Bummed

I'm totally bummed. I found us this fab little pensione in Florence (with the help of Rick Steves, of course). I was super excited; family run, great locale, perfect price, nice looking rooms, and a rooftop terrace to boot. My excitement was short-lived. Late last night I checked Chris' email, and there was a response. My heart ballooned when I saw the address in the inbox. And then the balloon burst. They're full the night we want to be there. Aw man. Probably they don't have any of the type of room we want that night, but still, I was seriously crushed. I feel like all this research I've done over the last week was for naught. So, we're back to the drawing board. This meant a post-church trip to Barnes & Noble for more book looking (and the Starbucks that we were too late for before church). I was looking for Great Sleeps Italy, but as we live in OK..... One  hour and $94 later, we'd done some research. Came home with the Let's Go Italy book, the new Ted Bell, Pirate, and the heretofore talked about, but never purchased Barnes & Noble membership. We've already saved $7.50, well on our way to recouping the $25 we shelled out (which, by the way was taxed...seriously annoying). I didn't really want to buy yet ANOTHER guide book , but what are ya gonna do? We're having a seriously hard time finding accommodations as cheaply as we want. Can you spell Youth Hostel? It may come to that.