MetaChat - I went to a booksale today

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Here's what I got for 13.50.

posted by DarkForest 10 September | 19:08

Those are some good titles... I love book sales.

I am in a quandry about what to do with some money I was given recently: new guitar or new lens. I could spend the money on either and be happy, but can't get both.

I honestly don't know what to do.

posted by chuckdarwin 10 September | 19:11

I didn't buy anything, aside from my lunch. I consider that a victory!

I am in a quandry about what to do with some money I was given recently: new guitar or new lens. I could spend the money on either and be happy, but can't get both.

Uh, whatever happened to saving money? CONSUME, CONSUME LITTLE PIGGY!

posted by Eideteker 10 September | 19:13

Oooh book sales.

I didn't buy anything today. I do all my spending in the weekends. During the weeks I generally spend around $5.

posted by gaspode 10 September | 19:19

*laughs* I know! I'm feeling really weird about it, Eideteker! I've never had money before, and I am really uncomfortable.

I am saving 90% of what I was given, and I STILL have enough for a new guitar, which I desperately need for work, or a new lens... which I desperately need for work.

I will still being earning money playing guitar and taking photos even if I don't get either thing... (it's what I did all weekend)... that much is true. But not not as well as I could with a proper guitar or a proper lens.

I don't have a single lens that's worth a damn and all my guitars are cheapos that have been played to death.

posted by chuckdarwin 10 September | 19:24

I am in the process of making a list of things I'm going to buy on my way home:

salad greens
broth
white wine
peanut butter
crackers

I also did buy lunch, a roast pork sandwich with red cabbage and jalepenos, and split-pea soup.

posted by occhiblu 10 September | 19:26

I didn't buy anything today save for a muffin at breakfast...I spent enough on the weekend to make up for it though - a little black dress, a couple of sweaters and a tunic - all on sale! Plus a pair of new runners which I really needed. I do like me a good book sale though!

posted by phoenixc 10 September | 19:29

I spent no money today, actually, although I am trying to find a replacement for the wind-up made-in-tawain alarm clock that a girlfriend gave me at the triptoy store, but which I broke Saturday when I knocked the bedside table with the vacuum and it fell over. Not having any luck, however.

posted by crush-onastick 10 September | 19:32

vacuum cleaner, paintbrushes.

posted by sciurus 10 September | 19:43

The makings of some really delicious tacos!

posted by youngergirl44 10 September | 19:49

decaf coffee ($2.15), hair conditioner ($1.29), stamp ($.08). And I checked out $25 worth of stuff from the library more or less.

posted by jessamyn 10 September | 19:52

A hamburger and a small vanilla shake. I'm so weak.

posted by LoriFLA 10 September | 19:52

2 return air filters, 1 brass hose nozzle, 2 beers and 1 bunless hamburger.

posted by chewatadistance 10 September | 19:54

A bottle of wine and a sympathy card (unrelated).

posted by Miko 10 September | 20:00

I checked out $25 worth of stuff from the library more or less.

It's fun to think of it that way.

posted by Miko 10 September | 20:03

A really awful ham sandwich - you wouldn't think you could screw up something that simple, would you? - a bag of chips, and a bottle of water. Sadly, due to circumstances beyond my control, that was my dinner. :(

posted by bmarkey 10 September | 20:05

4 beers, a pack of smokes, 2 bags of peanuts and 2 loads of laundry.

posted by jonmc 10 September | 20:06

I bought a coffee on the way to work this morning. I may buy something for lunch later, I may not. I'm impulsive like that.

posted by dg 10 September | 20:08

jonmc, are you and Hugh the only smokers here?

posted by chuckdarwin 10 September | 20:14

I am saving 90% of what I was given

Good, good. It's nice to have some left over to enjoy, as well. I rush to judgement out of love (learned that one from my mother).

posted by Eideteker 10 September | 20:15

Good, good. It's nice to have some left over to enjoy, as well. I rush to judgement out of love (learned that one from my mother).

Even better, Eid, we payed off all our credit card debt before we even counted it (I sadly ran up a big airfare debt when my father passed).

We don't waste money or take big loans... I've seen debt rip too many marriages apart.

posted by chuckdarwin 10 September | 20:21

INTC @ a bit above close ($25.45). (Program point trade).

posted by paulsc 10 September | 20:27

A roast beef sandwich, chips, and a drink for lunch. I just agreed to buy tickets to a sold-out show from a guy on Craigslist for only $10 above face value+taxes/fees, but I won't pay for them till tomorrow.

posted by muddgirl 10 September | 20:35

I paid $18.75 ransom to my local laundromat to get my clothes back.

posted by jason's_planet 10 September | 20:48

Nothing at all today, hurrah!

posted by mygothlaundry 10 September | 20:54

A chicken sandwich and an iced tea.

posted by box 10 September | 21:17

jonmc, are you and Hugh the only smokers here?

