We buy a years worth of school supplies once a year. Every year the stores such as Walmart, Target others put the school supplies on sale. Such as a box of crayons for .22cents. Most families wait for the schools list to come out. It is the same supplies year after year. Pencils, markers, loose leaf paper, glues sticks so on. We have a huge tote that we keep with the supplies in them so as they need them we have them. Such as the lovely teenager tells you at 8:30pm that they need a new composition note book for school in the morning. We have them in the tote that we bought on sale for .50 cents verses $3.00 at 8:30pm at night or any other time of the day.
What we spend on school supplies in July/ August for the upcoming school year is less than what most families spend just to start up the school year. We buy more than enough supplies to last the full year. The way to buy is if you your school goes by quarter or trimesters. is the amount you buy. Most supplies need to be replenished at the beginning of each new quarter. We always have the supplies so it saves the family another $100.00 to replenish supplies. We spend about $150.00 in July/August. It saves our family about $400.00 a years in supplies..
Here's what I do - I don't have children but my nieces and nephews do - so all throughout the year when I see school supplies on sale - I buy them and put them in a big covered tub. When each of their little children started kindergarten then I put together a little "school" package for them with all the necessities they might need from their Great Aunt. I try to buy something geared toward each of them so it's personal when it's given.
As a retired teacher, I tried to buy at the beginning of the year too. Just a hint: many teachers love getting extra supplies for the classroom at Christmas time.
RE: Buy a Year's Worth of School Supplies in the Fall
By Judy (Guest Post)
I do this, and my kids are grown. I work with deprived children, and use them as prizes. They grab the pencils, erasers, notebooks, and appreciate them so much. It is very embarrassing for them to go to school without proper supplies.
We do that, and we don't even have kids in school, LOL. School supplies are just as useful as home office supplies. We got notebooks at Wal-Mart this year for only a NICKEL each. I thought it was a typo!
We have a hutch in the dining room that is full to the brim with discounted paper, binders, folders, pencils, book covers, etc. I fill it up every time they have the penny supplies at Staples and the deals after school starts.
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