School supplies are geared toward GIRLS!
Yesterday the boy was sent home with two books to cover. I’ve always wanted those stretchable book covers, so off I went in search of them. Why did Tar-jey only have florals and pinks left? I dug through the bin and there happened to be two really ugly brown, orange,and yellow with footballs and helmets on ‘em? UG-LAY! I picked them up anyhow. Then I went to Rite Aid and came across some Pokemon ones by chance and an ugly plain orange one. I figured he would have more books to cover as the days go by.
So I get home and guess what? NONE OF THEM FIT! Ugh! Too small! So if I have time today I’ve gotta return them all, save for the orange b/c the packaging didn’t hold up well when I opened it.
So I had to forage for paper bags. I was hoping to come across some shopping bags from Nordy’s or Old Navy b/c I like the whites, but that would require shopping there and that hasn’t happened in a great while. So good old brown paper bags is what it was.
Back to school supplies… so while I was looking for those book covers I was also looking for a solution for his pencil pouch. Saw a whole bunch at Tar-jey. But… they were all for girls. ALL. OF. THEM. Florals. Pink stripes. Purple dots. WTF? And if it wasn’t those it was High School Musical or Camp Rock. Then the same at Rite Aid with the all pinks, Bratz, and the like. Did all the boys buy out the pencil pouches I doubt it.
I looked around the house for some sort of pouch for him to use, and all of mine are rather girly. *scratches head*
I love scoping out the back-to-school supplies, I’ve always been obsessed. I wish there were half of the cool things the have now when we were kids! Or even a Target, but I guess the base/Exchange was our “Target” back in the day! Anyhoo, yah, it’s a challenge finding not-ugly things for boys in general. At least you have two girls to buy cute supplies for in the future!
Oh, I also wanted to let you know when I was in HS I used to use Mylar paper (tear/waterproof like white fedex envelopes)to cover my books. Or, you can use some cute wrapping paper and cover over that w/clear Contact paper. My books looked pretty spiffy!
Comment by michelle — August 26, 2008 @ 11:35 am
Oh! For pencil pouches, check out the Borders Paperchase section
Comment by michelle — August 26, 2008 @ 11:37 am
I found out about the Target bookcovers the hard way too - the brand that KMart sells work. FYI Staples brand are too small as well.
At the Stonestown Borders - they do have great stuff. One of the clerks pissed me off last week - they had a folder with Skulls(Pee-chee, Trapper) for $8.99. WTF? I asked the clerk if it was a misprint and he answered back - “Uh, NO!” I answered, “I was just wondering because the portfolio (with elastic) in the same style is $2.99 and the same style binder is $4.99.” His answer “I can totally see why the folder is still more expensive.” Oooookay.
Comment by sabrinasmom — August 26, 2008 @ 5:00 pm
What I used to do back in the day was cover it with brown paper bag then cover that with clear contact paper. Lasted the whole year!
Comment by Joy — August 26, 2008 @ 6:18 pm
thanks ladies!!! i totally 4got bout the stuff @ Border’s. saw some super cute monster stuff from Paperchase in Hawaii. Hope they have it here too!
Comment by s0niele — August 26, 2008 @ 6:19 pm
ditto on the girlie crap. everything we saw was like you said, high school musical, hanna montana, or camp rock. (and barbie and bratz and… lol)
Comment by marybeth — August 27, 2008 @ 4:26 am