the most expensive parking ticket

a few weeks ago i bought a lee child novel for R30 (a STEAL) from a CNA clearance sale- I started reading it on my last expedition to cape town last week. having met the impossible Jack Reacher in the previous novel, I was immediately gripped from page 1 of the new book, as Jack walked a lonely road in Colorado.

on monday evening i was reading it at the Mugg and Bean @ Greenstone mall. (my 3rd office) - and when i went to pay my R5 parking charge at the pay station, i left the mind-gripping novel on top of the pay station.

being unable to resolve myself to the thought of not knowing what happened next, i had to repurchase the book for a whopping R100.

its amazing what power a story has to consume your imagination - even to the point where paying R75 for parking is a totally reasonable expense.