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It was time to pick up the school supplies on Katie and Julie's list. I ran to Sam's Club to grab a few things that came in bulk there, then came home and picked up [livejournal.com profile] daisy_knotwise and the girls so we could head to WalMart to pick up everything else.

It was a zoo. Yes, WalMart is frequently a zoo, but when the main aisle heading in has a display down the middle of it full of back-to-school items so that there's barely room for a cart to get past on each side, except that everyone needs to stop there to look for things, you have absolute chaos. This took its toll on Gretchen and I, although we did manage to collect almost everything we needed.

Phew!

Date: 2013-08-15 11:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pheltzer.livejournal.com
This will be our last year with the school supply shopping fiasco. Our school offers a kit of grade specific school supplies that you can just pay the school, they assemble everything and have it ready for the first day of school for you. No more running around dealing with the rest of the crazies out there. And you get exactly what the school wants you to have.

Date: 2013-08-15 06:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] purpleranger.livejournal.com
Did you encounter any People Of Walmart while you were there?

And this sounds like it might be one of those times when you take advantage of the fact that most Walmarts are open 24/7.

Date: 2013-08-16 08:58 pm (UTC)
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We did our shopping at Staples, towards the end of July (well, most of it - plus two more stops there & Target). The Back-To-School shopping card has paid for itself several times over. And things were much less hectic (and there were some very nice specials early). Of course, this plan of action depends on the school getting a list of rather early :-)

Here, supply drop-off was this morning, and the first day of classes is Monday. Well, David starts Monday, Michael starts Tuesday, as they divide the kindergarten classes the first two days.

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