a fun day

This morning I got to combine two of my favorite activities: walking with a friend and shopping. Exercise is not high on my list of fun things to do, but walking with a good friend helps take some of the focus off the aches and pains. Some ladies in our church are in charge of a consignment sale that started at the mall today, so we walked the mall before the sale started. Then we had fun browsing and looking, then headed to the State Fairgrounds for the annual Wake County Library Book Sale.

Every year, books that haven't been read in a year or more (or best sellers where they need multiple copies in the beginning but after a few years only need one or two copies) are culled from the shelves. Patrons donate books from their own shelves (which they claim make up about 60% of the books), and sell them for small amounts.

This year, I was pleasantly surprised to find 9 Trixie Belden books.

2 of them were hardback, like the above, and the others were paperback. Two years ago for Christmas I was trying to find this book (the first in the series) for a niece. We finally found a used one for about $10.  I was shocked. I keep reading that they are going to bring the books back into print, but I've yet to see them anywhere. I thought the price of $2 for paperbacks and $4 for hardbacks was reasonable, and then I found out ALL children's books are $2, regardless of whether it is hardback or not. Yes, I was very happy. I even stayed under my allotted spending amount for the day.

And to make the day even better...the repairman delivered our lawn mower this afternoon and I was able to get 2/3 of the yard cut.  If it doesn't rain tomorrow afternoon, maybe I can finish the last part and do all the trim work. :) and if not, I might re-read some old friends.