5 Reasons Why I Can't Live Without My Tablet! with T-Mobile Free Data Tablet

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Ok you guys. When it comes to smart phones and tablets, I was living in the dark ages. I have a smart phone, but it's not android phone. I love it, but the apps are REALLY limited. It's my first smart phone ever, so pretty much no matter what I was going to like it better than my previous phone. As far as tablets are concerned, I've never even owned one. I know, right?! That was, until last week. The fam and I headed to Walmart to pick up my new T-Mobile free data tablet.

Now you have to understand, I am a brutally cheap person. Especially with electronics. I've always seen tablets and thought that you have to spend mucho bucks for something that you're going to have to pay monthly, too. This tablet though? The price tag at Walmart was $179 and it includes FREE DATA FOR LIFE. Like, for real. When it's not connected to Wifi, you get 200 mb of free data on T-Mobile's 4G network every month for the life of the tablet!
And pretty much instantly this thing became attached to my right arm. If you're thinking about taking the plunge and buying yourself a tablet, or maybe putting one on your Christmas wishlist this year, here are 5 reasons why I can't live without my tablet:

Cooking is SO much easier! I'm not even going to embarrass myself with how I used to develop recipes as of last week. Ok, maybe I will. I would go to the website, print off the recipe, make notes with an old fashioned pencil, and then take it down to the kitchen. And if I needed to look up something? I would go upstairs and Google it and then come back downstairs to the kitchen. My laptop barely holds a charge and it's too big for my limited counter space anyway. I told you, embarrassing! Now I just pull up the site and start cooking!

It saves me money! Because my phone is not an android, I was never able to use these amazing money saving apps out there - I've already banked almost $5 with these - love it!

I can read again! For the past few months I've been using the Kindle app on my phone and while I love it, I think I might have developed a twitch in my eye because of how small the screen is, haha! I love borrowing e-books from my library, too - you can't beat free books!

Social Media love! I'm sure you can imagine with blogging, it's so convenient to be able to check all social media pages quickly through one device. Actually, you don't need to be a blogger to love that!

Free data for life! So of course one of my top 5 (of many) reasons why I can't live without my tablet is the free 200 mb T-Mobile gives for the life of this amazing tablet. Of course if you want more than that, T-Mobile and Walmart offer affordable data plans as well.
I am a VERY busy parent. Silas started Kindergarten this year, he has soccer practice twice a week, add in all church obligations and play dates we have scheduled - it's exhausting! I love being at the soccer field and flipping through my latest book. Or reading my daily devotional while the kids are on the playground.
I honestly don't know how I survived without this thing, haha!
If you own a tablet, what are your favorite apps? What do you use it for?
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