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Frugal Back-to-School Shopping
Published on - August 1st, 2011 (by Donna Freedman)
This post is from GRS staff writer Donna Freedman. Donna writes a personal finance column for MSN Money. She also writes about frugality, intentional living, and life in general at her own blog, Surviving And Thriving.
According to the National Retail Federation, we'll spend $68.8 billion outfitting our students for school this year. Yes, I said $68.8 billion. Sounds like a lot of money, right? But the NRF actually considers this "flat."
More than 80% of the nearly 8,700 people surveyed say that the still-crappy economy has affected the way they'll shop for school supplies. For example:
- 30.7% will comparison-shop online
- 38% will buy store-brand or generic products
- 44.6% will spend less overall
Good ideas all, but I'd add another tactic: Start early.
Ideally, you've already begun. No? Then start looking now if you really want to save money. Don't wait until two days before Labor Day and then go the one-stop-shopping route. The OSS retailers get you through the doors with a few loss-leader prices and make their money back on everything else.
The NRF notes that families with kids in elementary and secondary school spend an average of $603, and parents of college students fork over about $808. This includes clothing and electronics as well as notebook paper.
Can't afford to spend that much? Don't want to spend that much? Start by asking yourself…
What do we REALLY need?
Don't buy stuff you've already got. This sounds elementary, as it were, but apparently it isn't. Each year my sister and I buy school supplies to donate to a social services agency. And each year I see parents buying things like backpacks, lunchboxes and three-ring binders for the glum children they've towed into the store. I wonder whether the previous year's backpack, lunchbox and binder…
- Wore out
- Spontaneously combusted
- Were lost in a poker game
Maybe. But it's also possible that some parents buy new because, well, it's a new year. To which I say: Are you out of your mind? Why are you instilling the relentless need for new Stuff when the old Stuff might work just as well?
Have your kid to go through dresser, closet and desk. Send her spelunking under the bed for stray markers. Make a pile of crayons, spiral-bound notebooks and other stray educational tools. Inspect the three-ring binder for cracks. Test the backpack straps and make sure the zippers still work.
Congratulations. You now have less to buy. But maybe not much less. That's because…
Your school's "must-have" list is longer than my leg
A kid might have to bring everything from dry-erase markers to a personal box of tissues. Just for gits and shiggles I checked one of these lists.
Elementary-aged kids need, at minimum: a backpack, gym shoes, tissues, lunch bag, pencils, crayons, white glue, markers, erasers, scissors, pocket folders, binder, notebook paper, dividers, composition book, colored pens and a ruler.
What, no particle accelerator?
In my day, we brought a three-ring binder, notebook paper and pencils. If we couldn't afford paper pr pencils the school provided them. Crayons and scissors were doled out as needed for projects. Only the teacher had markers. Dinosaurs picked us up and delivered us back home.
Times have changed, so watch the office-supply stores (Staples, Office Depot, Office Max) for impossibly cheap school-supply sales. This morning I saw packages of pencils and index cards for one cent each. Buy the maximum amount allowed and you may get enough to last most (or all) of the school year.
Hit those sales as early as possible each week, because other parents have the same idea. Loss leaders may be sold within hours of the opening bell. If the ad doesn't specifically prohibit rain checks, ask for one.
Note: Your third-grader may plead for a new lunch kit on the grounds that the other kids will laugh when he takes his PBJ out of a "Batman" lunchbox. He might be right. In our increasingly media-driven universe, it's mortifying to eat from a pail emblazoned with the wrong superhero.
Or he might just be playing you for a sucker. (It happens.)
You might not mind buying a new lunchbox every time the fads change. But maybe you're wondering how you're going to pay for everything on that list and still keep the lights on. Or maybe you have an aversion to replacing items that are still perfectly usable. If so, then float a compromise: If you give in on the lunchbox, he's not getting a new backpack. (Nor should he, if the old one is in good shape.) Get one of those insulated lunch kits, which tend to be more generic in appearance, rather than a box with a cartoon character on it.
If money is really tight (hi there, all you downsized parents!), try these frugal hacks:
- Look around your house for pencils and pens. Hint: The only place they aren't is…right by the phone.
- Whenever you're in a place that gives away writing implements, take one and say "thank you." If your fourth-grader is embarrassed to be seen with a credit-union pen, keep them around for doing homework and save the Bics and Dixon Ticonderogas for school.
- If last year's spiral-bound notebooks were only partly used up, tear out the old pages and start afresh.
