First stop was a garage sale. I picked up these two paperbacks for a dime each. The Sara Douglass one I've always wanted to read and the Brian Jacques is from the Redwall series that I have 8 other volumes of but have not yet read any of them. And the DVD movies were a mere seventy-five cents each. I had borrowed The Davinci Code once, but had to give it back before I was able to finish watching it. And I've always seen Mirror Mask in the store, but only until this way cool type girly girl mentioned she liked it in an email did I think about getting it. And good thing I waited as it was way cheap. Just watched it by the way and she was dead on. What a cool flick!
Garage sale part two...three 1972 first edition hardback and in mint condition Richard Scarry books that were a quarter each. Always loved Mr. Scarry (I also snagged a The Devil Wears Prada CD audiobook box set for one dollar...but more on that later...)
From a bookstore that was going out of business I picked up the following gems. A limited edition boxset of five first edition Doonesbury books from 1971-1974 for only one dollar. Some of these kinds of boxed book sets can be hard to find.
bookstore continued...four comics for a nickel each. Tall Tails featuring tigers and other animals in fantasy medieval settings. I had never read this one. The other three I have comics from their series, but have not actually read these particular ones. The Midnite Skulker is a superhero based comic with a mallard type Batman. And the remaining two are Hamster Vice. Rodent detectives , but I'm sure you already knew that...
more bookstore continued...A pair of first edition Elfquest books only a quarter apiece. And one of the volumes had a surprise that I did not catch until getting home...
The surprise?? An official autograph in the inner page from co-author, Sci-fi/Fantasy writing legend and Oklahoma resident Mercedes Lackey! Already verified!!!
And my final shopping trip: Hastings. I arrived back into town and decided to see what kind of trade-in value I might gain from the afore mentioned Prada CD audio set. As when selling/trading stuff at Hastings they often increase the value of what you bring in when you opt for store credit instead of cold hard moolah. The audio book brought me around nine in store credit and it just happens they had a cart full of decently new movies as part of a Saturday sale special. All movies were $1.99 and if you bought two you got a third for one penny. So I grabbed the following six titles: The Hoax, Shoot 'Em Up, Talk To Me, Hot Rod, Mr. Woodcock and Balls of Fury. The last being the only one I had previously seen. I got it just to even out my picks. Can't beat six movies for barely over eight dollerydoos!
So, to summarize: Twelve books, four comics and eight movies for a grand total of...Five dollars and fifteen cents. The Hastings movies do not figure in as their cost was in credit taken from an item that cost a wee little dollar.
This made up for a ho-hum blind date by a mile.
I still wish I didn't have to attempt dating, but the thought of being eternally lonely keeps me trying.
4 comments:
Dating sucks in the tag line.
Snicker Snicker.
I am at awe with the people who make it a science.
Wow! that was a great day for bargains though. Glad you liked Mirror Mask.
I saw Balls of Fury. I love the Walkin.
I love Doonesbury, too, I haven't read it in , forever. Translation: more then one wee one ago. But I used to read it a lot in college and my misspent youth.
Richard Scarry also struck me as an odd name for a children's book writer. I often imagined he writes horror under the pen name Sonny Dey.
Dating is the last thing I actually ever want to be a professional at. Right down there with dung retriever.
The Masked Mirror was excellent. Thanks for the heads up.
Old Christopher totally stole that movies. But he does that often.
I used to read Doonesbury loads when I was in elementary and middle school and then again in college. It was nice to find a volume set from the same ones I got my start on.
You totally cracked my up with Richard's horror moniker.
His porn name might be, while not as creative or lucrative, Scarry Richard...wait for it...
Dating is one of those things I always thought was easier when you were younger.
Let's face it, we get so much picker when we are older. We all have a ton of baggage.
I always say "the trick is to find a matching set.". You know it is impossible to find a person without baggage.
Scarry Richard. NOOOOOOO! It is medieval porn!
A rant will be soon forthcoming about my current hatred and utter disdain for my ongoing attempts on dating sites.
I've always wondered at people when they ask for a potential mate to be without baggage. WTF??!!??
how is that even possible? might as well ask for someone that doesn't live on this planet. Or a 1-2 year old. Cause after teething and having your ass wiped by your own mom and any given stranger then you have already developed a heavy case of personal baggage.
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