Good Glory! It's expensive.
And I hate it. The other people (with their children) weren't so bad--but the prices!
I know it's not everyday that your baby goes to her very first-first day of school, but criminy! I bought 2 dresses, 2 packages of tights, a pair of denim capris, a pair of khakis, a pair of jeans, two pairs of shoes--one sneakers and one black dress shoes--and the few remaining supplies the available "general BTS supply lists" all say she needs, and it cost me over a hundred dollars!
Not to mention the stuff we've been cautiously buying across the summer months to get her ready.
How do people who have more than one in school at a time afford it? The supplies alone, bought on sale and for cheap, have cost at least $50. Criminy!
I'm not going to do the rant about how "when I was in school", because I know that budgets are tight and in many places they don't have the funds for books, let alone pencils and cheap writing tablets, but this is ridiculous!
I'm also not looking forward to the BTS Money Grab that I've heard horror stories about--you know, the ones where you are expected to provide supplies for a *kitty* or community pot. I have no problem coughing up a box of crayons, or some pencils for the *kitty*, but I better not be expected to produce a filled in checklist of supplies for another child.
Sorry, but I know that the school that my daughter will be attending has some of the more wealthy families' children in attendance...I will not provide crayons and an unlimited supply of writing paper for a doctor's child. He's pulling in enough income to afford two-two week European vacation for his four children and a friend apiece, he's able to pay up front for no less than five vehicles for he and his wife....he can afford a 12 cent box of WalMart crayons for each of his children, 3x a year.
And he can suck it up.
But I digress. Now, since most of the shopping is done, I now have the task of labelling everything properly, and making sure that my little Howler Monkey tries everything on again. She hates trying things on. She likes them once they are on, but she honestly thinks that she should be trying on no more than ONE item per day. And I did manage to get her to try on about a billion pairs of shoes (two kinds, combined try-ons) today. That may have blown my budgeted try-ons for the rest of the year.
I also have to whine about how tomorrow is my baby's last true day in day care. These ladies have loved her, cared for her, and known her since she was 3 months old. It's been a relatively easy time--no major breakdowns on my part; no traumatic "do we find other care for her?" questions--and now, I feel sad that she is saying good bye. "Good Bye" just doesn't seem to cut it--how do you thank someone for the love they've given your child? How to do put into words how much it has meant that they understand her and have loved her unconditionally?
I don't think she understands what it means, this saying Good Bye tomorrow.
*sigh*
And I hate it. The other people (with their children) weren't so bad--but the prices!
I know it's not everyday that your baby goes to her very first-first day of school, but criminy! I bought 2 dresses, 2 packages of tights, a pair of denim capris, a pair of khakis, a pair of jeans, two pairs of shoes--one sneakers and one black dress shoes--and the few remaining supplies the available "general BTS supply lists" all say she needs, and it cost me over a hundred dollars!
Not to mention the stuff we've been cautiously buying across the summer months to get her ready.
How do people who have more than one in school at a time afford it? The supplies alone, bought on sale and for cheap, have cost at least $50. Criminy!
I'm not going to do the rant about how "when I was in school", because I know that budgets are tight and in many places they don't have the funds for books, let alone pencils and cheap writing tablets, but this is ridiculous!
I'm also not looking forward to the BTS Money Grab that I've heard horror stories about--you know, the ones where you are expected to provide supplies for a *kitty* or community pot. I have no problem coughing up a box of crayons, or some pencils for the *kitty*, but I better not be expected to produce a filled in checklist of supplies for another child.
Sorry, but I know that the school that my daughter will be attending has some of the more wealthy families' children in attendance...I will not provide crayons and an unlimited supply of writing paper for a doctor's child. He's pulling in enough income to afford two-two week European vacation for his four children and a friend apiece, he's able to pay up front for no less than five vehicles for he and his wife....he can afford a 12 cent box of WalMart crayons for each of his children, 3x a year.
And he can suck it up.
But I digress. Now, since most of the shopping is done, I now have the task of labelling everything properly, and making sure that my little Howler Monkey tries everything on again. She hates trying things on. She likes them once they are on, but she honestly thinks that she should be trying on no more than ONE item per day. And I did manage to get her to try on about a billion pairs of shoes (two kinds, combined try-ons) today. That may have blown my budgeted try-ons for the rest of the year.
I also have to whine about how tomorrow is my baby's last true day in day care. These ladies have loved her, cared for her, and known her since she was 3 months old. It's been a relatively easy time--no major breakdowns on my part; no traumatic "do we find other care for her?" questions--and now, I feel sad that she is saying good bye. "Good Bye" just doesn't seem to cut it--how do you thank someone for the love they've given your child? How to do put into words how much it has meant that they understand her and have loved her unconditionally?
I don't think she understands what it means, this saying Good Bye tomorrow.
*sigh*
1 comment:
We lucked out I guess...I called the school to find out what we needed as I hadn't seen a list. She went into a schpiel about a free and appropriate public education and that there are no required supplies! No crayons, nothing. "If you really want to buy something, get him a backpack and donate a roll of paper towels to the classroom."
Fine by me! I did buy him some new socks, but he has plenty of nice clothes since he only wants to wear basketball shorts & T-shirts all his jeans & nice shirts are still in mint condition for school.
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