- Don't give pencil sharpeners to kindergarteners or first-graders. They get a little carried away.
- Hand sanitizer really is required in many schools. Small bottles of the stuff will likely go on sale at drugstores and office-supply emporia. Here's the rule: Junior keeps it in his backpack, not his desk at school, so you can refill as necessary from the jumbo bottle you got at Costco.
- Start looking now for discounted gift cards to pay for these things as well as for any clothing (more on that below).
- Truly desperate? Talk to the school nurse or principal about doing a little "shopping" in the lost-and-found. At my daughter's school, unclaimed goods were given to kids whose parents couldn't afford certain items.
New, or new to you?
Who came up with the idea of the back-to-school wardrobe? The people who sell the wardrobes, that's who. Before you re-kit your kid, think about whether it's really necessary.
Understand: I am not advocating that your child go to school in shoes that pinch or jeans that show her ankles. What I am saying is that there's no need to re-do a wardrobe if her clothes still fit and are reasonably presentable.
Just sayin'.
Having just-said it, allow me to suggest some ways to find lower prices on new clothes.
For starters, who says it has to be new? Consignment stores, thrift shops, and garage sales are all potential clothing sources. My niece uses all three sources and pays pennies on the dollar for name-brand clothing.
Clothing swaps are another possibility. Organize them through sports teams, parent groups or your place of worship. Online swap sites like SwapMamas and ThredUp might be just the ticket.
Don't forget The Freecycle Network, either — I see kids' clothing on there all the time. Some parents even post pictures.
Remember: Nobody has to know your stuff isn't new unless you choose to tell them. You probably shouldn't, incidentally, since not everyone is frugal and some people are creeped out by the idea of clothes other people have worn. (What, they think no one has ever tried on the clothes they bought from the department store?)
"New" doesn't necessarily mean "expensive"
Start watching the clearance tables, because some of those "summer" duds — jeans, T-shirts, et al. — will work for September and maybe beyond. (They'll also work for next April; if prices are irresistible, buy a size up for spring 2012.)
Online stores have clearance sales, too. This is easier to do for younger kids and/or kids who fit in basic sizes, and who don't care if you pick out their clothes. Be sure to look for online coupons and free-shipping codes through sites like Retail Me Not, Savings.com, and Coupon Cabin.
Don't enjoy tracking bargains? Enlist the help of a price-comparison website such as Pricegrabber, FatWallet, and FindersCheapers. Tell these sites what you want ("Levis, size 6") and let them do the hunting and gathering. You might even be able to set a "deal alert" and receive an e-mail when those Levis go on sale, or a "refund alert" if something you already bought went on sale.
Some of those price aggregators will also check local stores, for those who prefer the brick-and-mortar experience. And if you're already out and about, a price-comparison app called SaleLocator will let you know whether the price of those size-6 Levis is even better at a store two blocks away.
Excited for school
It's not that I don't think you should spend anything on your kids come September. On the contrary: I believe that there's nothing like that new-crayon smell. A couple of symbolic purchases can help your child get excited about a new school year.
Kidding! Few children are truly excited about the day after Labor Day. (Full disclosure: I was. Then again, I got called "teacher's pet" a lot.) It's fun to see their friends again, but getting back into the educational harness is always a period of adjustment. Seeing that Junior has all the necessary tools can help re-orient him back into that universe.
Bring him into the equation by asking him to look through the Staples or Office Max flyers with you and compare what's on sale to the list of necessary supplies. Suggest that money saved by sale prices and judicious re-use of last year's stuff could defray the cost of a coveted item. You know, like those shoes that are $20 more than you want to pay.
A special purchase might add a bit of frisson and make the transition somewhat easier. You'd also be modeling my personal mantra: Save where you can so you can spend where you want.
Finally: Some cultures start the school year with candy or other treats, to emphasize the sweetness of knowledge. Consider instituting this tradition in your own household by serving a smoothie loaded with berries or slices of mango and pineapple on the first day of school.
Avoid doughnuts or Froot Loops, though. They may lead to running with scissors.
School supplies photo by Steven Depolo. Crayon photo by Chris Metcalf. Photo of the bouquet of pencils (which J.D. loves) by Melissa Doroquez.
I live in an area where school will begin next week. I use the supply list that was mailed out with the report cards to shop throughout the summer, slowly building up what's needed. We use a hybrid of both new and old to begin the school term. I take advantage of the warm weather sales and purchase a few new things to combine with what already fits. Sometimes, backpacks are purchased, some years we recycle them. The key is to not get sucked into the advertising frenzy and just stick to good ole common sense.
