Me inside the Northshire Bookstore in Manchester, VT
The second is of a beautiful tabletop inside the Briggs Carriage Bookstore in Brandon (where we stopped briefly on our way home but I didn’t buy any books):
Tabletop at Briggs Carriage Bookstore in Brandon, VT
_______________________________________________In other news, Cindy, Tina and I have all decided to start saving money for our Book Expo America trip next year. This is the piggy bank I’m using, which is actually a cow bank called Bessie (isn’t she cute? I’m going to have to fill her several times over!):
Bessie, my BEA 2012 cow bank
My ticker counter is at the very bottom of my blog; unfortunately, I couldn’t find a cow to mark my progress (they had turtles and trains and twins, but no cows, so I settled for a camel instead).
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Finally, it’s time to announce the winner of my latest giveaway: Teresa from Teresa’s Reading Corner won a copy of The Pleasing Hour by Lily King. I hope we both enjoy this book (since I haven’t read it yet) and thank you to all of you who entered my giveaway!_______________________________________________
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I love the bank... :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Marie! Are you planning to be at BEA next year?
ReplyDeleteI can donate toward the Bessie Bank if you'd like ;) I have the same hopes for next year all path leads to enlightment.. BEA!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThat table top is certainly a conversation starter. I imagine that's an original?
ReplyDeleteGreat idea with the cow bank; never too soon to start saving.
I like your BEA 2012 plan!
ReplyDeleteBessie's a cutie...and just think how disappointed she'll be if you don't fill her up or if you try to take the money out early?!
my husband and i LOVE the northshire and have been going up to manchester and the surrounding area since 1995! you probably even passed my dream house on the way to brandon--it's on route 7 north of danby and looks like something out of the addams family. i blogged about it last week, as a matter of fact! brandon is a great little town and we stayed in an inn on park street a few years back. had a yummy dinner at a local restaurant, too. vermont is our favorite nearby place to visit. good luck with bessie, by the way. from some of the posts i read, $1500 is about average for money spent on bea and bbc with travel, food, and lodging costs. yikes.
ReplyDeleteYou are so sweet, PK! I hope we both make it to BEA next year!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Leslie! Yup, I figure someone local must have painted it for them.
Amy, I definitely won't take the money out early; however, saving enough is going to be a bit of a challenge!
Natalie, we totally did pass your dream house (although I didn't notice it, unfortunately) -- on our way home, we drove along the 7 all the way from Manchester to Burlington. I've fallen in love with Vermont and definitely want to go back. (And the Northshire is a fantastic bookstore!) Thanks for the encouragement re: BEA 2012 -- I'm aiming to save at least that much (although I don't know how plausible that really is!).
I love your piggy bank!
ReplyDeleteAvis, I just discovered this Random post--I will link to it tomorrow. Bessie is a cutie! (I have a cow collection, and even a cow blog.)
ReplyDeleteGood luck saving for BEA 2012. I'm sure you can do it :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Kathleen. I don't remember anymore where she came from, but I love Bessie too!
ReplyDeleteSuko, I'm now following your cow blog! :)
Jenny, thanks for the encouragement!
"so I settled for a camel instead"
ReplyDeleteI don't know why but that statement just cracked me up!
I would have tried to steal Bessie when I was a teen, I had the whole cow obsession thing going on (that and New Kids on the Block - I had an interesting mix of posters on my walls!). She's quite a cute cow bank!