Tuesday, April 13, 2010

the best smell in the world.

I've blogged before about one of my favorite blogs, Forgotten Bookmarks.
I wasn't exaggerating when I said how much I love this blog, but now I love it even more.

First of all, what could be better than old and rare books?
But then add in the things he finds in these old books and it's like a little treasure hunt.
And then! He started holding give aways!
I try and enter them all and last week I finally won!

My books arrived yesterday. I was just heading out to a dentist appointment and there they were, right on my door step. I couldn't stand the thought of not opening them immediately but I didn't have the time so I took the box with me.

I drove a little faster than normal to my appointment so I would have an extra minute to peak at them. So, in the parking lot of my dentist I opened the box and sat for a moment and enjoyed the smell of my prize.
Yes, I said "smell".
Old books, not only are they beautiful to look at but they have the best smell in the world.

7 comments:

Brian Miller said...

oh, i love the smell of books...if they could bottle it, i would buy it as perfume for my wife...

Barb said...

I don't know about the smell of books as perfume, but I do love it. There is a used book store here that has that great smell. Great surprise! Enjoy!

Pam said...

Congrats on your win! Forgotten bookmarks is one of my favorite blogs to visit. I saw your comment that you had won! I was so excited that I knew you! The books are lovely and I bet they do smell wonderful.

Sheri, RN said...

I have to agree, and I'm going to check out this Blog right now :)

rxBambi said...

I thought maybe your favorite smell would be puppy breath or maybe freshly washed baby. Those are definitely my favorite smells. Oh and I guess the crisp evening fall air... add that one. And vanilla cookies. Well hell, just give me some cookies and I'll shut up.

Anti-Supermom said...

That's so true, I bet that smell just took you away when you first opened that box.

What a neat giveaway! Lucky you for winning.

Matty said...

Like that new car smell.