Ah, the smell of fresh pencils. Aren't these neat?
The kids have been wanting to buy school supplies ever since they saw workers unpacking them at the local W-mart. Today was the day and our bill was HUGE! We bought $10 worth of homework supplies (glue, markers, pencils) the rest was class supplies- yikes! Some of our purchases: 12 dozen pencils, 13 glue sticks, 14 folders, tissues, paper plates, napkins, zip-lock bags, 2 reams copy paper.
At the end of the school year I try to box up things that are still usable like scissors and rulers. But this year I wasn't as organized. I think we bought enough supplies to outfit several small countries.
I still have some shopping left, a small simple calculator for Abby, lunchboxes and jeans. For some reason we keep outgrowing them.
Are your class lists as huge? Next year we will have 4 in school. Any bets on what we'll spend then?
3 comments:
Those pencils are really cool! Did you see the article on Design mom about the guy who is an "artisian pencil sharpener" and charges $15 to sharpen your pencils? Haha!
That is a huge school supply list. Paper plates!? I can only imagine buying that list times four! I finally found our last item - those rectangular pink erasers. Every store was out of them, but I was happy to find them while grocery shopping last night.
I bought my kids supplies a few weeks ago. I totally skipped out on the gobs of other moms and kids by shopping early. But still, for two kids supplies I spent $75. I don't remember school lists being like this when we were kids.
I think it's amazing how you have to supply so much for your school supplies. It is crazy! I think it is just another way to tax you. The pencils are great! The pictures are fantastic! What cute kids you have. Nice trip to the coast.
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