secondhand...

today krista and i had a typically krista-and-emily day of wandering aimlessly from place to place, with just enough of a plan to keep us from going too astray. the theme for our outing was thrift stores, and our adventure took us from east liberty to the south side to the north side, searching through racks of other people's clothes and shelves of gently used goods.

by far, the most exciting new additions to krista's and my worlds were books. krista found a book on national parks and one of those great 1950s nonfic paperbacks predicting the horrors of the future. here's what i came away with:

1. _The Wapshot Chronicle_ by John Cheever
2. _The Theory of the Leisure Class_ by Thorstein Veblen
3. _Hand Puppets: How to Make and Use Them_ by Laura Ross
4. _Han Solo's Revenge_ by Brian Daley*
5. _The Elements of Style_ by William Strunk, Jr. and E.B. White**
and, the BEST FIND OF ALL...
6. _Our Bodies, Ourselves_

...and all for a total of $7.98!!!

i will admit to having seriously debated as to whether i should have bought the cassingle of color me badd's "i wanna sex you up" for $0.75. i will also admit regret at not having bought that AC/DC t-shirt at the north side goodwill.

the day was rather bittersweet, though. since krista leaves for portugal tomorrow and i leave for my summer in philly next sunday, this was our last hurrah for a while.*** it's like the wonder twins are going on hiatus. this makes me a sad girl...



*yes, this is a star wars book. shut it! i thought it was funny.
**this is strunk & white, 3d ed. 1979. the current edition of _the elements of style_ is the fourth ed.
***i mean, yeah, i'm going to be back in pittsburgh from time to time this summer, but i'll be here as a visitor, which will be a little weird.