Where are you, oh thou elusive book?
I’m on a mission. Not a space mission or a global exploration mission, but a shopping mission….for the elusive Pride and Prejudice book.
I don’t care if it’s first edition, hardcover, paperback or paint-by-numbers, I just want it! I’ve found all sorts of other treasures along the way, and oh, let me tell you – I’ve put back tons of stuff too good to pass up!
I’ve found Sense and Sensibility, Jane Eyre, Emma – the list goes on, but my sweet lil’ Pride and Prejudice book is like a sly fox; one step ahead of me every time.
My friend K says that I have some sort of shopping gene, because I can shop and shop and shop for hours on end – exorbitant amounts of stamina, and well, it’s true! My stopping point is when my feet hurt and the “high” has left me, or when my checking account cries “uncle”. Usually it’s the latter…
We were in a couple Salvation Army stores in Pasadena and I pored over the book shelves only to come up short. I barely looked at clothes. Okay, I did buy a few things, but they’re ALL business related, I swear! Four hours later, in the Pasadena Antique Mall, I emerged unscathed with a funky skull ring, a stash of cookies, chocolates, pretzels and nachos stuffed in my belly and that long sigh which all shopfiends know all over the world to signify as – “Another successful day of shopping”!
