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Pre - shopping...

This is due last Sunday, but I'm posting this now due to some reasons. I had the best shopping experience ever on Saturday. Guess what, its not cosmetics or dresses, its 'BOOKS!'

In May, I got a forward message via Whatsapp about the Lock the Box sale. It's a grand sale for three days where about 90000 pre - owned books are up for sale. The most interesting thing is, there are three boxes of different sizes and all you have to do is take your box and fill it up!

I got a chance to visit the sale and do shopping. I was so glad when my school declared holiday then because it was second Saturday. I did buy a lot of books, I took the biggest box, the Hercules, which could fit about 30 books. I do wish I could've taken more books, but that's the biggest box they had. And as usual, I was over excited for the rest of the weekend. I never thought a weekend would be this perfect.

Now, these books lay opposite to my school book shelf. And the very next school day, my English teacher discussed a poem in class which relates to my situation now. (The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost) I'm confused, in choosing between these books or my school books. I don't want to miss either of the roads, so I'm trying my best to catch up!

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