A Grand Day Out (Gabrielle)
Yesterday I finally got to use the day off Seth and Crystal gave me for Christmas. And what a day it was.
First, I got up at a reasonable hour and took Seth to work. Not exactly how I would have liked to open up the day, but I wanted the van so I had to get up. After that I went to the bank and did some exciting bank stuff. Wheee!
After the bank I mosied over to Kohls to try and find some pants that would be comfortable, affordable and comfortable. I managed to get two pairs of verysuper comfortable pants for fifty per cent off each! They need to be hemmed because apparently only seven-foot tall, plus-sized women were going to be wearing these pants, but hemming isn’t too hard.
The rest of the day was mostly taken up with various book stores. When Seth and I organized the books after we moved he went through and purged out the books no one is going to read again and so I took a large box of books over to the Book Nook and exchanged most of them for credit. Here comes the bookstore review. Ahem- The Book Nook is a used bookstore dealing in paperbacks of all kinds. The prices start at about two dollars for a book in good condition. I found some books there that I have been trying to find for some time. I found several books by an author that has been difficult to find. I found all the books I was going there for and then when I got to the front counter Michael, the proprietor we know from somewhere else, got some books out from behind the counter that he knew I would like. He gave us almost forty dollars in store credit for the books we traded in and I was able to use some of it and store the rest for later. The store is a little messy right now because he is in the process of expanding into the next-door store front, but I was still able to find what I wanted easily. I give it two thumbs up and would highly recommend the store. In fact, I think I have already.
After the Book Nook there were some other book stores and then I bumped into the Lansberrys at the library, but I couldn’t stay to chat because my meter had run out. Theresa had tried to feed it for me, but it was jammed. After the library I went to Barnes and Noble to finish the eleventh issue of a manga I’ve been following. Then I bought dinner at a grocery store. Dinner consisted mostly of cheese. I ate too much cheese and felt slightly sick afterwards. Or it may have been that I was sitting too close to the screen at the movie I went to see. I saw The Holiday which was a delightful chick flick. Every time I started thinking about what I wanted to happen next it would happen and I would be glad. It was almost a private viewing, but at the last minute another woman came in so there were two of us in the theater.
I got home just in time for the finale of Esther and to watch somebody else do dinner clean up. When Keith, our gaming friend, showed up I beat he and Seth at High Society and then was promptly romped all over in Blue Moon City. Before I went to bed I put all my new books in their places on my shelves and just looked at them. Then I pulled some out that I want to take to Erie with me. You did know that I’m going to Erie on Monday, right? Oh, well, you do now.
So anyway it was a good day. A day full of books and friendly people and absolutely no diapers or dishes. Thank you Seth and Crystal!