Amazon.com for the Win

The idea for the new year is to shop less and spend more time outdoors or with my nose in a book. I figure since a good chunk of change went towards my wardrobe last year, this practice would naturally allow me to pad my savings account and maybe put a little more towards my monthly car payments.

A few days after my resolution hike, I spent a good hour browsing my local Borders. I walked out with no more than three books. I could've done a lot more damage, but my grand total for those three alone? A whopping $61 for 1 hardcover and 2 paperbacks. I realize I've purchased footwear for up to six times that, but I wear them practically every day, so broken down over time the cost is pennies per wear. I rarely ever read books a second go around, so they're stuck at face value. I realize utilizing the library would be abundantly more economical, but most times they are out of copies since I'm a bore and read the popular top-selling stuff. Obviously, I need to start reading more classics....

Later that night I ended up scoping out prices on Amazon.com and the prices were consistently and significantly less. So much so that I was able to repurchase each that I'd purchased at Borders in addition to another hardcover and save twenty bucks in the process. Well, kinda. I took it and went to Happy Hour at the Village California Bistro and Wine Bar.