Friday, January 02, 2009

The Trouble With Being Proactive

About 30 minutes ago, I had a realization coupled with a brief flash of panic: My classes start on January 7th and I haven't ordered my textbooks yet. EGAD! I did the same thing in August for my fall semester classes - totally spaced that I have to have actual books, and that these books don't appear on my coffee table as if by magic, and that I must go in search of the books IMMEDIATELY or start off the semester as "that girl" who isn't prepared for class, which really isn't that big of a deal (unless you're crazy like me and require the undying love and approval of everyone on earth, especially the people who determine my grades).



So just now, I logged onto a series of elaborate websites associated with my university and it's bookstore and their web order company (of course I had to reset my password because I couldn't possibly be expected to remember something I set up 5 months ago and only used once), I searched my spring courses for which texts I needed (of course none of them were available used, of course they weren't), I swallowed the giant lump in my throat (cheapness) and clicked "purchase".


Then I checked my yahoo email account and saw this offer from Barnes & Noble:


Of course. It's just like me to get free shipping offers immediately after paying shipping. I'd hate to break stride on this point, I'd really rather continue on missing opportunities to save money on items I'd rather not pay for in the first place. I find comfort in routines.

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9 comments:

  1. MyshkaJanuary 02, 2009 9:35 AM

    hahaha. Oh, Cat. Haven't you learned that textbooks grow on trees? It's called the Psychology 101 tree and the Astrophysics tree, among others. I used them during my years at Middlebury (class of 98, which tells you how many wrinkles I have), and my professors never tired of my rationale. Here's to 2009, babe. Hope you have a good one.

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  2. kelJanuary 02, 2009 9:38 AM

    Textbooks are a waste of money. If I were you, I'd buy boots instead.

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 02, 2009 9:41 AM

    Kel is funny!!

    I hate it when I do stuff like that.

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  4. JulieJanuary 02, 2009 10:30 AM

    I hate buying textbooks. It's not so bad these days, though, since I am buying them for my son. Which is awesome, because that means no one expects ME to know what the hell are in those textbooks.

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  5. UnknownJanuary 02, 2009 10:58 AM

    I'm so cheap I would cancel the order and then place it with Barnes N Noble.

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  6. DianeJanuary 02, 2009 11:34 AM

    That's like the dream I have all the time where I realize I've had a class I'm supposed to be going to but I haven't gone all semester and when I finally do, there's a test that day and I know NOTHING because it's my first day in class and I totally panic and have an anxiety attack and I wake up all sweaty and not in that good wake up all sweaty way.

    OK, so it's not exactly like that... but it's similar.

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  7. MichelleJanuary 02, 2009 12:09 PM

    You know you can't claim to be cheap if you don't even check around before you blow your dough. I declare you a text book spend whore!

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  8. AnonymousJanuary 02, 2009 6:13 PM

    Ahhhhhhhhh, I need to get my son's too. Thanks to your ineptitude I will try to remedy mine.

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  9. MichaelJanuary 03, 2009 12:55 AM

    I think half the books on my bookshelf were ordered on Amazon.

    Michael.

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You.Yeah, you. Speak the fuck up.

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