Hello again!! I know two blog posts in one day!! Can you tell I'm off uni for a while ;)
Again this post should not put people off the ICP but just to be aware of costs that you may not have anticipated!! :) If you are thinking of applying, go do it!!! :)
After Christmas I had some money as gifts so I decided to buy myself a cheap(ish) video camera so I can video all of the Disney Parks in their glory!!! :) That cost me £150, I still need memory cards and a case for it but I may be asking them for my birthday (which is actually the day I leave for London but I'll probably celebrate with my Dad's birthday the week before). I probably will buy an extra memory card for my photo camera as well which I got for Christmas a couple of years ago.
Another thing is laptop, originally I was going to bring my own laptop which I have had for 3 and 1/2 years now, I got it for my A Levels / getting through my GCSE's :) I love it and it is ideal since it has an SD card reader in it and plenty of memory, the only thing I would have had to buy is a webcam. But my dad was concerned about it being stolen and my parents had kind of toyed with the idea of getting an extra laptop so my dad can work on stuff while in the living room and my mum can use it whenever she wants. My dad then saw a refurbished laptop plus a webcam for £140 on ebay. The seller obviously done this for a living and seemed like a genuine seller, so I went halfers on a refurbed laptop with extra memory and a webcam. This laptop will then be used by me when I'm in Florida and by my parents any other time :) This means if it gets stolen, it isn't the end of the world, to be honest if someone saw the laptop they probably wouldn't bother stealing it because it looks old and ugly hahaha :) It is slower than my own laptop but it will do fine!
The only two downsides of this refurbed laptop is that it does not have a SD card reader and it only has 30GB of memory :O So I will have to buy a SD card reader and an external hard drive. Although to be honest an external hard drive would be useful for having a back up of files at home anyway. With a quick look on Argos I found a 500GB hard drive for £50!! So a SD card reader and external hard drive are next on my to buy list!!
So far that's all the "other expenses" I have encountered! I will let you know of any others that creep up on me lol
Have a Magical Day!!! Only 146 days to go!!
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