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I have money to spend…

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at Amazon, in the form of a gift voucher for £11, and they have conveniently reduced super saver delivery to £5 and over!

So what do I buy? Decisions, decisions.

I have fancied The Creative Family: How to Encourage Imagination and Nurture Family Connections for a while, but I haven’t seen it. Has anyone out there?

The Children’s Year: Seasonal Crafts and Clothes (Festivals (Hawthorn Press)) appeals as well, I would like to try to make our live a little less detached from the changing seasons.

Or there’s Dragonhaven, a Robin McKinley I don’t have. I’ve got it on order at the library, but the library has it on order with whoever supplies books to them, and there’s no sign of it yet 🙁

Last time I had money to spend on books, I spent it on the children, suppose I could do that again. Doesn’t appeal though, I want books for me! I’ve got back into reading with having the library just down the road, and I want things that I can cherish.

If you had £11 to spend on Amazon, what would you spend it on? Show me your wishlists, inspire me! 🙂

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8 responses to “I have money to spend…”

  1. Jan avatar
    Jan

    From that list I’d go for the children’s year – we have food, festivals and family in the same series and I use it lots

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  2. Alison avatar
    Alison

    In my ‘save for later’ basket I have an Eric Carle advent calendar and “The Perfect Puppy” (as in how to achieve one). Recently I have bought lots of Beast Quest books (for E) and an alarm clock (for V). Helpful? 😉

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  3. Sarah avatar
    Sarah

    Oh, let me think…..
    How about one of these:
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss_b/277-2763729-5465911?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=sarah+barnard%2C+portal&x=0&y=0
    *grin*

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  4. Merry avatar
    Merry

    Alison recently lent me a book called “Can Any Mother Help Me?” about a group of women who sent a fortnightly articles magazine they wrote themselves around a group of like-minded women from the 20/30s to the 80’s/90’s. It was kind of early 20th century blogging and i found it absolutely fascinating and incredibly moving.

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  5. Alison avatar
    Alison

    ooh yes, it’s great – but don’t buy it, borrow it when we see you 🙂

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  6. Jax avatar
    Jax

    you know what, I think I will 🙂
    (And that’s a marvellous thing to be able to say!)

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  7. Hannah avatar
    Hannah

    I’m so behind on my blog reading – just seen this post. What did you end up buying? I have both the top two books you mentioned and like them both but if you’re looking for something to be more in touch with the seasons then All Year Round from the same series as The Childrens Year is definitely the one to go for if you haven’t already got it.
    I loved the Friday night knitting club one and cried too!

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  8. Jax avatar
    Jax

    In the end I bought Dragonhaven and The Lion Tamer’s Daughter by one of my favourite writers, Robin McKinley, and her husband 🙂

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