[See also: We enter the 21st century!]
Hi, everyone! Did you enjoy the long holiday weekend? As planned, we grilled/smoked some chicken drumsticks using our favorite spice rub. And I may have gotten a little patriotic with my outfit: navy top, white capris, and my new red striped cardigan. Thanks, Christie!
We also made a few purchases, mainly an iPad 2! We’ve been thinking about it for months and finally decided to go for it this weekend. I tend to takeover the home computer for blogging or working on the shop, so John will be its primary user. Though I’ve already played around on it too :)
And in my fiscally chic ways, we got the iPad at a great price! A few months ago, we were talking with my mom about getting an iPad. She was contemplating getting one too and told us about Micro Center. Instead of paying $400 at the Apple Store for a 16GB iPad 2, Micro Center sells them for $360. And yes, NEW!
What’s even better was when we were at the store, we overheard a conversation of someone else buying an iPad 2…with a coupon! You know I love a good deal, so I searched for the coupon (on the iPad at the store) and found it for $20 off. That means our iPad 2 was only $340 (plus tax)!
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| John in his happy place |
In addition to using the iPad for the usual suspects: Gmail, Facebook, ESPN, Google Reader, and Etsy; John already checked out an ebook from our library. For free. On the iPad! Clearly I’m easily entertained by these things :)
To everyone with an iPad, what are the good apps to download? Would I look funny walking around taking pictures with Instagram on the iPad?
My husband has an iPad but I haven’t used it much, although I’m starting grad school in the fall so I’m thinking it might be useful. I didn’t know you could check out ebooks from the library!
Okay, I must admit, I’m pretty much an Apple fanboy. I don’t know if I could have gotten the iPad 2 with the NEW iPad out now! But I congratulate you on saving money! For some people the retina display isn’t really a big deal. :)