[ one more casualty of being poor... ]

so i pre-ordered my copies of 'the order of the phoenix' many many weeks ago. amazon promised release date delivery (which i thought was really really cool), but when it came time to ship and they attempted to charge me, my checking account balance was (embarassingly) low enough not to let the transaction go through (where are the overdraft charges when you need them?) sigh. by the time i put money in my account and asked to retry my card... it was too late for prompt shipment but i still thought it would only be delayed a couple days. but i just checked and now my estimated ship date is now 'between june 27 - july 1'. LAME-O.

i'm kicking myself for obvious reasons, but the other little mini-kick myself reasons are: 1. i had an opportunity to pick my copy up at midnight at the official hp release party. (that would have been a good photo op.) 2. i could have picked up my copy the next day at target for $16.88 plus tax (i was wistfully gazing at the shelves of beautiful blue books, but restrained myself from purchasing one because i thought mine would be waiting for me when i got back to los angeles.) 3. i could have actually read something besides the 'airmall' catalogue on the plane...