Bookaholic
Jan. 7th, 2009 08:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
prosodicSo...I have a dog that chews up books.
Not ideal for a bookaholic, but her chewing up my books bothers me much less than her chewing up a friend's books. And she chewed up the cover of a beautiful children's book that belongs to Kathy's son. I was mortified.
MORTIFIED.
Kathy says it's ok. But I'm replacing it. The book is too beautiful not to replace it. See how beautiful this book is?
http://www.alisonmcghee.com/someday.html
So I ordered a replacement from amazon.com today. And that totally justifies me buying another book for myself so I can get the free shipping. So I bought myself the hardcover "definitive edition" of Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl. Because I think that is quite possibly my most life-changing book, and I haven't owned a copy of it in years. And I need a good copy that will last for a long time.
I know I said I would cut back on frivolous expenses, but I don't think it's frivolous to buy an extra item in order to avoid having to pay shipping. With shipping prices being what they are, it just makes good sense.
Not ideal for a bookaholic, but her chewing up my books bothers me much less than her chewing up a friend's books. And she chewed up the cover of a beautiful children's book that belongs to Kathy's son. I was mortified.
MORTIFIED.
Kathy says it's ok. But I'm replacing it. The book is too beautiful not to replace it. See how beautiful this book is?
http://www.alisonmcghee.com/someday.html
So I ordered a replacement from amazon.com today. And that totally justifies me buying another book for myself so I can get the free shipping. So I bought myself the hardcover "definitive edition" of Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl. Because I think that is quite possibly my most life-changing book, and I haven't owned a copy of it in years. And I need a good copy that will last for a long time.
I know I said I would cut back on frivolous expenses, but I don't think it's frivolous to buy an extra item in order to avoid having to pay shipping. With shipping prices being what they are, it just makes good sense.