Greetings and welcome to today's random thought.
In 5 days we will pile into the new (to us) van and make the 900 trek north to Kokomo, IN. I can't say that I am looking forward to the drive but I am looking forward to being away from work for the 10 or so days that we will be on vacation. I was checking my paycheck stub and realized that I have taken no vacation days this year so far. I have enough time in at work to get 3 weeks off plus a diversity day. My work has a "use it or lose it" policy so there is no carrying over the unused days. I am taking 1/2 day off on Thursday and then Friday and the entire next week but that will still leave me with 9 1/2 days for the rest of the year. I will likely take 2 1/2 off to have my Lasik surgery later in the year so I will have to squeeze in the other 7 days somehow. Forget December as there is too much work to do usually at year's end and my conscious would not allow me to take time off then.
Today was Panera Saturday and as is our custom we went to Half Priced Books when we were done with our bagels. I like to flip through the discount CDs while the rest of the family spends time in their respective favorite parts of the store. I try to remember where I left off from the last month and dig in (the discount CD section is too big to look at all of it in one visit). I did manage to find the first CD by Grammatrain titled, "Lonely House". It was only $3 and I recall having a copy once but I have no idea where it is at. This was one of the first grunge bands to be on a Christian record label (Forefront). As I was ripping it to my hard drive I began to peel the price stickers off of the CD case. The top sticker read "Clearance: $3.00" but the one right underneath it read "Clearance: $1.00" but it did not have any store's logo on it so it was hard to tell if it used to be $1 at this store or not (though I have found some $1 CDs in the clearance section there before). The bottom sticker had a price of $3.98. Even at $4 I probably would have bought it. We walked out of the store having spent around $20 (our normal amount is seems - and that includes my wife's 10% teacher's discount - she is a home school mom which qualifies per the store policy).
As I was flipping through the CDs I did notice a few artists that kept coming up. There were tons of Madonna CDs and also many Backstreet Boys CDs. There were also quite a few by Shania Twain. I also saw 2 copies of "The Sign" by Ace of Base. The first one a found was the original, 1993 release and then I saw what appeared to be a rerelease of sorts. It had different packaging but the song titles and order were the same. Sad that even though they rereleased it, it is still destined for the clearance section. I also saw quite a few CDs that I already owned (and paid close to full price for probably). I get a little offended when an album that I like is sold for so cheap. For instance, I found the 2nd CD by Blindside (still sealed) for $3. That is crazy! It is a great album and should not be on clearance. I guess I should not complain, it is fun to find a bargain (like Grammatrain).
Thanks for reading my Random Thoughts.
Jon
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