we need to hurry because they are going to close soon.

so i was perusing the books at the goodwill and picked up one that looked interesting. why did it look interesting? because the title was ace's workplace: a history except it said the actual name of ace's workplace. that was intriguing because firstly, it's like hogwarts: a history which hermione quotes so often during the pages of the seven hp novels that it's nearly a whole nother character. but mostly it was intriguing b/c it was about ace's workplace.

so, i picked it up to see if there was an indicator of who owned it before - like a bookplate or something. what i found was a library card in a pocket in the back. wha? a liberry book? wha? it was from a small organizational library. i was concerned that someone had checked out the book, and then found it easier to give it to goodwill rather than return it. i did some more checking and found 6 books in all from that library. wha? altogether they'd cost about $20 and i didn't feel like spending $20 so i put them back.

but.

those books haunted my mind for a couple days, calling to me to rescue them. calling. calling. so i went back to find them and of course they were all in different places, scattered around, but i found them. and, purchased them. then, i contacted the small organizational library to let them know i had the books and find out how i could return them. their response: we were cleaning out our library, and you found some of our cast-off books. enjoy!

wha?

they didn't want their books back. well, hello. i didn't want their books, either! stupid books. ace's workplace: a history. who cares about the history of their workplace? gah! i mean, it's not hogwarts!! stupid books. why didn't they take the library pockets out before they gave them away? stupid books!!

i planned to take them all back but then i noticed that the receipt only had 5 books listed, not 6. stupid receipt! so i put one book on the goodwill pile in the other room because i definitely need to take it back there b/c i didn't pay for it but it would just confuse them if i tried to explain that. i took the other 5 back and returned them for store credit.

so now i have $16.43 to spend at goodwill.

if ace's workplace: a history is there the next time i go, i will probably buy it.