"I live in an area where school will begin next week."
Me, too. I got pretty confused when this article kept talking about "the day after labor day". I didn't realize, at first, that they were saying that's when school started in their area…I kept wondering how they could call labor day "early" shopping when it's a full month after school starts ^_^;;
On that note, why does school start at different times in different areas? I've always lived in the south (though in a few different states) and school always started the first or second week of august (and got out late may). Is it a regional thing? (Does the north just start later to get more warm weather for vacations, or something?)
Very regional. It has to do with farming- believe it or not. It seems to be settling into 1 Aug to 1 Sept routine.
One of my friends lives in a Northern state and gets the entire month of January off because of the snow!
Doesn't it have something to do with climate, too? When I lived in Texas, we started school very early in August (because it was too hot to be outside) and got out in early May (before it was too hot to be outside).
But it's definitely regional. I went to schools in four states – up north we started after Labor Day. In the South, kids start going back next week.
Here in the northeast school traditionally starts around Labor Day with weeks off in Dec, Feb and Apr. We have to do 180 days of schools which means we let out end of June (depending on # of snow days).
Speaking of which – does anyone watch Phineas and Ferb? How on earth do they calculate 104 days of summer vacation?? It's more like 70 around here.
Unfortunately, our early start (Aug 22) in in prep for standardized tests – March of next year! More teaching time before the tests.
Some school systems were pushing the start dates to early Aug and the FL legisature passed a mandate that the public school year could NOT more than 2 weeks before Labor Day so that is what we do.
Hrrrm…so if the early start is for standardized tests, do southern schools score better on standardized tests, I wonder? (If what some people are saying about how its too hot up north (without AC) to start earlier).
Not in Georgia!
Also, at least in Massachusetts, the public schools, charter schools, and some of the parochial schools aren't air-conditioned. July & August are the hottest months, so it's better to start in September and go through June (the rest of the time off comes 1 week in December, 1 in February, 1 in April, and miscellaneous snow days).
Oh man…I can't imagine ANYTHING not having air conditioning in the South, much less a school…
Here in WI, the state mandates that school cannot start earlier than Sept 1. Helps tourism and the employers that depend on school-aged employees during the summer months.
school supply price drastically drop 1 week after the schools open. That is a high time to buy things for next year. Some times we get things 10 times cheaper
My parents never bought me new clothes for school. Thrift store or my existing clothes were good enough. My dad also ripped the used pages out of my spiral notebook and told me to just use the empty ones. I refused since it was pretty beaten up and I was in middle school where kids can be harsh. So instead he had a sack of note books to sit by the phone to take notes with.
It amazes me how much money parents spend every year on back to school supplies. It is almost as if going back to school was a second Christmas. Parents tend to feel like we have to spend a certain amount of money to provide our children with the specified amount of supplies, when in reality, they can get by just fine with MUCH less. It does not reinforce a very frugal and money smart position to blow money on school supplies every year. Conscious spending applies to this as well!
I think the statistics must take into account that many people use the back-to-school sales to buy their children warm clothing in their after-summer sizes. As a parent, I was surprised by how quickly kids outgrow clothes. When it's time for my kids to buy on jeans and long-sleeved tops for the first time after summer is over, they are an inch too short. The same with shoes (since during the summer, my kids wear sandals and flip flops). NOW I understand why my mom complained that she always felt she had to buy us clothes all the time.
I wish the statistics had broken that monetary number down to a per child amount, instead of using a per family figure. I can see that amount of money easily being spent for families with 3 kids or more, considering supplies and clothing for the next size up. It would be a surprising figure for a single child.
Isn't one of the reasons that some people stock up is because back to school time is a clothes tax holiday?
I seem to remember that in Texas a few years ago when I was visiting in early August.
Please define your acronyms before you use them. NRF? OSS?
NRF was defined in the first sentence of that paragraph
Not so. To properly define an acronym, it is necessary to spell out the words, then put the acronym in brackets, like this:
…according to the National Retail Foundation (NRF), blah blah…
"OSS" referred to "one-stop shopping" mentioned in the previous sentence. And as others have noted, "NRF" meant "National Retail Federation." Styles vary, but at the newspaper where I worked it wasn't necessary to write "the National Retail Federation (NRF)."
Blame the media for this one. It gets blamed for everything else.
