Back-to-School Shopping

yes, it is almost that time again.  bryan, brookie, and little faith go back to school next tuesday!  oh, not so sure how i feel about that right now:)

we are so blessed to send our kids to fresta valley christain school out in beautiful marshal, virginia.  they must wear uniforms to school everyday, so back-to-school clothes shopping doesn't exist for me.  thank the Lord!  do you know how MUCH money we save?  remember brooke is our daughter.

BUT, i still had to buy all of their school supplies today.  yes, i spent over an hour in staples, by myself, not accomplishing anything!  it was a headache!  those crazy lists.  for 3 kids.  back-and-forth from page to page, from grade-to-grade.  can't they consolidate those things? 

and how many boxes of tissues does a class of 14 students actually need?  and no, i only need 2 glue sticks, not a box of 6, but i'll take it anyway because its a glue stick.  and why do you have to check papers with only purple and green pens?  where do i find those?  what happend to the old fashion red and blue checking pens?  see why i didn't accomplish anything? 

can you believe i was actually a teacher 10 years ago? 

those staple employees are super friendly though.  they must be able to spot the "shopping impaired" parents from a mile away.  i declined the assistance the first 4 times.  as the minutes ticked on, i decided not to pretend anymore.

i searched out a nice employee.  she did everything but push the cart for me!  200 dollars later, i left...and threw the list in the trashcan on the way out the door:)