Why am I so broke? Because I just bought school supplies! JEEZ LOUISE! Now that Sara’s in high school, she gets a different school supply list from each teacher. Even with everything being on “back-to-school” sale at Staples, I still spent nearly $110. It would have been nearly twice that if I had gotten the Ti83 calculator. The calculator was on her list but not required, only recommended for home use, as they have them in the algebra classrooms for in-school use. It was on her list last year and she did fine without one. If she tells me later that she really needs one then I’ll get it.
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The amount I spent does include the mesh backpack (so she can’t hide weapons and drugs in it), the required book covers (which I had to buy to protect THEIR books), and the first book on the required reading list in English (which were always LENT to us when I was in school). But still, $110 is a bit much for school supplies, in my opinion.
I’m reminded of Rich’s post about buying kids laptops, in which he asked whatever happened to a pen and paper? I’d like to know the same thing! When I was in school, that was ALL I had for school supplies… paper, pens, pencils. I didn’t even have a standard calculator, since (showing my age now) they were considered a luxury back then, and even if you were a rich kid and had one, they weren’t ALLOWED in any math class. business small 7a loanconsolidating student loans abouthome loan adelaideaircraft rates loan interestcompany american loan onlineloan 100,000 businessloan 123 llc20 default loan student Map
It was much more fun being the kid in school, than it is being the adult paying for the stuff. It was a treat for me, anyhow, doing the shopping and getting home and organising all my neat new stuff.
Ah yes I remember… I loved getting new school stuff, then hated using it… in high school, at least. Now if you’re talking about elementary school, that’s a whole other thing! Remember that school supply list? It was the same every year for me. The crayons! I always talked my mom into getting me the 64-count box, which was the biggest box they made when I was in elementary. It came with a crayon sharpener! Cornflower blue was my fave color. The ELMER’S GLUE! Oh man I loved that stuff, lol. No I did NOT sniff it, and I didn’t eat it like Johnny Rideout did! I had an obsession with spreading it on the palm of my hand then peeling it off when it dried and looking at the lines in my new glue palm. I was a strange kid, it’s true. The new scissors! I loved new school scissors. Construction paper! WOOOHOOOO. And then there were those decorated cardboard cigar-type boxes to put it all in.
AHHHH the memories!
LOL Yeah I remember school supply shopping, lots of fun! The new pens, pads of paper, folders, binders, and boy I got through them quickly it seems.
Damn! I remember that calc’s weren’t allowd in school at all.
STAPLES? lol I only spent $68 at Wal-Mart for both little John AND Sammy and that included a backpack for John- who is allowed to carry one but is 20 times more likely than Sam to try to hide contraband in one, and yet Sam isn’t allowed. Bassackwards!
HA, I actually LEFT wal-mart because most of the items on her list were gone. But believe me, even though I spent so much, everything at Staples was cheap. 8 cent folders, 19 cent packs of paper, etc. It was JUST THAT MUCH STUFF!!
Mac, you must be even older than me! lol
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