I spent most of the past weekend in book stores. I'm not sure what triggered it, but both days were spent trolling through stacks of books. Trying to decide which books I could live without, which might make a good Christmas gift, just how many lunches I could skip so that I could afford one more book, etc. I ended up leaving a whole lot behind but making mental notes (and literal ones) with titles, prices and who the lucky dog is that would get the book. (me included)
I ended up with a pretty decent stack. Two gifts, an Anne Rice book for my son and a coffee table book of Birds of Prey for a friend. One book to try out about the early trappers of the northwest. If it's good I'll forward it on to my dad who loves these kinds of books. A book on how to draw dragons and other mythical creatures. I'm going to use this with my kids, we're working on a book together. A book on Samurai which has tons of info and most importantly detailed descriptions and names of the pieces of body armour. I would like to recreate a suit of armour (but not neccesarily authentic materials) in the next year.
The crown jewel in my new stack of books is a very big, thick book on Japanese art prints by the artist that did "The Great Wave". I'm a big fan of woodblock prints and this book has pictures of dozens of them. There are also hundreds of other pictures of other pieces. I put the book down and walked away from it 4 times before I realized that it was coming home with me. I don't want to admit to how many meals I will have to eat at Taco Bell to recover the cost of the book in my budget.
What is the one thing that draws you in and makes it hard for you to use self discipline when it comes to purchasing items?
