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adventures in school supply shopping

what i am about to share with you is one of my girl’s and my most favorite things in the whole wide world…shopping for school supplies.  we look forward to it every year.  here’s how it goes down.

first…you much hydrate and recharge. valencia orange refreshers from starbucks fit the bill perfectly.

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mecca.

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next, do not get distracted my the rainbow of sharpie markers at the entrance.

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sharpie markers are my love language.

also, spirals and folders have to match.  i’m sorry…they just do.  we don’t make the rules.

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do not freak out if you see this.  in the words of my delightful daughter, “oh my gawd… they’re everywhere.  there’s no escape.”

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my apologies if you have a tween-age daughter.

this year it was determined that new highlighters were in order.

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and that’s a wrap.

peace, kelly

p.s.  there may or may not be two rolls of washi tape at the bottom of this basket. i think i need a twelve step program for washi tape. and valencia orange refreshers.  Winking smile

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  1. Stacey says

    August 7, 2013 at 6:22 pm

    I love school supplies. LOVE them.

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  2. Dotti says

    August 7, 2013 at 7:04 pm

    You know what, Kelly … my daughter and granddaughter also *love* school supplies. We’re doing the annual girls’ school shopping trip when I get home from Chicago. See you soon. Whoop!

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  3. Katie says

    August 7, 2013 at 8:40 pm

    ha! we just got through doing that this morning. for me, it’s having to pass up all. those. wonderful. notebooks. sigh . . . there’s just something about a book with a spiral up the side that’s filled with endless amounts of blank pages waiting to be filled up. gets me every time.

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  4. ana roat says

    August 7, 2013 at 10:48 pm

    I was at Staples the other day shopping for back to school goodies when it dawned on me that Rebekah is 32 years old with a daughter of her own and another on the way…so I put the good stuff back, got some Martha Stewart stuff for my filofax (cuz I jumped on the filofax crazy-bus and now own about 52 gazillion post-it notepads shaped like bows and smacky-lips…I digress…) and discovered that someone had put 2 rolls of washi tape in my basket while I wasn’t looking 🙂

    I really miss back to school shopping!

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  5. Mo at Mocadeaux says

    August 8, 2013 at 10:59 pm

    I love school supplies! I am drawn to my own mecca, Staples, to purchase copious amounts of what I now call “office supplies” since my kids have grown and I can no longer use them as an excuse for my addiction.

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  6. Cathy H. says

    August 9, 2013 at 8:57 pm

    I love school supplies! I made myself walk very fast past those shelves today and tried not to drool over anything!

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