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Poll: How much money did your parents give you to go back to school shopping?
I hate this time of year. I love going to school so I get depressed when I see stores bring out school supplies. Yes, I am a dork.
How much money did your parents give you to go back to school shopping? How much will you give your kid?
I would get 100 dollars for clothes and a new pair of sneakers. (They werent name brand or anything like that) But my parents didnt mind spending more money on school supplies like notebooks, bookbag, pens etc.
Re: Poll: How much money did your parents give you to go back to school shopping?
My paternal grandma took my sister and me on a shopping trip for back-to-school clothes. We each got $100 to spend. She also bought us a bathing suit each summer; she had a pool in her condo complex, where we spent 1-2 days/week.
My parents usually bought school supplies. I always begged for a bigger box of Crayolas....
Up until 16, I would get the supplies that were on the list and nothing more. If I'd had a growth spurt or lost/gained weight, I'd get a few new items of clothes from Kmart or something.
Once I was 16, my parents made me get a job. At that point...I bought everything (school supplies, book rent, clothes, etc.)...so, $0.
This both for me as a child and what we hope to do for our future children.
I wore uniforms through elementary and high school, so I never got "back to school" clothes. I had three jumpers/skirts, five blouses, and one pair of uniform-required saddle oxfords. For supplies, Mom had to outfit 3 kids with supplies, so we got the basics, though each of us got two splurge items. I usually spent mine on real Crayola crayons or pretty notebooks.
I'm not planning on having kids, but I think I'd stick with my parents' ideas. Uniforms are a must!!! Makes life so much easier, for everyone.
I got new folders! The plain colored kind (not the cool Lisa Frank ones), but they were brand new!
And some years I got new mechanical pencils. Oh, and a fresh package of lined notebook paper.
Same. And once I started working I bought my own clothes mostly. I really didn't need that much for going back to school -- some new pens and maybe some paper and notebooks, but I'd use the same binder and bag. I do love the back-to-school stuff too though. I always wanted more things and only got to get what was really necessary.
I feel like in the movie You've Got Mail when they talk about how wonderful back-to-school supplies are and he'd like to send her a bouquet of sharpened pencils. I think I'd like to receive one of those. :P
I got what was necessary in school supplies. I'd go with my mom and she'd just tell me no if she thought whatever I chose was too expenive. Folders and binders and such I re-used until they broke and were only bought to replace or if I needed more than I had for specific classes.
Clothes were bought throughout the year. From age 14 or so I got a monthly allowance to be spent on clothes and that had to cover everything. The notebooks and pens and pencils were always bought for me though.
If/when we have kids I'll probably do about the same. Buy what's needed (and sure it can be cute) and clothes throughout the year. I've always found the idea of specific back to school clothes a little silly (probably because of the seasons here. Back to school it was often still warm, but 4 weeks later you'd have to wear heavy sweaters).
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My mom had five kids and we're all right in a row. I liked the new folders and notebooks but I somewhat DREADED bts shopping because I would always not have enough/or forget some really important item - compass? calculators? Things were really tight - I remember just wanting a trapper keeper or lisa frank folder -- she let me get one special folder and the rest were plain. I just remember negotiating everything down and having to share a lot and my mom rolling her eyes at the list.
Clothes were always secondary. I wore a lot of hand me downs until I surpassed my sister in size. I would get a couple new tee-shirts, sometimes gym shoes, but was never given any money of my own to spend.
If I have kids, I will go shopping with them until they are old enough to work. If they want brand name clothing, they're going to have to buy it themselves. School supplies are important. I plan to make it a little easier for them but not super easy.
Up until about age 6-7 I was spoiled rotten and my mom probably spent a good $500 on school shopping (for pre-school, kindergarten, 1-2 grades). During my parents divorce my dad really screwed my mother financially, to the point where she needed to file for bankruptcy afterward and spent years trying to build herself back up.
After that point things got tight and my mom became a super shopper. We still got the same things as other kids (Lisa Frank folders/notebooks and the Crayola school bus full of crayons) but she bought stuff on clearance/off-season or second-hand.
Also, I was a very overweight child so we were pretty much restricted to shopping in the JCPenney "plus-sized" children's section. Depressing.
At 14 I got my first babysitting jobs and at 15 started working at a banquet/events center and from that point I paid for everything myself. Hence the reason I am frugal franny!
lol ME TOOOOO. I'm always secretly thinking of how much I just want a reason to buy a new set of markers and other various organizational supplies. Professional student? Can this be an option without having to write a thesis?
You don't need to be a professional student. I collect Crayola crayons/colored pencils. I have two desk drawers full of coloring supplies. I felt silly paying to ship all my crayons, but I couldn't give them up. Thankfully, DH doesn't mind my childish tendencies.
Haha that's great! I didn't even keep the outfit my daughter came home from the hospital in so I don't feel like there'd ever really be a material thing I'd have *THAT* hard of a time parting with.