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Billeater: Back to School Shopping Blues
By BilleaterGuest Blogger(view all posts by Billeater)
at 11:55AM Wednesday August 24, 2011
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Image by davidking by Flickr
The back to school blues have got me in a funk.
Do the kids really need half of this junk?
New sneakers, new pens, pencil sharpeners, and more,
Got it all but the sharpener, though I've been to every store. Only a few days left and we've been all over town,
To every damn place, but no sharpener found.
We scanned the aisles at Wally, when a kind stranger laughed,
"There's not a sharpener in the store. I already asked."
"But Mom," they pleaded. "How will we get by?"
God forbid they gave mechanical pencils a try!
And the Tupperware's a mess. I'll have to buy new.
What happened to taking brown bags to school?
The backpacks too, what's wrong with last year's?
These anxious kids beg me with tears.
"We can't go to school with those old rags.
You'll just have to buy us brand new bags!"
Last year, school was their biggest pain.
Suddenly their eager to go back again?
And the annual fight about getting a phone,
I wish these kids would just leave me alone!
I'm onto them now, I'm getting wise.
For them, it's all a consolation prize.
They'll grab as much as they can and make a fuss
As my punishment for making them get back on that bus.
With all this complaining, I'm almost afraid say
That bed time has changed. It's an hour away.
I love my kids to death, I really do.
But I could really do without the back to school blues!
The back to school blues have got me in a funk.
Do the kids really need half of this junk?
New sneakers, new pens, pencil sharpeners, and more,
Got it all but the sharpener, though I've been to every store. Only a few days left and we've been all over town,
To every damn place, but no sharpener found.
We scanned the aisles at Wally, when a kind stranger laughed,
"There's not a sharpener in the store. I already asked."
"But Mom," they pleaded. "How will we get by?"
God forbid they gave mechanical pencils a try!
And the Tupperware's a mess. I'll have to buy new.
What happened to taking brown bags to school?
The backpacks too, what's wrong with last year's?
These anxious kids beg me with tears.
"We can't go to school with those old rags.
You'll just have to buy us brand new bags!"
Last year, school was their biggest pain.
Suddenly their eager to go back again?
And the annual fight about getting a phone,
I wish these kids would just leave me alone!
I'm onto them now, I'm getting wise.
For them, it's all a consolation prize.
They'll grab as much as they can and make a fuss
As my punishment for making them get back on that bus.
With all this complaining, I'm almost afraid say
That bed time has changed. It's an hour away.
I love my kids to death, I really do.
But I could really do without the back to school blues!
Jessica Bosari writes for the money-saving site, Billeater.com. The site is devoted to helping people reduce expenses, save money and find great deals. Pay Billeater a visit for more money-saving tips!
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