Today I was reading the No More Debt Forum and found a great post by one of the moderators on how to save money on school supplies. This is a well thought out post with links to other information. Now that my kids are not young anymore, I don't give much thought to school supplies. I buy notebooks, index cards and pens. That is about it.
One of the points she discusses is buying expensive back packs. Two years ago I bought expensive backpacks at the 5 and 10 in Newark on Main Street. These back packs are still going strong and will start their 3rd school year. It is well worth the money rather than buying flimsey back packs.
Here is the link to the post:
http://forums.delphiforums.com/nomoredebt/messages/?msg=16697.1
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I bought my daughter a $3 back pack at a thrift store because the $6 plus shipping one had not arrived in time for school. Guess which one she prefers? The thrift store one. She thinks the other is nice... We spent hours picking it out. But she says it is too heavy and bigger than she thought it would be. Another note: I bought a lands end back pack for a dollar at a St. Vincent's thrift store more than 15 years ago and it only recently "died" [I gave it to someone else a few years back, so it also had at least three "lives"].
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