I bought a Creme Egg today.
20:08 Friday 22 Dec 06
The guy behind the till said I could buy mini eggs if I wanted but he’d have to get them from the back. Easter bunny porn? No – instructions from on high that you can’t have easter before Christmas so no eggs on display until Boxing Day. How did I get hold of said Creme Egg? There were 4 tills, each with two boxes of them. Tricky to miss the build-up to Easter really.
I like Amazon. Like it a lot. Don’t buy a whole lot from it but it’s a decent place for reviews at least. Books are good but on Amazon I could wishlist it or click away. It was all I could do in Borders today to not ask for a trolley.
I like books anyway but with so many out for the spending season I could spend so much on them. So many books, so little time. Though I must say I’m not keen on hardbacks. There’s something about a hardback that yells BOOK! which a paperback doesn’t do. A paperback doesn’t force a reading position on you, it has only the one cover unlike hardbacks which look naked without their ‘dustjacket’ (what a quaint word), a paperback is easier to carry, easier to pack into a bag. And a paperback becomes more friendly as you read it and your presence starts to tell on it. A pristine paperback is an unread book. So it was a shame that most of the books I wanted were indeed in hardback. I shall wait…. the publishers will weaken to consumer demand :)
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[...] My thoughts were actually directed to this idea by a post about Creme Eggs, not that I was thinking about this delicious Cadbury’s product – not eaten since the early Eighties when I was last in England for any length of time – I was searching on Amazon-related themes wishing to write a short commentary on the service they provide. My entry would have been considerably longer and more indepth – not that this is a criticism of the entry I read in any way – but, since it is also from today, I guess I can wait a couple of days more and complete my research. [...]
09:47 Monday 25 Dec 06