Favorite back to school supplies

[LikeAWillow]

Okay, so it's almost Back to School shopping time, and though I don't really get to do it anymore, I'm still obsessed with school supplies. Anybody else? There's just nothing like a good...



Mead Composition Book or even some...



Lisa Frank pencils.

So what are your favorite things to buy for you (or your kids) at the start of a new school year? I'm a really big fan of calendars and planners (as well as obviously Lisa Frank pencils. I didn't just pull that one out of the air.) I never actually use the planner during the year, but I love the possibilities of it. So many assignments that could be planned out in advance. So many days to be filled. Planners have potential.

[ButterCookie]

Yes. Yes. Yes. School supplies make me so friggen happy I can't even express it.

I have my trusty black leather filofax because the standard issue planners from school are pants.

Always.


Whichever matches my paperchase bag for the year

[LikeAWillow]

Originally Posted by ButterCookie

Yes. Yes. Yes. School supplies make me so friggen happy I can't even express it.

RIGHT? They're just.so.good. I can't express it either. School supplies feel like starting over so much more than New Year's Eve does, though. Literal blank slates. I'M SUCH A FAN.

[Zombie]

OMG LISA FRANK YAAAAAAY. I had so many Lisa Frank Trapper Keepers over the years.

I love back to school shopping for my kiddos (not so much the spending money part, but hey), and since I heart stationery and such, that part is always fun. I did a bit of stocking up when I was in Seattle at the beginning of the year and made my sister take me to Daiso - Japanese dollar store of amazing, unfortunately only available in select areas in the US - because they have great cheap pencils, notebooks, and other cute things covered in Engrish (for example, Mimi got a notebook with a cheerful cartoon turtle on it what says "STROLL OF TURTLE" & another one with a pink girly skull and crossbones what says "HAPPY SKULL! KISS HER!").

But the main event for back to school for me is always bento box supplies. Teeny plastic soy sauce fish and pigs! Mayonnaise case (also good for ranch, ketchup, BBQ sauce, other thicker dipping sauces) shaped like wee monkey heads with small banana that fits into his mouth for a scoop (one with pink bow for Mimi, no bow for Asher)! Pirate muffin papers for separating foods that should not be mixed! Plastic animal head skewers for making teeny fruit shish kebabs! Elephant egg molds! Hello Kitty onigiri molds!

The list goes on, haha.

I started bentoing for the kids last year and they love it, and it is a lot of fun for me, too. Daiso is a great place for cheap bento goodies, so I stocked up a bit on that stuff, too.

I still have to do the clothes shopping thing, though. And get the supplies for the traditional Get the Hell Back to School cake we have for breakfast on the first day of school every year.

[ButterCookie]

Originally Posted by Zombie

I still have to do the clothes shopping thing, though. And get the supplies for the traditional Get the Hell Back to School cake we have for breakfast on the first day of school every year.

**** man. 9th September, I'm coming to yours.

[iamnotafraid]

Back in my day a good cigar box was cool. (1st, 2nd and 3rd grade)

[sara1998]

The get to hell Back to school cake is an awesome idea! Wish I'd have thought of that!