A Day I Dread
Every summer I dread the day I take the kids to get their school supplies and I cringe as the cart gets fuller and fuller knowing that it's all going to add up to more than I expected. It usually means having to go to two or three places to get everything but I lucked out and two stops sufficed this time out and the grand total wasn't quite as bad as I thought it would be.
Good thing too with gas here running $2.89 and that's at the cheaper stations some are over $3. It used to run me about $30 to fill my tank twice a week but it's about $45 at the moment and will only get worse once school starts and I'm driving even more than I am now.
This year I also wanted to make sure that Steph and all the misc. stuff she'll need but you always take for granted because you have one. Things like a pencil sharpener, stapler and scissors.
Sam bought her a notebook computer and a small printer to take with her and after we got home I realized we should have got her a couple of extra printer cartridges so we'll get those next week.
Most of Stephanie's friends were leaving for school this week so we haven't seen much of her between skating, work and seeing them all off. She, David, Michelle and Shayda are the only ones left in town and David leaves Sunday. It's going to seem strange not to have them coming around and raiding the fridge. But tonight everyone was home for dinner for a change.
Good thing too with gas here running $2.89 and that's at the cheaper stations some are over $3. It used to run me about $30 to fill my tank twice a week but it's about $45 at the moment and will only get worse once school starts and I'm driving even more than I am now.
This year I also wanted to make sure that Steph and all the misc. stuff she'll need but you always take for granted because you have one. Things like a pencil sharpener, stapler and scissors.
Sam bought her a notebook computer and a small printer to take with her and after we got home I realized we should have got her a couple of extra printer cartridges so we'll get those next week.
Most of Stephanie's friends were leaving for school this week so we haven't seen much of her between skating, work and seeing them all off. She, David, Michelle and Shayda are the only ones left in town and David leaves Sunday. It's going to seem strange not to have them coming around and raiding the fridge. But tonight everyone was home for dinner for a change.
posted by Booklover at
7:56 PM
1 Comments:
Mom was just saying the other day she loved back to school shopping. I told mom though that getting stuff for back to school today is nothing like when we were in school. I am glad I only have to shop for me now.
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Ann and Shawn, at 11:14 AM
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