Saturday, September 29, 2007

Cheap Reading Material

Today I met up with a friend in the village and went to a massive open air book fair. All used books, cds, dvds and vhs were $1. You could also buy a bag for $20 and fill it with all the second hand clothes you wanted.

There was no rhyme or reason to the display of items, you just had to sift thru as they continued to bring out more boxes! The sale ran from 10-6 and a person could have easily stayed there all that time thoroughly going thru books - let alone going thru clothes! (I didn't venture the clothing direction. It looked to be more of a mad house than the book area.)

As my stack grew bigger I had to remind myself that whatever I bought I still had to carry home. Had I owned a car, the damage may have been a bit more severe! ;)
They had food for purchase available - tempting pies from Pies & Thighs (someday I will try, but not today) and had freebies from condoms (the event was to raise money for the fight against AIDS) to energy drinks.

Afterwards it was time to get a late lunch, which turned into more of a snack as my friend pointed out Rice to Riches (as seen in "Hitch"). An all rice pudding shop that doesn't hide the fact that their menu choices aren't exactly diet. My solo "Sex, Drugs and Rocky Road" with Mischief (graham cracker) topping was certainly tasty and I had a trendy container to use later when I was done. (The downside to these cool plastic containers is that there isn't a way to recycle them if a person doesn't want them...) Pinkberry was a couple stores down but their lines were out the door - maybe another day...

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