For the past few days, I've been calculating the cost of the books, audiobooks, and DVDs I've checked out from the library this year. Actually, it's only the past 6 months, because I didn't activate the little "keep track of my checkout history" feature until June.
So here are the dollar values for the materials I borrowed from the Sno-Isle Libraries since June. In other words, this is how much money I saved by borrowing these things for free rather than buying them (not that I would have bought most of them anyway). Put another way, this is the value I've received for whatever tax dollars I've spent toward libraries.
Books: $961.15
Audiobooks: $1664.45
DVDs: $654.34
Total: $3279.94
If you assume I checked out just as much stuff in the first half of the year, which I definitely did, that adds up to over $6500.00 for the year.
$6500!
Not too shabby.
For all of you who pay taxes and don't use the library, I thank you for your contributions to my super awesome money-saving scheme.
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