Booksale love!

fru·gal adj \ˈfrü-gəl\- economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful

As a stay at home mom, one of my goals is to learn how to live frugally. And because I just love my readers, I will post my frugal ways so others who are interested can also do it.

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People who know me know that I am not a fan of ukay ukay. I think my dislike for it stemmed from my three-day job stint in Canada when I went there (super long story!). Anyway, because of this, I do not go to any second hand store. But when I shared with my N@W sisters my post about the book Love You Forever, I realized that many of them go to Booksale, a popular second hand bookstore! I bought Love You Forever from Fully Booked. Costed me P500+ but a N@Wie sis said she got her for P100+ in Booksale. Huwat!  My interest was piqued and because I told myself I’d try to live more frugally (hahaha! kahit ako natatawa!), I checked out Booksale.

Ay! Booksale is a haven for book lovers. Admittedly you have to spend time digging up for the books that you want but the amount you save is super worth it!

This morning, while fixing Jia’s shelf, I realized that I’ve bought so many books from Booksale! I even took a picture of some of the books we got from there.

At hindi ito mga basta basta libro ha. I’ve gotten lots of Dr. Seuss books (for P120 each vs P300+ each in the bookstore), an Eric Carle book (P60 vs P295), books with songs, Joanna Cole books which REALLY helped me (I’m a Big Sister and the one on potty training, at P35 each), Angelina Ballerina (Jia adores Angelina Ballerina), and lots more.

At one time, I was so into Booksale that I went there every week. It has become so bad that J has told me to stop buying anything for Jia. Hindi na kasya sa bahay namin eh! Hahaha!

So there! Booksale has enabled me to provide Jia with lots and lots of books (real books, not the digital kind) at a fraction of the cost it would take me if I were to buy in a mall bookstore. Booksale love!

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