Okay, I know school doesn't start until the end of the month, but we started doing our school shopping this evening. It is much better to start early and avoid the crowds of people all trying to decide exactly which size box of crayons their child needs.
I only took the two girls because my son HATES shopping. (I told him I wasn't buying him any new jeans until the end of the month since he grew a quarter inch in the last week!) We started out with the boring things-socks, underwear, shoes- and then we got to move on to my favorite part. The school supplies. I love looking at pens and pencils, paper and binders, and all the other cool things the kids get to take with them on the first day.
I remember how exciting it was as a kid to spread all my new supplies around me on the living room floor while my mother wrote names on everything, and then arriving at school and carefully placing all those labeled items in my desk. Now it is my turn and I get my trusty permanent marker and write names on each crayon and pencil.
I realized today that I really don't have that many years left. When my last one leaves home, I will have to find new reasons to shop for office supplies. (Maybe since I am a writer, I'll use that as an excuse, although that may not explain the crayons and markers.) My oldest daughter has also developed a love for writing and she collects paper as much as I do. So even when she graduates and doesn't need to make the yearly shopping trip, we can still shop together and stock up on paper to fill with the imaginings of our minds.
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I love stocking up during these sales. The spiral notebooks for 10¢; filler paper for ¢25; a 24 pack of Crayolas for 15¢; and my personal favs, the composition books that I use for journaling for 50¢. Yea!
This is my last year with a legit school supply list. But
(What happened? My finger must have slipped.)
BUT, yes, as a writer we can get all those things and write them off as business expenses.
And then, there's always grandchildren...I use these as Christmas presents too. Especially the crayons and markers.
I love buying organizational office stuff and I love pens! I get that kind of stuff as Christmas presents! So feel free to continue school shopping.
Oh, man, I hear you. I love, love, love school supplies!! I get my whole year's worth of notebooks during this time, and who can ever have too many crayons? You're making me want to rush out and go shopping right now!
I only bought stuff for the kids this year, but now I think I might have to do another trip to get stuff for me. :)
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