Last night after work I bucked up and made a decision about my cooking class conundrum. Thanks to all those of you who voted here, on Facebook, or on Twitter (some of you twice...Michael...I'm looking at you!) I decided that Indian food sounded fun, yummy, repeatable, and something a few more of you might enjoy eating when you visit. So I drove myself over to the store (ended up buying 2 other things because I cannot get out of a cooking/kitchen gadget store without something!!) and signed up for the class! It's paid for which helps the whole, I'm too tired to do anything excuse that will inevitably come up next week. I really am looking forward to it. Now for all of you who were stoked about the paella, if I like this class, I'll probably sign up for that one too. Expensive little 3 weeks there, but it's the only other class in the near future that I'm interested in. A decent investment I'm sure.
Onto part 2 of this blog post. Indie bookstores. If you weren't aware, May/June tends to be a bit of a gift-purchasing time for me. There are the requisite Mother's and Father's Day gifts. My dad's birthday is May 29. And 2 of besties have birthdays. Plus at least 3 other good friends get cards. And this year my sister is also graduating/moving. So gifts galore. Being both a librarian and a book snob (not mutually exclusive...take note) I love to give books as gifts. And I love buying locally. So you can imagine the joy I get shopping at my local independent bookstore. I love it so much I blogged about it last year during BEDA. Today was no exception. Monday I placed an order for 2 books for someone (recipient shall remain nameless) and I got the call today that they were in. I went to pick them up. At River Lights, they've got a Reader's Reward Club (no punch cards to remember, just the last 4 of your phone number) where you get 5% off each purchase, and 5% additionally on Bestsellers. So on my purchase today I saved $2.70 simply by filling out a form, 3 years ago when I moved here. And then on top of it, I got to redeem my $5 gift card. For every $100 I spend there I get a $5 gift card. So today, I saved $7.70 by shopping local. Could I have spent less on Amazon? Yes. But does Amazon offer fun conversations, a bookstore cat, and a chance to benefit my local economy while making me feel good about myself? No. And that's just one more reason I love my indie bookstore. Don't know if you have one nearby? Find out here.Ok...local buying rant over.
Onto part 2 of this blog post. Indie bookstores. If you weren't aware, May/June tends to be a bit of a gift-purchasing time for me. There are the requisite Mother's and Father's Day gifts. My dad's birthday is May 29. And 2 of besties have birthdays. Plus at least 3 other good friends get cards. And this year my sister is also graduating/moving. So gifts galore. Being both a librarian and a book snob (not mutually exclusive...take note) I love to give books as gifts. And I love buying locally. So you can imagine the joy I get shopping at my local independent bookstore. I love it so much I blogged about it last year during BEDA. Today was no exception. Monday I placed an order for 2 books for someone (recipient shall remain nameless) and I got the call today that they were in. I went to pick them up. At River Lights, they've got a Reader's Reward Club (no punch cards to remember, just the last 4 of your phone number) where you get 5% off each purchase, and 5% additionally on Bestsellers. So on my purchase today I saved $2.70 simply by filling out a form, 3 years ago when I moved here. And then on top of it, I got to redeem my $5 gift card. For every $100 I spend there I get a $5 gift card. So today, I saved $7.70 by shopping local. Could I have spent less on Amazon? Yes. But does Amazon offer fun conversations, a bookstore cat, and a chance to benefit my local economy while making me feel good about myself? No. And that's just one more reason I love my indie bookstore. Don't know if you have one nearby? Find out here.Ok...local buying rant over.
you might check to see if they have an educator's discount. For some reason I think they do as we bought something there and just happened to mention what we do and she gave us some percent off.
ReplyDeleteActually I think that's the other 5% I got off. Because neither were best sellers. On the form to fill out for the program, there's a check box for teacher and one for librarian. :)
ReplyDeleteI happened to mention I was moving to Dubuque when I signed up, they asked what I did, I told them, the owner knew Mary Anne. You know...Dubuquers.