We're done shopping. I love back to school sales. And if some other kid needs that unlabeled 20 cent package of 24 crayons more than mine does, I do not begrudge them of it.
I struggle with the style vs. cost issue. In our family, the rule is that the kids can get a new backpack only when they move up to a new school. (In our town, that is every 3 years.) It's been a compromise that works, and it helps me convince my kids to consider durability.
Two years ago my favorite jeans ripped, and the kids & I did a sewing project, making the legs of my jeans into custom lunch bags.
I think there is a happy medium to be had. I remember when it was time for back to school shopping, I didn't care if I used last year's protractor or my brother's old-but-unused red binder. But it was REALLY embarrassing to go to school with half used colored pencils and a random assortment of pencils rubber banded together.
We always won that battle … but now as an adult, I can definitely see where my parents were coming from! Mostly, it was a compromise — we got the "must haves" but the "Are you really going to use this?" supplies weren't purchased until we actually needed them.
Great point here, Monica. I read this article with interest, though I will say it made me glad that I don't actually have children, because I remember all too well how embarrassed I was as a child about things that were far less frugal than the suggestions here. I'd be far too sensitive to those feelings to send my children to school with obviously used colored pencils, crayons, folders, spiral notebooks, etc.
On the one hand, children are going to be teased no matter what you do, and growing the backbone to deal with it is just one of life's many lessons. On the other hand, one of the things that truly led to my love of school and education was the excitement of shopping for new supplies and choosing new notebooks, folders, clothes, colored pencils, and the like. If spending $50 on a new stock of art supplies (while donating last year's used stock to the school, Goodwill, or the like) was the difference between my children looking forward to the start of school and engaging in the educational experience vs. dreading every moment, then I'd consider it a sound investment.
My husband's primary back-to-school memories involve bringing a baggie of used crayons to grade school every year. I don't think it scarred him for life, but I question whether saving 50 cents or so (late 70s/early 80s) was worth the blow to a young kid's self-esteem on a day that is nerve-wracking for nearly all children.
Again: I'm NOT saying that you can't have new crayons! I'm saying that you need to pick your spots, hit the sales, etc.
I didn't mean to nitpick about crayons in particular. : ) Of course it's a matter of shopping wisely. My husband's dad had been unemployed, and his mom likely felt she was doing the most prudent thing by reusing some supplies. But kids in poor families can feel the small pinches more acutely than the large ones.
I think Ellen's crayon example was just anecdotal discussion. The "shame items" are going to be different for every child, every level of education, etc.
The important point is finding the happy medium, especially when the true savings might only be one or two dollars here or there, but overall the difference between making a child's education seem fun and rewarding or making it a burdensome display of parental frugality disguised as poverty that, as we're seeing in the comments, yes, those children will carry with them for a lifetime.
We all know that there are penny pinchers out there who, priding themselves on their all-or-nothing frugality, *would* skimp on the meaningful items and experiences, not meaning any ill will or harm to their kids, but just not seeing the importance of that new pack of crayons, the character pencils, or the new three-ring binder when compared to the security of being debt-free.
But one of the pieces of financial advice that has stuck with me is the demonstration of people who will clip coupons and scrimp on the pennies, but will then ignore the dollars and the savings on big ticket important items. Within reason, I could see this being one of those instances, where spending the $5 on a new binder today and ensuring that your child has all of the tools and supplies he or she needs — not just to attend school, but also to enjoy school — could pay off ten times over tomorrow when that child's enthusiasm for school earns her a college scholarship. The correlation isn't direct — no, a new backpack isn't going to guarantee that Junior will get into Harvard for free — but it certainly can be the difference between a child looking forward to being back in the classroom and dreading it intensely.
For me, the love of learning and education is an investment that I would happily break my budget to make, and if Harry Potter pencils are what make that a possibility, then Harry Potter pencils it is.
We are pretty frugal for our BTS shopping already, but the school supply lists kill us. They never repeat from year to year, and they are always overkill because the teachers assume there'll be some kids that don't bring in stuff so they ask each parent to send in everything, rather than splitting up the requests. I'd rather give the teacher $20 and let the teacher purchase supplies when needed rather than have them get 24 boxes of markers that don't all get used. And I'd rather the teacher hung onto the markers for the next year's class rather than sending home a mix of slightly used ones that end up cluttering up our house, especially because the next grade is going to ask us for colored pencils or something else completely different and we already had our own set of markers on hand.
