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Here are My Top 10 "Back to
School"
Shopping Tips
by Heather Hyde
#1. Buy those used textbooks online! Use the money you saved for those relaxing days at the spa when the kids are all gone... After all the work you put in this summer you deserve it!
#2. If your kids are using a laptop, get a laptop backpack, (they're very inconspicuous looking), that way if they take their eyes off the laptop case for a minute (or an hour... depending on the kid) it won't grow legs and walk away
#3. Shop...later... O.K. don't take this advice for your Christmas shopping or under your tree will be bare...but seriously... the day after the first day of school is bargains, bargains, bargains. Get the kids the basics and a couple of great new outfits for the first few days of school but leave the rest til later...you'll save a bundle!
#4. Decorating the homework desk is fun for the kids. Shocking pink chairs and posters of vampire-teenagers may not be your taste but it takes the "boring" out of homework...by the way the best place for this homework area is in "their" room.
#5. Sort, Store & Toss...No it's not a new reality T.V. show it's what I do every Fall. Clothes is the single most important item for you to discuss with your kids. Be prepared to hear "toss" to that new outfit you just got them in the Spring. Spend a few dollars and buy some designer labels they will love. Meeting new classmates is hard, raise the confidence levels of your kids. Donate their old clothes to a charity... most will pick up the donated clothes right at your front door. Plastic containers and colorful hangers are easy to get. Organizing things means cleaner rooms and less stressful mornings. your home or office
#6. This may seem like a big investment but it can be controlled by certain plans...if you haven't got your kid a cell phone I suggest that you get one. If your child is old enough to go out with friends it could be a life-saver. Where are all the pay phones? Try a pay as you go mobile plan with unlimited text...and learn how to text them...it saves a bundle of money in air-time and you'll have more conversations with them than you ever have had before and ...believe it or not...that's a good thing
#7. Let your kids look online for their favorite look. They'll tell you the stores, clothes and shoes they want...it saves a lot of time whether you buy online or go to the actual mall with the prints of the photos of their choices in hand...by the way...have extra printer ink on hand... you're going to need it! printer
#8. Change your batteries in your smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors ...O.K., O.K. ..this has nothing to do with back to school except for the fact that you'll be buying a ton of batteries for calculators and other school items. Anytime soon the gas furnace, space heaters, gas fireplace etc. will be starting up. Now is a good time to pick up the batteries for the detectors and do a really good thing for your little students to keep them safe for your home
#9. What's for dinner? That old familiar song will be singing through the house soon. Are you ready? Containers for lunches, snackables (lots of fruit and veggies), a crockpot to make one-dish meals, and other gadgets are needed for those home-cooked meals as you say good-bye to the BBQ and the fast-food meals of summer
#10. Go out on a date with your significant other or friends. Evenings of noise, homework frustration etc. are back again. Plan a great date-night sometime in the Fall. Get a sitter or order a pizza for the older kids and have something to look forward to...especially as you are going crazy that 1st week of school....It's time to slip out of Mommy and Daddy mode and "party like it's 1999!"
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