Bookstores!
Filed under: Hmmm
I found myself in a huge bookstore today. This was a good thing even if I didn’t recognize it at first. I spent some time wandering around while my friend found the section she wanted and pretty much camped out there, which left me to my own devices. I was somewhat wary at first, trying to do a quick browse and be done because there didn’t seem to be much there to catch my eye. I was seriously mistaken.
I left my friend to browse her section and went to locate a specific book which took me a bit as I couldn’t see it for some reason. I did finally find it and that’s when I started to notice that the prices in the bookstore were much cheaper than in others. I started to sweat. I love information and even though the internet is great for that I still love a good or just plain interesting book. After taking the book I’d finally located and meandering back to see if my friend was done it started to dawn on me that this place was huge. There were separate floors for different sections, the store took up more than one city block.
My friend was happily reading whatever she had found and I was starting to sweat, thinking maybe I should be finding a quiet corner somewhere and sew my wallet shut. Instead I wandered off to browse some more and to get lost amongst the tall aisles of books. Trust me, I am serious when I say lost. I did, but I enjoyed it. I found all sorts of research books I had been looking for and spent most of my time in the non-fiction section. I was afraid to go in the fiction section. I had already found way to many that I wanted to pick up for reference or general information and figured if I went to the fiction section I might as well just camp out. It was good I didn’t go, but I do wish I had sewn my wallet together. Well, maybe not. I plan on going back as soon as I can and as soon as my wallet recovers.