No. I just won't need to buy any until tomorrow. :)

posted by youngergirl44 10 September | 21:25

Six pack of soda, six pack of beer, roast beef wrap sandwich, peppermint schnapps, soda from the machine, stat-tracker from Yahoo fantasy sports. Gah. That's about thirty dollars.

posted by rainbaby 10 September | 21:47

I bought leggings for riding my bike this autumn. Did you know that just about no one in Anchorage sells leggings without the bottoms bootcut or straight? That I had to go to four separate sports-type stores before I finally found one lowly pair, thankfully in my size, in an ancient clearance bin?

$17! Woo!

posted by rhapsodie 10 September | 22:01

coffee on my way to work at 7:15 this morning.

cigarettes at lunch.

looking forward to something with a high concentration of alcohol.

once i leave work.

of course, it's 8:15 and counting, so we'll see when that turns out to be.

posted by dersins 10 September | 22:13

rewarded myself with a spanking new pair of ($60! on sale!) sennheiser adjustable in-ear headphones, now that my 3 year old fontopias have finally bitten the dust. Sony makes a decent pair of 'phones, unfortunately the fontopias have a reputation for rather fragile wires, something that's not a good fit with my ~~abusive habits~~ active lifestyle. They were hastened, might I add, in their demise by the fact that the sunscreen I use completely dissolved the rubber wiring insulation such that their final months were spent as a progressively ugly wad of electrical tape. finally the music through them just got fainter and fainter and fainter and fainter...

posted by lonefrontranger 10 September | 22:14

"... spanking new pair of ($60! on sale!) sennheiser adjustable in-ear headphones ..."

You're gonna love 'em, I'll bet, lfr. I have a 3 year old pair of lowly PX100's that I've grown to love. And down the hall, I've Martin Logans. Not that the PX100's replicate what the Martin Logans do, but, they don't do what they do worse. Which says a lot for the cheapie Sennheisers.

posted by paulsc 10 September | 22:30

I bought nothing today.

posted by arse_hat 10 September | 22:47

paulsc, you're probably right. for the record these are what I bought... apparently they're newish or something, cos even Amazon doesn't have reviews or even much info out on them yet, tho they want $70 and won't pay shipping, so it looks like I got a decent deal.

I was merely looking for something comfortable for my hard-to-fit and finicky ears. These are a nice compromise between in-ear (which hurt like hell and/or fall out) and over-the-ear (which aren't practical for using with a portable mp3 player in active pursuits), and 'earhook' styles (which just plain don't fit me).

I was pleased to find a pair of Senns in a price range I could afford, and the ergonomics are surprisingly clever. Time will tell whether the little volume slider dealie is clever design or pure annoyance as it doesn't have a lock.

tho I doubt I would know for beans about that fancy set of martin logans you've referenced. I tend to listen to questionable mp3 rips on itunes via a $12 pair of altec lansing computer speakers i bought on clearance @ Target... so yea.

posted by lonefrontranger 10 September | 23:16

Turkey sandwich, brownie, cola, blueberries, two new kinds of apple, Washington and Jefferson dollars, diet red bull and water to sneak into movie, crappy lounge food and cocktails

posted by brujita 11 September | 00:31

I bought a book called Riddley Walker that I'm really looking forward to reading.

posted by seanyboy 11 September | 01:33

Nothing because the blasted Jeep is in the shop and I have no transportation nor anything close enough to walk to. Well, Subway and the vet is walkable but I didn't need/want anything from either of them.

PS: The Cat's Cradles book looks like fun.

posted by deborah 11 September | 03:42

For breakfast, some kind of bread thing. For lunch, I bought some oatmeal and a sandwich. The oatmeal is so I don't have to buy the sandwich for the next few weeks.

posted by safetyfork 11 September | 06:23

I bought $429 worth of veterinary services. And a diet soda.

posted by JanetLand 11 September | 07:05

These.

posted by Specklet 11 September | 12:37

Nothing thus far.
But I bought $150 in fabric and sewing odds and ends since Friday, so perhaps I should slow down a bit.

And then I discovered my DVD-R drive had croaked. (I think. It just doesn't seem to want to admit it when it has a disk inside)

posted by kellydamnit 11 September | 13:52

Specklet!!!

and, all I bought was cat food...

posted by mightshould 11 September | 14:53

Specklet, I love you...
they have plus sizes!!
:D

posted by kellydamnit 11 September | 15:44

I bought German pencils a few days ago. Staedtler is the best. .20 apiece, except for the mechanical pencil which has an amazing, non-smudging soft lead and a huge eraser.

posted by craniac 11 September | 20:56

Oh, and regarding lens/guitar. If you don't have a decent guitar, then get the guitar.

posted by craniac 11 September | 20:57

10 September 2007