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    Thumbs up My book sale finds!!!!

    WHOOO HOOO!!! I went with $20, came back with $1.50 still in my pocket and here's all that I brought home (three bursting bags full)



    Books
    The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd
    Bridget Jones The Edge of Reason - Helen Fielding
    The Boxcar Children #4 Mystery Ranch - Gertrude Chandler Warner
    Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery
    Maggie Life at the Elms - Eric Wiggin
    Chronicles of Narnia Book 1 - C.S. Lewis
    Chronicles of Narnia Book 2 - C.S. Lewis
    Chronicles of Narnia Book 3 - C.S. Lewis
    Chronicles of Narnia Book 4 - C.S. Lewis
    Chronicles of Narnia Book 5 - C.S. Lewis
    Chronicles of Narnia Book 7 - C.S. Lewis
    Readers Digest Famous Fables Activity Book
    Holes - Louis Sachar
    Sharf Attack, Underdoodle, and the Secret of Life - Mary Amato
    Shiloh - Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
    Shiloh Season - Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
    Pinnochio - Carlo Collodi
    Clue Finders The Mystery of Microsneezia - Ellen Weis & Mel Friedman
    Mrs. Piggle-Wiggles Farm - Betty MacDonald
    The Sea of Monsters - Rick Riordan (book 2 of the Percy Jackson series)
    Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium Magical Movie Novel
    Beyond the Western Sea, Book 1 Escape from Home - Avi
    Lilo & Stitch Cina-Manga
    Madagascar Cina-Manga
    Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius
    Beorn the Proud - Madeleine Polland
    Magic Treehouse #16 Hour of the Olympics - Mary Pope Osborne
    Too Many Cooks, a Math Reader
    Molly the Brave and Me
    Lara Croft Tomb Raider comic book (#28)
    Love You Forever - Roberta Munsch
    The Tale of the Not-So-Perfect Christmas Tree - Fran Cruikshank
    Babes in Toyland - Gina Shaw
    What Do Sharks Eat for Dinner? - Melvin & Gilda Berger
    Can Snakes Crawl Backward - Melvin & Gilda Berger
    Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
    Magic Eye
    Magic Eye II
    Asterix and the Cauldron
    Asterix in Spain
    Asterix and the Big Fight
    Asterix and the Banquet
    Spectrum Texas Test Prep Grade 6
    Spectrum Language Arts Grade 6
    Spectrum Reading Grade 6
    Spectrum Vocabulary Grade 6
    Pole & Vole and the Quest for the Book of Language
    A Colonial Williamsburge Activities Book
    Bob Jones University Handwriting Teachers Edition, grade 6
    Bob Jones University Science Activity Manual, Answer Key, grade 6
    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (hardcover)
    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (hardcover)
    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (hardcover)

    Books on CD
    Magic Treehouse #25 Stage Fright on a Summer Night - Mary Pope Osbourne
    Magic Treehouse #4 Pirates Past Noon - Mary Pope Osbourne

    Software
    Fisher Price Read & Play

    VHS Tapes
    Frosty the Snowman
    How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Dr. Suess version)
    Mickey's Christmas Carol
    Home Alone 2 Lost in NY
    Flight of the Navigator
    Babe (we just finished reading this book, so it was perfect)
    Charlie & the Chocolate Factory (the original version)


    I did good, no?

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    Wow, great finds, especially the hardback Harry Potters'......
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    GO COLTS!!!!!


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    now come on dont you think you could have done better lol
    that is amazing!!!!!!

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    YankeeMom - you didn't do good, you did GREAT!!! Congratulations!!
    Travel light. The baggage of the past can only hold you back.




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    Wow you did great! :money: I smiled when I saw the book Shiloh peeking out of your pile.
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    Yes, you did great!

    enjoy

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    Oh my that is awesome!!!
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    $2963.00 CC balace as of 05/19/12

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    Wow! It just amazes me the deals you find! Yep, you did good!
    Pine trees, with their needles pointing up to heaven, represent everlasting light and life.

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    holy smoke I wish I was there. amazing finds and deals. WTG!!

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    What a deal you got.
    Katy

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    That's amazing. And change left!

    You are Frugal Queen today.
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    That is awesome!! I love books!!
    I love Lee!!

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    I know I am late for this thread but I love a great book bargain thread. Congratulations Heather, you did fantastic.
    Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.” --Henry David Thoreau




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    Gees - way to go!

    So - not only are you the bionic fingers of the knitting/crochet forum but you are QUEEN of the book sales!!! Fantastic!
    Travel light. The baggage of the past can only hold you back.

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    I can't believe I never saw this post!

    I am SO impressed, and incredibly jealous!

    Great work!
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