I Just Scored A Lot Of Books! YIPPIE!

[Quartermass]

A friend of mine was cleaning his house and he decided to have a yard sale. So I went to to it this morning, and for five whole dollars, I just bought a couple of boxes worth of books.

In total, I just got thirty books. They are all "A Cambridge History Of" books. I love history, so I'm in heaven. Thirty different books on history is going to be quite some reading and will take me several weeks to read through them all. The first book I will be reading is "A Cambridge History Of The Bible".

To top it off, he initially wanted to sell them for two dollars a piece, but because of our friendship, he lowered the price for me to five dollars.

I'm in heaven! I'm in heaven!

That's one of the biggest reasons I like going to yard sales, is you never know what treasures you will find.

I feel like doing an Irish jig in celebration!

[zanana1]

1. I'm SO jealous!

I'm bookless right now and scrambling to get my hands on some used books. Yardsales, here I come!

[dana_b]

2. woo hoo!!

I am starting to appreciate old books more and more (as I get older and older...). Sounds like a great score!

[Neoma]

3. I've stopped buying books.

All my bookshelves are full...

[OxQQme]

7. I had an eclectic collection such as that

until recently.
Cleared out 90% of them and donated to the local library branch.
Shoulda seen the smiles on the librarians faces.

Probably read 10 or 12 pickup truck loads of books in my life..........

[motely36]

4. I gave 20 paperbags full of books

to goodwill right before my move.

I've already started restocking...LOL!

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. I totally understand how you feel.

Like a huge Christmas present. Lots of surprises to find in those boxes, much anticipation, and a fantastic price.
good on you!!!!

[MiddleFingerMom]

6. About 5 years or so ago, good friends of mine moved from Tucson to the Seatlle area.

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Wanting to simplify their lives, they took all their non-essential books
and music to a GREAT local independent bookstore and sold them for
store credit.
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On their way out of town, they stopped by my place and gave me
one of the nicest gifts I've ever gotten in my life:
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A store-credit voucher for over $400 worth of merchandise.
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I still have about $25 on it that I keep forgetting about now.
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425

[LynneSin]

8. You would have loved last week's episode of "Storage Wars"

Dave Hestor got a locker filled with over 10k in books. Paid $900 for it.

[Ptah]

9. I would suggest

But since your PPR, I can't