Office supply stores often have insanely cheap "deals". Several years ago, we purchased a plastic drawer unit with wheels and decided that was "the place" for the school supplies. It holds anything related to schoolwork/homework/projects. No more running off to find the "report cover" needed at the last minute. I add to it when the "deals" are available, but our stock is limited to the drawers we have in the unit. Now I don't re-buy colored pencils or notecards because I'm not aware they are tucked away in someone's room.
With the very cheap bundles of spiral notebooks and discounts on loose leaf paper, I'm pretty much only buying some binders (I have older kids now) when school starts. I try to keep writing tools, notebook dividers and various folders and report covers in there as well, purchased when I notice they are cheap.
This system has worked far better for us than having all the items scattered around the house. We even sent the rolling unit off to college with my son, so he could use it for some storage in his dorm room.
Haha, I love the "don't give a pencil sharpener to kindergartners or first graders" tip — too true. My son will be starting college this year, so it might be a slightly different story, but in the past he's probably been a deprived child compared to his peers. That's because we don't buy new stuff unless he actually NEEDS new stuff. He's only just now on his 3rd backpack period, and lunchboxes were paper sacks. (Until he started eating at school, which was another story,)
so is my daughter….kids with elementary aged students think BTS is expensive?? Wait until they have to kit out a dorm room.
(well, in my defense, she is going to college on a different continent from where I am, so that does incur a bit of an extra cost)
but she is sending on her half-empty notebooks and other normal school supplies. we don't have to buy any of that
okay, I have to drink more coffee….
PARENTS with elementary-aged children
I am so thankful my kids school has a bulk buying program. They purchase all school supplies to the exact specification they require and the parents pay a reasonable fee per child. Since my kids are relatively young, I'm still pretty new to this.
As to the clothing thing, at least for my kids, a "new" set of clothes each year (whether purchased new or used) is non-optional – they grow too fast! Since the school year is also the beginning of cooler weather, it's a reasonable time to do it. Thankfully my kids are the same gender and we've been able to pass down clothes to a reasonable extent. I am definitely looking forward to the day I don't have to spend so much time dealing with outgrown clothing!
I take advantage of the loss-leader items (I'm perfectly fine with buying only those items and nothing else), then the huge discounts once school starts, and I buy lots of those items that I know will roll over from year to year (pencils, folders, paper, etc). We have a plastic cart with drawers next to the computer and all extra supplies go in there. When I get the list in summer, first I check the cart. Now that my son's going into high school (!), it's become rare to need to buy any standard school supplies now. Also, I work at a university that has a reuse list so when offices clean out supplies (binders, folders, etc.) or students clean out dorms, they post items available to take for free and I've gotten supplies that way. Plus vendor fairs provide me with more free pens than our family can use in a year.
J's charter school requires a uniform, and fortunately neither he nor they mind baggy one year and fits-but-snug-by-May the next. (That said, this is the year to drop $400 for more uniform pieces.) Outgrown uniform pieces are donated to the school nurse for kids who ruin their outfits through mishaps (unexpected periods, stomach flu, etc.), plus I think the school quietly gives donations to families struggling with finances.
By far my biggest "school" expense is shoes – not sure how he does it, but while he can wear shirts for 4 years in a row, he needs shoes about 5 x / year. My son the sasquatch.
What a great post! I just posted on FB to have people send me a full list of what's needed for back to school. These helps everyone. It helps me for getting ready to have kids that will someday need me to shop for stuff and 2 it helps them see how cheaply I can get it. My goal is to take a few lists (if I can get them) and go out and buy stuff. Yes, I'm late to the game as the office supply stores already started their back to school sales but I will still try. I aim to get 2-5 lists of different age groups (pre k to high school) and go from there. I can either donate all the stuff or maybe pick the people that sent me the list and give it to them…we will see!
Not the most frugal approach but for a few years my kids and I would collect all the school supplies, check out the list, go out and price everything…if they could use it from our collected supplies and did, we split the difference between what I would have spent buying all new and what I actually spent. My kids like easy money so they really thought through what they thought they "needed." All of a sudden backpacks were just fine, and slightly used markers, highlighters, notebooks, etc were good enough too. I have to say, I did succumb to the $5 backpacks one year at Office Depot: it was great to have one ready mid-year when a bully ripped up one of the kid's packs.
Our state has a "tax-free weekend" for clothing every summer during which any clothes/shoes under $100.00 (so, athletic shoes but not the most expensive models) are tax-free. This can make a difference.
