waiting for a better book sale

My kids and I are looking out for the next book sale. The last one we went to was rather lame and we only bought one book! Would you believe driving all the way there, walking miles to the warehouse because their parking lot was full and then only finding one book to buy because everything was so expensive? Talk about false advertising.

finally books we thought, not!

We went to the MP*H book warehouse sale against our better judgement. Their sales are never very cheap and every time we go, we seem to come back with hardly any books. It’s been like that the past few times so we’ve given up.

We eventually went because the kids are so starved of new books to read and we haven’t been to a single book sale since I don’t know when. So finally I agreed to take them. But the checkout lines were so long and the place was so stuffy we decided to dump the books and leave without buying. We won’t be going again.

spoils from the book sale

The girls and I went to the MPH book sale and came home with these. It’s a small stack compared to what we usually hoard back from other warehouse sales.

We normally get books really cheap at warehouse sales but these were only about 30% off retail price, so we didn’t buy as many as we wanted.

Yeah, the girls were disappointed. They go through books like vacuum cleaners and they’ll be done reading these in no time.

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do your kids eat their stationery at recess?

We got to the bookstore every week to buy stationery and more stationery. I’m beginning to think school kids eat their stationery at recess which is why they always need to buy them so regularly.

Just yesterday, we bought clear folders, ring clips, more pens, more glue… and 2 pairs of scissors? Well, that’s because I wouldn’t let the girls buy safety cutters because they can be pretty dangerous.

I do keep bulk supplies of erasers, correction tape, etc in stock to avoid making emergency trips to the bookstore on a Sunday night. Trust me, if we buy any more stationery, I could be opening a convenience stationery store myself.

the reluctant cook

My friend told me she bought a couple of recipe books from the Pearson sale last weekend. Suddenly I was reminded of all the recipe books I have in my kitchen drawer that I’ve barely touched.

At one time, I imagined myself to be on my way to becoming the Ratatouille of all time . You could find me in my kitchen cooking and baking up a storm almost any day of the week.

My kids were happy and my friends were happy to be at the receiving end of my culinary masterpieces . Has it been that since I turned out anything that even smells remotely like bread or cakes from my kitchen? Hmm, maybe it’s time to find my apron and dust out ‘em old recipe books, eh?