bookswap / can't win

finally finished reading The Perfect Scent.

ordered a half-dozen perfume samples from The Perfumed Court.

started reading No-Impact Man.

now I feel guilty about all the packaging and transportation waste caused by my order.

hell.

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Kaijsa said…
This cracks me up. I started a scent library, thanks to Jamie, my friend the perfume collector, who sends me home with many samples of boutique scents. What did you order?
January 18, 2011 at 12:07 PM
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