go and I would buy some tickets off ebay for the concert. I then booked my accomodation in central London and booked my train tickets even before I had bought any concert tickets online.
I then started to look on ebay for some possible tickets I could bid on. I didn't see any for a week or so but then I saw a pair that I wanted near the front of the Arena and decided to bid on them. I didn't end up getting those because I was outbit seconds before the end of the auction. About 2 weeks later there was another set on ebay with a pre-concert cruise and party and I wanted those badly and again I bid (in the last 60 seconds of the auction) and I missed out again.
It was then I decided just to get any tickets and not bother where they are in the Arena. When I have seen Bon Jovi in the past I have always seen them at Stadiums and they hold around 60,000. Each time I have been at the back behind 60,000 but it never spoilt it for me (those of you who have been to such a big concert will know what I mean) and it's always been wonderful and amazing. So I figured it doesn't matter if I am at the back at the O2 Arena because it only holds 18,000 people so I will only be behind 18,000 people which is a site closer.
Then I thought I will go on ticketmaster and see if they have any more tickets on sale because sometimes they hold some back until nearer the concert. I am glad I went on there now because they had an auction for tickets on the 4th and 8th rows and I wanted them badly. I didn't care if i won them on the 4th or the 8th row as long as I won a pair of them. I big on them and I was winning on the 4th row tickets until the last day when they went out of my maximum. My maximum was £500 and I didn't really want to go over that for lots of different reasons.
I know I had a budget of £500 but I ended up paying almost £600 for my winning bid. I now have two 8th row tickets for the concert and I am really looking forward to it. It is going to be amazing (well I hope it is) because I am going to be only 8 rows from the front and I am going to be so close to the band and it is going to be an experience i will never forget.
I still can't quite beleive that I have 8th row tickets, it feels like a dream to me but I will be in London in just over 2 weeks time so it will feel more real when I am finally down there. I don't think it will feel 100% real until I am stood there singing along to the band. I think even then it will feel like it was a dream because when I was 5 foot from Meat Loaf all night it didn't feel real and even now I am sure I wasn't there, if it wasn't for the pictures I have I wouldn't beleive I was there and had such an amazing time.
So I will be going to London on Friday the 22nd June and will be coming back on Monday the 25th. The train down is before 9am, I have to go to Blackburn trainstation and get the train to Preston first and then I swap over to the train to London which gets me there in just over 3 hours. Then I have to go on the underground for an hour to get to Waterloo (where I am staying). On the way back I think my train back is about 6pm so it means going on the underground about 4:30 to make sure we get to the trainstation on time. I don't think I will be home until around 11pm that night and I will be tired and ready for my bed because traveling always tires me out.
It's my first time in London and I don't know what I am looking forward to the most - being in London or seeing the best band in the world. I am planning on doing a couple of things but won't have a lot of time to do things. So I need to think carefully about what I want to see/do the most and stick with that because there is no way I have enough time to do much. I think I'm going to go on the London Eye, that is the only thing I am 100% sure about. There is just so much and so little time because I won't get to my hotel until around 3pm on the Friday so can't do too much other than have a little look around and then have something to eat. I guess because it's light I can still look around until quite late which is handy. Saturday I have most of the day because in the evening I am meeting up with one of my friends and we are hoping to see a show if we ever find one we both like. After the show we are going to go for a meal so it will be quite late when that's over so it will be bed for the night. The Sunday I don't know what to do because the O2 is a shopping centre with a cinema so it might be a good idea to spend some of the day there before the concert. The only thing that puts me off is because I won't be able to go and get changed and do my hair/make up etc and would have to do it there. I wouldn't want to carry much with me either so it would mean just taking some kind of top that I would change into for the concert.
When I saw them last year I had two tops. One I went down in and hung out in, in the VIP area and then about 20 minutes before they went on stage I nipped and got changed into the customised t-shirt I had made for the concert. That was fine because my hair and make up was already done for the concert. I just didn't want to have to do much hair and make up so early in the day for the concert but I guess I will have to and just top it up as the day goes along. I hope it isn't a hot day or it doesn't rain. I want it to be warm with no rain so I don't have to take a jacket with me because I don't want to take more stuff because I will end up having to carry it around and I don't want that.
Hehe I am such a girl. I still need to decide on what I am going to wear *lol*. I am like this with every concert I go to but more effort goes into Bon jovi concerts. I remember the first one I went to I bought new everything from clothes to underwear and jewellery but i don't think I will go that far this time - I didn't last year. I don't know if I should have a customised (of my design) t-shirt made or not yet. I need to have a look around in the shops for a possible outfit I can wear and then I need some new trainers or something suitable to wear on my feet for the concert. Whatever i get has to be comfy because i will be walking around all day and can't take spare footware to change into because I then have to carry it - what a pain.
So I have plenty to decide in the next two and a half weeks. I am sure it will al keep me busy and when I get back I will write a blog about it all and hopefully have some good pictures too.