some choices are easy
Me: I've got about $50 dollars on me.
Her: We'll just look at the table. We won't get anything else. A book each from the table.
Me: There's a Chabon book here that I can get. But if you can't find anything, I'll put it back. We don't have to spend the money. Remember, we haven't eaten yet.
Her: Oh, I've got something. Actually, there are two books and I can't decide which one to get.
Me: Well, decide! We can't get four books! Just two.
Her: I'll get this. Come on, we'll go pay.
Me: You know, I was a bit disappointed. I'm sure that the last time we were in here "All the King's Men" and "Thank you for smoking were on the table.
Her: Maybe they are on the shelves, with stickers on them?
Me: Shall we look? The queue is right next to the section?
Her: Here's the Warren book. They've got it in three editions. Which one would you like?
Me: Well you said that, when they discussed it on the radio, the unedited version was awful. So put that one back.
Her: Which leaves the original cover or the one promoting the film?
Me: Get the original version. And here's the Buckley book.
Her: Can we afford them all?
Me: Hang on. Sixteen plus half of fourteen plus fifteen plus fourteen is fifty two. Plus there will be tax on top.
Her: Let me check. I've got $20.
Me: I've got $54 and change. Let's do it.
Her: Have we got everything we wanted?
Me: Yeah. Except, we talked about picking up another McEwan book if we saw one. We decided we didn't have enough of his stuff.
Her: Quick! I'll stay in the queue. Go grab a book.
Him: That'll be seventy two dollars and three cents.
Me: Are you hungry?
Her: Not really. We've got crap at home we could eat.
Me: We've got two dollars and seventy eight cents. Let's go to Mexico!!!
Is there not a Mexican version of www.readitswapit.co.uk at all? That saves you a FORTUNE on books! Provided, of course, you're not precious about having to have a brand new book?
Posted by: Croila | 17 June 2008 at 01:22 AM