Gift Card Breakthroughs

I was at the local mega-chain bookshop this afternoon looking for items on which to spend my gift card. I actually had a list written up a couple days ago, noting all those items I thought I was going to get for Christmas and then never got. And, I printed out the coupon which I received for being a member of the elite online e-mail club, of which everyone else is also welcome to join.

I stood around a while, meandering through the aisles, gaping wide-eyed at the prices and only being half-interested in most of the products, including the ones on my list. For some reason, once I got to the store, $29.95 just seemed too expensive for NEXT, the new book by Michael Crichton. And I just felt I wasn't ready to re-purchase Sondheim's SWEENEY TODD IN CONCERT that was stolen from me a while back. But, after hemming and hawing, I did pick up a copy of the new recording by London's Chocolate Factory of SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE, and the off-Broadway tuner I LOVE YOU BECAUSE, both of which I am currently listening to and will review shortly.

What gave me pause was a book on the "web design" shelf about blogging. I think it was called "People Don't Care What You Had For Breakfast" or something like that, and it offered tips on what to blog about and how to make one's blog brilliant. HA! I don't need any knuckle-down buckle-down cheap yet overlypriced text to tell ME what to write about. I am Beedow, Blogger of Brilliance. Sheepishly, I admit I did peruse the pages and find a couple of ideas to get me through the new year.

Tomorrow's post: NYE: How to Make it Work for You