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Title: Back To School Again !
Post by: hensleyll on August 15, 2012, 05:20:29 am
Wow Things are so expensive,my daughter going to have a hard time buying school supply`s
Title: Re: Back To School Again !
Post by: ajami on August 15, 2012, 05:24:17 am
That is why I am glad I am too old for school and so are my kids.
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Post by: hensleyll on August 15, 2012, 05:27:48 am
Yes But I  Feel Obligated To Help Her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by: gbrown1 on August 15, 2012, 05:37:59 am
back to school time glad my kids are grown feel sorry for you guys who have school age children good luck to you .
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Post by: mgint on August 15, 2012, 06:36:30 am
school started last Wednesday August 8 in Bullitt County in KY.
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Post by: hensleyll on August 15, 2012, 07:18:45 am
wow our kids start the 21 here
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Post by: LDELARGY on August 15, 2012, 07:23:42 am
MY KIDS START THE 20TH. I WONT KNOW WHAT THEY NEED UNTIL THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. IM NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO IT BECAUSE EVERY YEAR WE SPEND OVER 100.00 BUCKS. I FEEL FOR YOUR DAUGHTER I KNOW WHAT SHE IS GOING THROUGH.
Title: Re: Back To School Again !
Post by: squirrelgirl44 on August 15, 2012, 07:32:57 am
I don't think it is really that things are expensive, it's just the schools are requiring us to bring a lot more stuff. This year I spent over $50 on a first grader - and I didn't even get her a new backpack. Mandatory items like "puff paint" and a plain white shirt, plus CLOROX BRAND cleaning stuff and 2 different size of ZIPLOC BRAND bags... I don't even buy name brand cleaning stuff for my house. Anyway, it's once a year, I'd rather pay that than a babysitter!
Title: Re: Back To School Again !
Post by: mpmarisa on August 15, 2012, 08:56:41 am
May be a bit late, but if you are on FB, there are $$ saving sites that have been showing all the sales for scool items in all the stores such as Walmart, Target, Staples, etc.  My kids are 24 so I don't have to buy them any more.   Do a search for free samples on FB and you will see some of the sites come up.  There is also Budget Savvy Diva, that I rely on to see what is on sale, free samples, etc.
Title: Re: Back To School Again !
Post by: hensleyll on August 15, 2012, 09:57:24 am
my daughter is single mom of two boys one in 2nd grade 1 in 4 grade ,their father thinks his small child support check once a month covers the world
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Post by: remediagirl on August 15, 2012, 10:50:33 am
Back to school and holidays are just a bunch of stress for us!!! It's a money hungry world and you can never have enough!!
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Post by: vickysue on August 15, 2012, 01:34:41 pm
I am on the other side of school starting. Have no children in schoo. But Yea Hubby goes back to work 24/7 sucks.
Title: Re: Back To School Again !
Post by: cloudsoup on August 15, 2012, 01:41:26 pm
i was wondering why it felt like a zoo the last few times
i went to walmart... OH YEAH. back to school time! gah.

i don't have kids, but i do remember back-to-school lists
being hard on my mom. i teared up in second grade because
i had to settle for the rose-art stuff and not the crayola
brand. not because i desperately wanted crayola, but
because my mom just couldn't afford it and it hurt me
to see that, even at that age  :(  it still makes me sad
to think back on it.
Title: Re: Back To School Again !
Post by: ernica96 on August 15, 2012, 02:01:11 pm
that's a bit early...school doesn't start here till September 6
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Post by: hensleyll on August 16, 2012, 06:57:34 am
wow september where are u
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Post by: surveydad on August 16, 2012, 07:04:31 am
that's a bit early...school doesn't start here till September 6

I am in the same boat, school starts in September here in NJ, I have two out of three going back to school and my wife is a teacher so she is going back as well  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Back To School Again !
Post by: heatheram on August 16, 2012, 09:42:51 am
as long as you can say no to the justin beiber notebooks and the hello kitty binders. it's not TOO bad. walmart has 10 cent folders, 17 cent notebooks, 92 cent binders. middle schoolers and high schoolers ALWAYS ask for more than they need, I've got a full dresser of left over supplies that I reuse. and at the end of the school year, anything that is in good condition gets put away until august! really all they need is a back pack, a few folders, a binder or two (target has 2 in binders for $3.50 - so have them combine a few classes!) some pens and pencils (dig through old back packs and drawers - i'm sure you have extras!) and paper! which if you're like me, you buy 20 of the 15 cent packs at the beginning of the year and misplace them - so you probably have left overs of those too!
Title: Re: Back To School Again !
Post by: hensleyll on August 16, 2012, 10:54:00 am
Thanks will hit target tomorrow