Crowds and Consumerism

I hate crowds! Living in a big city though, one has to get use to them. So when I have to face one, I do so with a mission in mind! Today was such an event, I thought I would buy Ed a book to celebrate the finishing of his Masters in Creative Writing. We are very proud of him and so I thought that a book from one of his favourite authors would do the trick. Neil Gaiman is a science fiction writer who has created a wonderful childrens book that is beautifully illustrated by Dave McKean. The book I bought him is called 'The Day I Swapped My Dad For Two Goldfish' and is a beautiful book full of imagination and creativity. I hit Whitcoulls, the bookshop at lunch time - the peak of business, took two escalators, said excuse me countless times and then stood in a queue of twenty people, all in order to get the book! Sales are madness, do we buy things just because they are on sale or because we were going to get them anyway? I always dislike crowds in a sale as well because it reminds me of mass consumerism, like a feeding frenzy with people trying to grab the best bargains - all in order to buy stuff. mmmm. Anyway, yes I gained my massive 30% off and felt very satisfied with my purchase.

The page below reads; "Last week my little sister told everyone at school that I was adopted. The week before she told everyone at school that I was a space alien pretending to be me"