School starts tomorrow, so we’re in the final phases of getting ready for that. We’ve been stressing quite a bit about the books, as we had about $200 total between us, and all of our books totaled over $450 at the school – and that included used where they were available. We spent a lot of time agonizing over which books to buy and which books to try to get through the semester without… But really, we need the books.<\/p>\n
We went home without buying any of the books, and I hit the web, researching all the used books and used textbooks sites. I managed to find everything on Amazon.com for less than $200 – including shipping charges. They probably wont get here till late next week, but for that kind of savings, I think we can wait a week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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