Today I am going to talk about how to save money while keeping yourself entertained . . . . for free . . . the library. People seem to have forgotten about this gem, they think a library only has books. Wrong. Libraries are stocked with all kinds of cool and fun things other than books: movies (yes, they are up to date and have current DVD's for you to rent), CD's, and many libraries have digital versions of books for you to download for those who like to read electronically.Why more people don't take advantage of these free things, I'll never know. Go and check your library out and see what they have. And if you live in a well populated area, most libraries are linked in a certain area (by county, generally) and you can borrow items from any of these libraries, and even have them sent to a certain one for you to pick up. Usually you can do all your searching online on their website, and then choose what library you want to pick it up at, and you will get an email when it is ready to be picked up. Pretty cool huh?
Now I know most of you are thinking, CD's? Why would I want CD's? Now I'm not going to go and tell you to do anything specific, but let's just say I haven't purchased music in a long time but I have thousands of songs on my iTunes and even all the latest hits. Cough cough.Another plus to renting from the library (other than it being free): Usually you get to keep the item for longer than any other rental store (like those even exist anymore).
Really the only downside, sometimes you get pretty damaged discs, so damaged that they are unwatchable (or unlistenable). It sucks, but let your librarian know when you return it. Usually there's another copy you can get or they'll replace the bad one.
