Friday, May 14, 2010

what I did with my bridal mags


I have to admit, I haven't even looked at a glossy bridal magazine in the last 10 months... but I get free wedding magazines ALL THE TIME.  I attended a bridal convention two February's ago with a friend of mine and ever since then I've been on some sort of a mailing list.  I never paid for them either... it was a freebie that just kept on coming...rather bizarre.  Needless to say, I have a shit ton of these bad boys...and seriously...they are so worthless with their 95% advertisements and stories about "What to pack for you Hawaiian honeymoon!" stories.  Anyway...

I took them to Bookman's, the raddest used bookstore EVER!  Wedding mags are at a premium there, and they pay top dollar.  I made 30 bucks in store credit!!!!   What did I buy?  A bunch of hardcover classic beauties.  (Just what I need before a big cross country move, I know I know, but they are so lovely!!!)

9 comments:

  1. Our bookman's roof caved in during the huge snowstorm this year and destroyed the building AND all it's book (and apparently bridal magazines). Love that place... saw a notice to say they are indeed going to rebuild and reopen. Relieved :)

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  2. what a score! oh...and i did see the bookmans in flagstaff destroyed when i was there in february...so sad when you think of all the books in there!happy to hear they are reopening!

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  3. I passed all mine on to friends/co-workers who have gotten engaged over the past year...So cool you exchanged them for legit books, nice!

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  4. You may be the only person I know who turned those tedious magazines into something wonderful. I agree with Ruthy Ann. What a score!

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  5. What a delight to make money rather than hemorrhage it the week before your wedding!

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  6. What a great idea.
    I also believe I am in some sort of mailing list, I keep getting this wedding magazine for free that I can't remember ever signing up for it :-)

    ~lilian~

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  7. Very smart and useful (just bequeathed mine to friends)! I LOVE classics! Just reread "Emma" recently - like a modern day "Clueless" hehe.

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  8. A wonderful trade! I so agree with you about bridal magazines. They're fun to flip through sometimes, but they offer very little value. Unless, of course, you are a very wealthy woman who wants to have a pristine. commercial wedding.

    P.S. I love "Emma."

    stephanie@metropolitanmama.net

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