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[akujunkan]

Is of:


today's shopping! Or at least the clothing portion. There's a little "outlet" down the street from my apartment. It's really just a garage with some clothing racks in it, but they've got some pretty good stuff that actually fits my troublesome gaijin frame, and the owners are very pleasant to me.

In this pile we have four skirts, a camisole, a top, and some kickass goth(ish) pants. The entire package cost me $22.

Which freed up a lot of money for grocery shopping. Yes, it occurred to me earlier this week that I can now carry large amounts of food home at once (I have a bike) and that I can now not only keep food cold, I can freeze it and keep it indefinitely (my fridge has made a remarkable recovery.) So I made a few trips to one of the two co-ops I've joined in the city and got $100 worth of groceries, much of it half priced, all of it at 5x the points. I am now well stocked on bread, jam, and chicken. I'm considering going back tomorrow (the last day for the 5x deal) to get rice, beer, cereal, and cleaning supplies.

What can I say? I was in a buying mode. But I think I did pretty damn well for the amount of money spent. And more importantly, I DID NOT WALK AWAY WITH A SINGLE BOOK.


That will be all.

Comments

[metal-dog5.livejournal.com]

I DID NOT WALK AWAY WITH A SINGLE BOOK

...I'm feeling faint with shock.

[akujunkan.livejournal.com]

...You'll might want to sit down before reading this, but my tbr pile has actually been steadily decreasing in the past two months, even with my steady supplementary diet of uni and library books.

[metal-dog5.livejournal.com]

::blinks::

Is that even possible? I...how... DOES NOT COMPUTE

[suriru.livejournal.com]

I DID NOT WALK AWAY WITH A SINGLE BOOK

aku-chan.... *___* you have indeed proven the strength of your willpower. i am so proud of you ♥ *pat pat*

[akujunkan.livejournal.com]

Awww, thanks! ::preens::

That said, I really think I'm going to break down sometime this week.

[wombatdeamor.livejournal.com]

It was the call of beer and rice and gaijin clothing...if it's loud enough, even's you're inner booknerd cannot resist.

[akujunkan.livejournal.com]

Well, I did spend $60 on beer (which to be fair is what 24 FREAKING CANS COSTS IN THIS COUNTRY). Forgot to get the rice though.

Maybe I can just drink my lack of new book acquisitions away? Seriously, I've really had to avoid taking my bike down to the shopping district, just to look. Because you know what happens when you head to a bookstore "just to look..."

[wombatdeamor.livejournal.com]

yeah, like how we went to Borders just to look and Bran found Ray Bradbury's new book, and then I just had to get my own copy of Small Gods by Terry Pratchet?

[akujunkan.livejournal.com]

I Approve this Message.

[bran420-7.livejournal.com]

Not a single book?




NOT A SINGLE BOOK!



How? I mean...OMG...
I will keep your will power in mind when John and I head to the book stores this evening.

No books....



Are you sure you're feeling well?

[akujunkan.livejournal.com]

You...you're going...to bookstores?


You mean, like, big ones?






::::::::SOB:::::::::


Please buy some for me...

[bran420-7.livejournal.com]

Yeah, my own strength failed me when I found the new Ray Bradbury collection. It came out last month. And it's first edition. how the HELL could I turn that downn?!

[akujunkan.livejournal.com]

You couldn't. Simple as that.

(And this is why I try not to go to bookstores that often.)

[bran420-7.livejournal.com]

I know. On the upside, the Remnant Trust is here and I held an ARC of 1984! I feel so undescribable right now...

[akujunkan.livejournal.com]

Excellent. If it makes you feel any better (less guilty?) I've been using my 10% off at the uni bookstore to buy a bunch of Japanese textbooks...and I even own some of them already.

[bran420-7.livejournal.com]

Nice, what happened to that much admired restraint of yours, hmmm?