Showing posts with label books into cash. Show all posts
Showing posts with label books into cash. Show all posts

Monday, January 7, 2013

Re-reading books that you never finished in the first place

I changed majors and wanted to graduate in four years, so I chose English literature. I crammed the major so I was reading a lot of pages from a lot of books during short periods of time. I didn't finished a few books that weren't quick/fun reads. I felt annoyed about never finishing them, so I held onto them with the intention to finish them.
I am a third through Tom Jones, and I swear that I do not recall most of what I've re-read. I have a fairly good memory, so I'm puzzled by a handful of items. I totally recall lectures from the class, so I have a vague memory of some of the plot twists, but I really don't see "foreshadowing" to suggest as much.

Sunday, July 1, 2012

Making money on a Sunday, the story of July 1st

Summer is the time for a vacation or trip, right?

Stay-cations are the rage for a reason, but we don't have a hot tub or family pool of our own, so a mini-trip is in order.

With situations being what they are regarding my employment status, I'm more hesitant about partaking in a vacation than my normal "frugal" self. As I have gotten older, I've learned that vacations are for memories and the kids grow so quickly that doing things together has a short window of opportunity. 

Since kids grow so quickly, they outgrow their clothes more often than simply wearing them out.

Hello- Once Upon a Child! A decent place to clean out some drawers and re-invest the proceeds towards the budget for a vacation.

We literally have tubs of clothes that we have kept for some reason or another, so we occasionally sell things to our local Once Upon a Child. What they take depends on season and their store's need, so we made a trip today to the Beavercreek store.

It takes about an hour for them to review your goods, so we ventured off to Half Price Books to kill time and to sell some things we didn't need.

When everything was said and done, we came home with more money than we left and got out of the house for a few hours.