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I stopped by the book fair today and got (in paperback) “Start Late, Finish Rich: for $2 and “It Pays to Talk” by Charles Schwab and his daughter for $3.50. New, not used, but with black marker on the bottom edge to show it’s a damaged book. (It still reads the same, so who cares?)

There were plenty of other PF books, including on of Suze Orman’s, several of Dave Ramsey’s and two of Jean Chatzky’s, but I didn’t want to spend more than $6. The Schwab book is one I’ve been hearing about lately, so I wanted to try that. I also wanted a David Bach book I could write in, but didn’t much care which one since the general principles are the same. (They also had Smart Couples, but that is obviously less applicable since my sweetie and I aren’t that serious.)

I also checked out the consignment store, but didn’t bring clothes up. Good thing, since they’re only buying summer stuff now, and they don’t buy on Saturdays. The next time I’m up there on a Monday for choir I’ll bring summer stuff. The good news is commission is 50 percent, and given the prices I saw marked on clothes, I could do very well on some of my items. But they buy seasonally, so it will take several months to fully convert everything. Still, it’s one source of income.