Excessive. Indulgent. Completely Justified.

I logged in today to discuss the recent realization that I have been buying books at an alarming rate.  Whatever happened to saving?  Whatever happened to cutting down/not consuming/ striving towards something that resembles minimalism? Scratch all that. Whatever happened to READING?  I feel like the days of being able to sit for hours and read may not grace my existence anytime in the near future.

Sigh...

So, let me share the latest acquisitions, while also remembering that these will be my last thrifty finds for some time. 

First, my favorite neighborhood used book store had a 10 year anniversary sale, with books at 40% off the already reduced price.  How could I not do it?  I was supporting the community and getting great books.

 Then I went to DC, remember I made a post about it, and picked up 2 great titles (one was free).  Ok, so a whole vacation and I only managed to buy ONE book... we're getting somewhere, right?

Ok, so at this point, I have 6 new books to add to the already enormous TBR pile.  I don't really need anything else; however, a little day trip to Chattanooga, TN was planned with the ladies from the book group. I should mention that, beforehand, Jenna from Literature and a Lens assured us we'd find one of the largest and best used stores she had ever visited.  She was so right.

The books I managed to snag.  The books J managed to point out had similar themes - which has led to much teasing on the nature of my interest in family secrets and memory (both words uttered in that ridiculous mysterious movie trailer voice).  Whatever.

Total books in a month's worth of adventures:

 

Did I mention that we're also moving soon?  Yeah, we are.  This is what the spare room looks like at this moment in time: 

 

You can also add about six more boxes to these four,  plus all the books on this side of the shelf and the other.  I think piles are starting to spread throughout the apartment, as well.

Needless to say, this is the last post of thrifty finds this little bookworm will be sharing for quite sometime.  

Read some of these titles?  Tell me what you think I should I move to the top of my TBR list! 

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A Day in Pictures: Atlanta

What started out as an idea of "hey, let's jump on marta, go downtown, take some snapshots, grab a bite and head back home on the train," somehow turned into, "hey, since we're here let's just walk east, stop to eat, go back to the old neighborhood and grab the train from there."  Five miles later we had seen the heart of Atlanta and many of the beautiful neighborhoods that reside just east of Downtown.  We walked up and down the hills of Ponce de Leon Ave., meandered through Freedom Park, stopped in for sunshine and spectacle in Little Five Points and had a cup of tea and a cupcake at Dr. Bombay's in Candler Park before riding back home to Decatur.

And it was awesome.

The end. 

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Sunday Edition: A Day Trip

With the madness of the Read-Along, the book club meetings and various commitments I didn't get to post my adventure last Sunday.  With the weather in the high 60s, J came home from a Sunday meeting with plans to cart me to Chattanooga for the day.  WE LOVE CHATTANOOGA.  I mean, what's not to love about the Northshore?!

Here are some photos of our excursion:

Food at our favorite hot dog hang out.  J bought me a copy of Barbara Kingsolver's Prodigal Summer at one of my favorite used book stores.  And we sat in the park and watched people enjoying the beautiful weather.  I also attempted to jump a stone divider, which resulted in one of the funniest slideshow of photos of me (courtesy of my lovely boyfriend) to date.  Apparently, you shouldn't listen to someone who's 6'3"tell you it's really easy when you barely grew to be 5'5".  It was so worth it, though.

What did you do this weekend?

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