Library Fine

This weekend, I had to pay a library fine.  I haven't had to pay an overdue book fine since college.  FOR REAL -- COLLEGE!!!!  Here's what happened...

You see, I don't go to the library very often because when I go, I tend to get carried away and forget that...
A. I work full-time.
B. I have a life (somewhat small) outside of work.
C. I cannot speed read a gazillion words per minute.

I normally carry on this mental conversation with myself as I enter the library... "Angie Good, you do not need to check out a gazillion books.  You may select two fiction and one or two non-fiction.  You do not need any movies or CDs."  And then from the door to the fiction section, the pep talk gets forgotten...and I end up finding several...SEVERAL...books. 

I have to limit myself in the knitting section because honesty, I could just take all those books home. 

The story about the fine is as such...

I checked out a New Book and I didn't start reading it until 5 days before its due date.  I couldn't finish it in time and I was unable to renew it because someone had put a hold on it.  Sooooo I weighed the options...

* Skim read to the end and miss out on alot of details
* Return the book and hope to find it online dirt cheap
* Buy it at full price at Barnes and Noble (ummmm...NO THANKS!  I don't like paying full price for books.)
* Continue reading it to the end and pay the overdue fine

I chose the last option thus costing me fifty cents.  And you know what -- it was well worth it!!!