You've heard about my CVS addiction and my Target shopping therapy; well, I have a Staples habit, too. I genuinely enjoy checking out notebooks; browsing markers, crayons and special pens; taking in the glorious Post-it colors; and fondling folders and otherwise fantasizing about the many ways I can organize myself...someday.
I'd never noticed that Staples had a fair amount of eco-friendly products, too, until a recent event at a store. There's everything from notebooks made of sustainable materials to scissors made with recycled plastic., along with a Staples EcoEasy site that lists products with a green bent.
I have really clear memories of shopping for back-to-school stuff as a kid, and of teachers giving ridiculously detailed instructions about supplies (single-topic, spiral-bound notebook that has a pocket in front). I can also vividly picture standing with my parents and sister on the street, waiting for the school bus to show up on my first day of first grade. I was wearing my favorite red dress...which I proceeded to wear every single day that week.
How about you—what are your most vivid back-to-school memories? Share them below, and you'll be entered to win one of two $75 Staples gift cards.
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This Staples giveaway is open until Saturday September 4, 11:59 p.m., and is for U.S. and Canadian residents. I'll randomly choose two winners, announce them here, and send out e-mail alerts. Good luck!
Note: I received some Staples products at the event, but the opinions and shopping addictions noted here are my own.
UPDATE: The winners of the two $75 gift cards are B. Wilson and Leslie. Congrats! And thanks to everyone for entering and sharing your memories, loved reading them.
I vividly remember getting up for school super early on the first day (that never happened any other day but the first) and getting dressed in my new back to school outfit and doing my hair and packing my backpack with all my new supplies. Then I would walk to school with my sister, super nervous about who would be in my class that year.
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In fourth grade or so, I remember getting a cardboard pencil box that was dark blue with all the constellations on it in yellow stars. I loved that thing. The names of the constellations were written underneath each one, and I remember staring at the long strange words, mesmerized, at many points in the whole semester, completely tuning out the teacher and the rest of the class, just pretending I was floating in the night sky, made of stars.
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Forgot to add my favorite memories: Recess was a blast! We would play four-squares and have fun on the playground. I also loved when I got to go back to school shopping! Nap time, playing computer games during computer lab hour, Art class..man, I wish I could go back. Now I'm taking college courses and school is no fun at all!
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My most vivid back-to-school memory is my first day of university. I felt like such a small fish in a giant pond and I basically just went through my day by standing in every line I came to, assuming that I must need to do whatever those people were doing (and usually I did).
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I still remember my first day of Kindergarten. I was wearing a purple t-shirt dress, white tights and purple legwarmers. Hehe. I still have a picture somewhere, of me standing in our front yard in front of a huge willow tree. There's also one of my hanging upside down from the tree like a monkey, that same morning. Ahhh, memories.
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My favorite memories of back to school were walking to the bus with my mother and her giving me the pep talk that everything was going to be okay!
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I remember all of the excitement, every year in grade school, picking your desk for the year. It was such a complicated decision back then...sit close to all of your friends, yet far enough from the teacher so you could "talk" to them. I was a chatter box.
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My favorite memories are the fresh paper, fresh crayons and folders that hadn't been scribbled on yet. And new clothes shopping!
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Oh, so long ago lets see, I actually have a good long term memory it is the short term i'm missing lol. So I remember my mom making me where a stupid knit stocking hat everysingle day. "you better keep your ears and feet warm or you'll catch pnemonia" how dare she mess up my perfect hair I worked on for about 30minutes in the mirror!I would get downstairs, step around the corner and off came that hat. Then I would walk to the corner store and buy a package of "Hostess snowballs" with my lunch money and proceed to walk to school skipping and laughing cuz I thought I got one over on her.
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We had a GIANT rock in our front yard where every year we had to take our first day of school photo. Cute, until you're about 17. Even more embarrassing? Doing it before you leave for college.
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I vividly remember getting my hair cut for 1st grade. I had long long hair and my Mom brought me to her hair dresser and dropped me off because he was a friend. Ther e was a dress shop next door and there was a great sale (something my mom could never resist). The hair dresser asked what i wanted and I said a pixie
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