Suzanne+Borders=Trouble

Don't go to the grocery store hungry and NEVER go to the bookstore with an appetite to read.

I browsed the magazines for a 1/2 hour and picked up the usual (Communication Arts). Communication Arts is a $8 magazine, but Ernie Schenck's witty yet informative advertising articles make it well worth it.
So I bought Communication Arts = $8
Then I browsed the new fiction books and border employee favorites.
I bought The Feminine Mistake:Are We Giving Up Too Much? = $25 (I've heard a lot about this book in all my girly magazines. It is a must read for any woman that wants to earn a living and be a mom.)
I also bought an "I love you present" for my dad. The Zagat guide to America's Top Golf Courses 2007/2008 = $16
I bought a b-day present for my mom. The tao of Pooh = $13
I bought a very funny non-fiction book a friend recommended. The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific = $13
I bought Stardust. I am really excited about this one because I saw the movie trailer on apple and it looked AMAZING! Plus, Brandon says it is his sci-fi wet dream (paraphrased). Stardust = $14
Then, I had to just look at the advertising section in the art department. If you know me at all, you know that I love advertising, and I own over 75 books/magazines dedicated to advertising. I have bought almost every issue of CMYK, Luzers Archive, Communication Arts, and Applied Arts for at least 6 years. So when I go to the advertising section I am powerless. I must give into their creative cover layouts and beautiful typography. (Orgasm). I bought an amazing book I'd never seen before...Advertising is Dead Long Live Advertising! It was wrapped in plastic and the only copy so I just had to trust that it would be awesome. And boy oh boy is it. It is a collection of 200 guerilla, buzz, stealth, ambush, viral, grassroot, and ambient campaigns. Advertising is Dead Long Live Advertising! = $60

Grand total = $161.47
Going to the local Borders and spending two paychecks = priceless

BTW Everyone cross your fingers, toes, and arms for me. I find out about my Leo Burnett internship sometime before April 27. Leo Burnett is my favorite advertising agency and I have been obsessed with working for them since I was 16. They are the only agency I have ever applied to and I hope to get the internship. It is a copywriter internship for the whole summer for one person. Thousands of people apply nationwide and only one talented person will be selected to work for Leo Burnett Worldwide in Chicago. What an awesome birthday present that would be.