School supplies. Our schools wait until the first day to tell the parents what supplies are needed, and needed immediately, so there is not much time to search around. Luckily I got most of what I needed at Big Lots, and then I had a $10 off coupon at Office Depot, so I was suckered into going there for the last few items.
Big Lots: 46 items
$90.76
Office Depot: 18 items
$ 113.40
- 10.00
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$ 103.40
That takes a huge bite out of my school budget. I also had classroom fees I had to pay:
one elementary kid: $10
the other elementary kid: $17
my middle school kid: $85
Total School supply cost: $ 306.16
I have budgeted $50/month for school costs, so that has spent all the money from September to February. So now they just need to wait until spring to need anything else for school. We shall see how that works out.
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