It's That Time Of Year

The time has come once again that I plan a special day to go....SCHOOL SUPPLY SHOPPING. When I was a kid, it was the special day that signified the summer was coming to an end and a new school year was about to begin. I would look forward to this special day every single year. What new kind of folders will I get? What kind of lunch boxes will they have? What will be the new trend in locker decor? New pencils! New pens! Wheee! And the way each aisle smelled of that new school supply smell. Heaven!

Every year my mom would ask, "Why do you need a new pencil box, use the one from last year." GASP. Ummm, who wants to do that? That takes all the FUN out of school supply shopping. Now that I think of it, I had quite the collection of lunch boxes over the years:

Strawberry Shortcake
Care Bears
Rainbow Bright
The Muppets
Pac-Man
Barbie

So here I am, all grown up....but I still look forward to SCHOOL SUPPLY SHOPPING DAY! My son starts school in a week but is with his dad this week. I have been given the rightous task of shopping for him. All he said to me before he left was - "Just make sure you get me a cool binder." With my 'too cool for school' supply shopping expertise, oh son, I won't let you down!