When I was a child, my mother let us get only one new outfit in September. All of August I'd agonize over the Sears catalog choosing what dress I'd choose.
For those of us who don't have kids, it's also a good time of year to stock up on office supplies It's been a few years now since I was a grad student or a teacher, but I never got out of the habit of going through all my old supplies to see what works/what doesn't any filling in any gaps.
And as a former teacher, parents: don't let your kids have everything all at once! You wouldn't believe the stuff that's treated carelessly when kids know there's always more in the package or more at home.
My older son is starting college with the Eddie Bauer backpack I bought him in third grade. I even bought it on clearance way back then, paying about $15 for it.
Right around the start of school is a great time to thrift for kids clothes – lots of parents buy new clothes and donate outgrown ones to the charity stores.
"In my day, we brought a three-ring binder, notebook paper and pencils. If we couldn't afford paper pr pencils the school provided them. Crayons and scissors were doled out as needed for projects. Only the teacher had markers. Dinosaurs picked us up and delivered us back home."
Donna, thanks for the trip down memory lane – I remember those dinosaurs!
The key is figuring out what to buy cheap (folders for 1 cent each? Super steal!), what to invest in, and what not to buy at all. I have a backpack that I used all through high school and college, and I bought it on sale too! As we wrote about on our blog (http://tinyurl.com/3ze7zre), it's important to know when to shop and then buy only what you need. The store always suggested I purchase things I didn't need, so it's probably a better idea to not let the kids see them (otherwise they may convince you they that they "have to have" it because the list says so, and everyone else will have one! But in the end, they won't use it). Make your own thoughtful list with your child!
You could maybe create a sort of "savings and rewards" plan, where if you can come under budget or buy as few things as possible, you can put that money towards something they need (for older students, a laptop for when they go to college; for younger kids a more age appropriate tool). It's a great way to combine learning about the value of saving and being conscientious about back to school shopping at the same time!
I like the idea of incentivising back to school shopping for children – as long as they can be relied upon to not miss out things they might actually need in the hope of chasing an improved reward
I can't believe that kids have to take in supplies for the whole class or the teacher in the states.
In the UK most things are provided at primary level (notebooks, pencils) then you just need your own pencil case, pens, calculator etc in secondary – but you'd never have red pens, or white board markers or boxes of tissues – that's ridiculous!
Oh, it gets worse–in Indiana, we're required to "rent" our childrens' textbooks. Kindergarten books were $60, high school depends on the classes chosen; our teen babysitters book rental fees were $400 each. That gets pricy when you have more than one child!! I know of kids who chose their courses based upon the book list (If you qualify for free/reduced lunch, the book fee is also reduced.)
I bet that within the next 5 years, all textbooks will be converted to some kind of Kindle device that we will be required to purchase. Which actually might be a good thing if they don't make you upgrade it every year.
Could be worse – your school could be stupid enough to coerce parents into buying an iPad for every pupil:
In our school corporation (Northeast Indiana) last year they started a program where K-2 use iPod touches,3-5 use iPads, and 6-12 use laptops. We have to pay a maintenance fee for renting these throughout the school year on top of book rental fees. If any of these get stolen, we're required to pay for them to be replaced. In the younger grades K-5, they keep the iPod touches and iPads at school, but grades 6-12 have to carry their laptops back and forth to school everyday along with everything in their backpack. My problem with this program is that not everyone can afford to have internet in their home or drive their child somewhere everyday that has internet so they can get their homework done.
Our school had back to school kits that you could buy for $20 that had all the required school supplies for your particular classroom. I checked to see if I could get that same stuff cheaper by shopping around, but the savings was so little that I decided not to fuss with it and just purchased the kit. School supply shopping done!
School uniforms, however, cost a flippin' fortune! I'm hoping to pick up good stuff at the school uniform swap sale here next week…
I'd like to point out that even for those of us who don't have kids, now is the perfect time to shop for office supplies. Last year, I got four packs of index cards (the kind I like to write down daily expenses on) for 1 cent, a backpack for work for $9 at Borders (may it RIP), two college rule notebooks for a dollar, and so on. Oh, and a new desktop PC for afterhours webdev work….
One of my fav times of the year…!
I'm in Canada but I'm fortunate enough to live in a school district that does not send home supply lists. All my son has to take to school is his backpack and lunchbox (re-using from last year). For any other supplies he needs (for home) we go to the dollar store. We can find almost anything there for $1!
