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"No. Can't. You go ahead. I'll be out here."
"Hunh? Um. Ok, but I may be a while."
"It's ok, I'm just trying to budget. Use the library more, ya know? Go ahead. I'll wait."
Last night, I stood outside in the cold for 3 minutes starring across the street just to avoid binging at BMV Books on Bloor.
But the glow of the brightly lit, glass-windowed storefront made my shadow on the sidewalk look lonely. Plus, I got a heavenly whiff of books every time the door opened and closed. With a quick pivot, I was in budget book abyss.
I fingered the spines of new and old, leafed through about fifty books along the cultural studies section of one wall, closed my eyes, and inhaled.
Forty-five minutes later, five books in a bag, I left with ambivalent feelings. At the same time, I thought: 'yay, more books!" and "hmmm, more books?"
Today, I feel much better. I'm back on the bandwagon. I didn't break the bank at all. In fact, I BUDGETED on more books!
* For those of you who also get wobbly at the smell of books, proceed with caution. As you know, that scent is intoxicating. Walk on the other side of the street if you must. But if you're going to relapse, BMV is a safe place to do it with deeply discounted prices, titles in virtually every genre/topic, friendly staff, and opening hours late into the night.
BMV also has loads of videos, but I couldn't get away from the books to check them out.
My only mini qualm: The books aren't organized according to author's last name. Therefore, I ended up reading way more titles than necessary (read: seeing more books that I "have to have") while searching.
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