2021 ... the battle resumes/continues

With things opening up again, I've still resisted the used bookstore downtown. The library hasn't resumed its annual book sale yet. So I should be ahead for this year, and I am, but somehow that's only barely the case. There were those deals at Walmart, and that gift certificate that demanded to be spent this instant, and the local little library curiously began to coincide more with my tastes. I ought to cheer up, it's only going to get worse.