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Something that I like to do is to go to a bookstore and wander among the aisles looking for interesting books, and then when I find one, I scan the ISBN barcode with my phone, and then I can check when I get home if I want to purchase it.

Sometimes, though, I will purchase the actual book, if it's something that I want to see lining my bookshelves. The e-reader is much more convenient, but I still love having a shelf full of my favorite books that I can look at.

I have a photograph similar to the ferris wheel print that I took at a local carnival; this post reminds me that I need to get a fram to hang it up on the wall.

I have a lot of photographs that I've printed that are still unmounted on the wall. I guess I've got a project for next week.

The leather slipper seems really silly. It might look nice, but if it serves no purpose that isn't accomplished by the $5 option (and in fact, the $5 option is much more flexible and can serve other purposes besides protecting your desk from your iMac) it's pointless to spend that much money on it.

I would have taped the cord along the back of the shelf over to the corner of the walls, and then placed the cord-hider there, so it's even less noticeable.

Not anything of particular value, but when I was really young (5 or 6 years old) I had a large plastic mountain with tracks for my die-cast cars to race down. There wasn't room for it in our family room, so it was moved to a shed in our little backyard. I frequently went out there to play with it, but my parents apparently were not aware of this, and believed that I had stopped playing with it altogether. One day I went out to the shed, and found that it was no longer there. Horribly upset, I ran to my parents and learned that they had donated it along with a bunch of other old, unused stuff while I was at school.

My parents' bathroom in an old house had an enormous walk-in shower and it was wonderful. They also had a jacuzzi, but it wasn't used particularly often, and it had to be cleaned regularly in order for it to function on the odd occasion that it was used.

At a different house, one of the bathrooms had a shower only, rather than a tub, and it was much more practical. Easier to get in and out without slipping, easier to clean. I would much prefer just having a shower instead of a tub.

I agree wholeheartedly with mauishopgirl. I love my Kindle, but I will still fairly often purchase a physical book simply because of the aesthetic. Large-format books with rich illustrations, art and design books, even novels with particularly interesting covers. I picked up "Aurorarama" based solely on the cover art, which is beautiful. It turned out to be a fun book, and it's absolutely lovely sitting on a shelf.

I hope that at some point publishers begin bundling physical books with ebooks; I like the convenience of the Kindle, but I still love having shelves and shelves of books that I can look at, and rifle through whenever I feel like it, to get the tactile sensation of touching the covers and flipping through pages and smelling that wonderful aroma of the printed word.

lizrocks is right. I've noticed several times when The Kitchn features a product that was recently highlighted on Unclutterer's "Unitasker Wednesday" posts.

I have an unhealthy addiction to Vanilla Almond Special K. It's seriously becoming a problem, but it's sooooo good. Fortunately, it's almost constantly on sale at a grocer near me -- about 2 bucks for a box.

I've currently got about four boxes of it in the hall pantry. Just in case Food World decides to change their mind about the pricing.

I imagine they're somewhat difficult to fill, though. Although that may just be because I don't have steady hands. Regardless of one's manual dexterity, these are really cool, and I wouldn't mind trying it sometime. I'm always one for more kitchen glassware.