When we got there kiddo and I went first to the children's book section. It was so lovely! Kiddo quickly made himself comfortable in the beanbag chair right next to a low bookshelf; he could reach out and snag a book from the shelf (and put it back again!) without getting up. I wandered through the rooms checking things out. The music was lovely and kiddo even requested a few songs (I posted about our love of Irish Music here).
I've mentioned before that I don't often buy books. But I will make exceptions! I told kiddo he could choose one book, and that together we'd pick out gifts for his cousins. (My sister has a 2 yr old boy and had just delivered her 2nd baby boy the night before; what other gifts would a read-a-holic aunt give those boys than books?!) I also wanted to buy a book for myself ... not because I needed to add to my TBR pile, but because I really wanted to support the store.
Kiddo decided rather quickly. I wanted him to get this book (because you know I really, really LOVE bats - they are just so cool!!!) but his choice was a good one too. Here's what he chose:
Together we picked out a book for kiddo's cousin, the new big brother:
And we picked out this one for the new baby:
Then I had to make a decision about which book I wanted to buy. There were SO MANY I wanted! I mean seriously, when you have a TBR list that's over 200 books long, it's easy to find lots of books that you already planned on reading. But with a bit of help from Loretta, the owner, I decided on this book:
I left the store with my new customer loyalty card already 1/2 way full (a full card gets you $10 off), a happy kiddo, a happy self, and a strong desire to magically move this store closer to my house.
5 comments:
That sounds like an awesome bookstore! I'm glad that you and kiddo had fun :-)
I lived about 10 miles from Hagerstown back in my younger days. I wonder how long that bookstore has been there, because I surely would've visited it if I had known about it!
Looking forward to your beekeeper review.
You're lucky to have such a great bookstore so close! (40 minutes is close in my world.) It's great that you are supporting the smaller stores since it seems like they are disappearing way too rapidly.
Sounds like a good time! I love the smaller bookstores...it is sad to think how sometimes the bigger ones put them out of business.
Can't wait to hear about the book! :)
Amanda - yes, we really did have an enjoyable evening
Chartroose - it's a newish store so you wouldn't have known about it - too bad b/c it's quite lovely
Sarah G - yeah, yeah, I know, I'm spoiled! ~LOL~ I read one of your posts about the distance you go to get to the grocery store ... ugh.
Nit - I agree! That's why I didn't feel so bad spending almost $50 there.
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