I hear so many parents complaining about the price of uniforms these days. They have every right too! If you want to buy a uniform that lasts at least the whole school year the more expensive are the better choice. One parent, who is also a school teacher, told me over the weekend that another friend of hers gave her all of her daughters school uniforms becuase she's starting to outgrow them. This is a great idea for those parents who have trouble finding the extra money for uniforms: find someone with a girl or boy about the age of your child and see if you can use their old uniforms they have outgrown.
Also, techsupported, you have a great idea shopping for office supplies during back to school sales…whether you have children or not it's a great way to save!
I'm surprised no one has mentioned this yet, Garage Sales!
I'm pretty sure growing up about 1/3 of my yearly school supplies (folders, binders, crayons, markers) came from garage sales. I actually liked it, got some interesting name brand or colorful items from this, otherwise it was the cheapest solid color items we could get. Backpacks were supposed to last several years (though usually fell apart), one pair of payless shoes a year, and a lunch bag like you can get at a grocery store, solid color and cheap. I don't remember being an outcast for my non-name brand items, but then at the time it was a lower income sort of area. I'm sympathetic to parents now and the drastic cuts that have made all these "required lists" required. Nowadays parents are also responsible for checking their childrens homework etc, I can't even imagine!
Garage sales were in fact mentioned in the piece. You find a whole lot gold among the dross.
I decided to buy a "box of school supplies" through my DD's elementary school. Even if it doesn't save me any money, it saves me time in that I don't have to go to multiple stores in an attempt to get all the loss leaders. Although I had to buy extra glue sticks several times (kindergarten), various extra supplies did came home with my DD at the end of the school year.
As a middle school teacher, we decided this year to bring the students out to the hallway and empty lockers one by one. It was sickening how much stuff (a lot brand new) they had in their lockers that they would throw away if we weren't watching.
Remind your kids at the end of the year that you'll be expecting them to bring home the items they don't use. Quite a few of ours refused to take it, so we have a good stash this year for kids who can't afford to buy the supplies.
Another thing we did as a grade level was to really cut our list down to bare bones this year. I figure if my students need another composition book by the middle of the year, it means they're writing a lot, and I'll be happy to spring for a new one for them.
I reuse everything that can be reused but I do end up buying items before school starts and they are:
CLOTHES: I have 2 boys, age 14 and 11 and got them 3 tops, 2 pants and sneakers per kid. I found leather sneakers for my kids in MENS 14 and 11.5 on Amazon for $47 and with free shipping! I also buy required uniforms with coupon codes. Our school does take in used uniforms and then sells them at a garage sale in the Summer. It's a way for the school to make $ and for parents to buy uniforms cheaper. I have spent $400 on clothes.
SUPPLIES: I have spent $110 on supplies.(prepackaged and loose items. I got folders and note cards for a penny as well)
LUNCH BAGS: I have gotten them for $3 on clearance in the past. They are fabric and insulated and use velcro closures. My cost is free this year.
WATER BOTTLES: Got them at the dollar store. I spent $2.
BACKPACKS: We reused one and I bought another on sale for $40.
In COLORADO, public schools have now CHARGED for riding the BUS! Yup. $1 round-trip per child. No discounts on big families. We have taken the private school route the last 2 years and carpool whenever possible.
We also RENT books here and each grade has a different fee. I've spent $30 in rent.
GOTTA LOVE school shopping! ::groan::
I think the department of education is in collusion with the retail industry to try to extract as much money from parents as possible every year. So the schools create these ultra long back to school list but the items never get used by the kids during the school year. What happens to that box of tissues from last year that my kid never used?
You bring up a great point about the loss leaders. Last year a local store sold these composition notebooks, 100 pages I believe, for 25 cents. I bought a few for myself too:)
Just bought supplies for my daughter who will be starting Pre-K next week:
Supplies from the list: $150 a Walmart
Uniform shirts: $116 from Lands End
Uniform pants/skirts: $52 from Walmart
Ugh. Shoot me now.
My colleagues toss out piles of folders unclaimed by students. One of my students (mom of 4) and I used to retrieve the folders and recycle–she to her kids, I to my children and my students.
Supplies are not as cheap as they were during the housing bubble. Still, you should buy enough for the full year, because the deals don't roll around in January.
As a previous homeschooling mom, back to school shopping seems stressless compared to the first years of deciding on books to buy as well as everything else.
I did an inventory of all the stuff that came home with them last year before I bought. I spent $31 on the things I didn't already have, not bad, considering half of it will likely come home again at the end of the year.
My kids attend public school, and there is a dress code but not uniforms. I am sending them in uniforms anyway. I spent $300 to completely outfit my 2 kids for the year and everything matches with everything else which leads to no fuss for outfit selection. I wish I knew of some local schools that have used uniform sales but I have yet to find one. I picked up some of the uniform things at thrift shops but the Old Navy $5 polos are hard to beat, even compared to thrift shops.
My favorite frugal "school supply" purchase was the two LL Bean backpacks I bought for the kids as a Christmas 2008 gift/wrapping (we were moving in early January, so put travel games, snacks, etc.), on a closeout sale. I can't remember how much I paid for sure, but I know it was dirt cheap, compared to their regular prices (which, in my opinion, aren't too bad to begin with).
It pains my daughter that she doesn't get a new backpack every year with the t.v. character of the month on it, but those backpacks will probably last until they graduate college. Two and a half years, and other than a little dinginess, they look brand new. I would definitely recommend LL Bean bookpacks, even at full price.
I really liked this article. The author did a great job! I don't even have kids, but I still get caught up in the back to school hype! I had to talk myself out of getting a dry erase board the other day at Target.
For the record, Dixon Ticonderoga #2 pencils are the absolute best!
School started here today.
My kids used to get $100 each to spend on new clothes for high school each year. They could be thrifty with it and get plenty of on sale items or splurge on just a few things. It was up to them.
As a child I loved the feeling of new notebooks for the new school year.
If the big lists is because you are buying for those who do not buy…..be one of those who do not buy too! No….I would not do that to my child…..but I think to send him off with one of everything and forget all the extras for others is fine if you are hurting financially.
I'd like to add that outfitting a college freshman girl with dorm decorating was a killer for me a few years ago. I now know that by the 2nd weekend in September Target will have everything for dorm rooms at 50% off or more! Ugh! What a money trap for freshman parents.


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"Still in a state of shock even outside of what you see on TV and the memorial that they have, it's still one of those things like I just worked with him last year that's not too long ago," said Myles.
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A new study find that studying one's Facebook profile boosts his or her self-esteem after a crushing blow to the ego.
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"The first half of the year was certainly much more difficult than last year. But I see very good growth opportunities for the Swiss watch industry for the second half of the year," he told the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper.
Hayek said sales of the priciest products had suffered most in China in the first five months of the year, but Swatch had still seen double-digit growth for its brands in the high, medium and lowest price categories.
"The situation in the luxury market in China improved in June," he added.
Switzerland's watch industry has been grappling with weak demand in China, where a slowing economy and a crackdown on lavish gifts weigh on sales, and Europe, where austerity programs hit consumer spending.
With its entry-price Swatch brand and mid-price Tissot and Longines, Swatch Group, which also owns high-end Omega, is less exposed than peer Richemont
Hayek said Swatch's purchase this year of the high-end jewelry arm of Harry Winston
Swatch saw gross sales rise 14 percent to 8.143 billion francs in 2012.
Analysts predict Swatch will report 2013 sales of 8.8 billion francs on average, Reuters data shows.
Hayek said he hoped the Harry Winston business would "soon" be able to achieve sales of 1 billion francs under Swatch leadership, compared to the $430 million it turned over in 2012.
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I'm more and more annoyed with the lack of attention being paid to language today. I don't expect everyone to be an award-winning language expert, but I would like to see some attention paid to using language properly.
This is about English. My concern is not with those who speak English as a second language (although there are plenty of English-second speakers who have a better understanding of English the English-first speakers), but with those of us who grew up with a language and use it every day.
What appalls me most is when I hear radio and TV announcers and news reporters butcher the language. The awful mistakes heard over the airwaves are repeated by the audience. These errors are like nails on a chalkboard to me.
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"Have went" (instead of went or have gone)
"There is" (usually as the contraction "there's") when it should be "there are" (example: There's many cars on the highway.)
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Apostrophes on plurals (essays is the plural, essay's is the possessive)
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Lindsay Lohan is reportedly fuming over the fact that her producers at Dimension Films, with whom she worked for her return in "Scary Movie 5″ with her co-star Charlie Sheen, added a scene for the film's trailer that she did NOT know about.
To make it worse, it made fun of her recent probation revocation.
But, as previously reported, she's okay with the "working script" that includes a whole lot of jokes that referred to the troubled actress' current and past legal troubles (nothing that we haven't seen in tabloids, of course).
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