Maybe I won't be here as much this weekend

The kids start school in a couple weeks and there is a list of supplies that are requested from the school for each grade. The typical supplies like paper, crayons, erasers, etc are listed, but so are odd things like plastic bags, soap, sanitizers, tissues, batteries - schools out here don't seem to have funds for such items!!

@much2say Same here, we have to buy the supplies. I remember someone making a comment, years ago, about how shocked they were because they thought the school tax covers supplies. It does on some, but not all.

Yes, school supplies are paper, pencil, etc...as long as it is under $20 and for clothes under $75. With only one child I should be able to keep under that amount. A garage sale (or yard sale if one doesn't have a garage) is something people all across America do when they want to get rid of some stuff. Some communities only allow certain dates, like where I live they have a spring and fall and unless one is moving, it is forbidden to have a sale. Then there are some communities that are open and people have a sale every weekend. The Route 127 sale is where anyone on this route might have a sale and it draws a lot of people, traffic is heavy. Route 127 is 758 miles long from Michigan to Tennessee.. Of course I will only visit the area near me. lol Here is a link about it:

I know that when your children are with you you are not online, so thanks for telling me and go have a good time, after all summer is almost over!

@Carmelanirel2 Yes, the summer is coming to a close. And my son is actually excited because this year, the evil ex, that's what I call her, told him he can do home schooling this year. He seems to be looking forward to that. I am happy that he is happy. My daughter don't want to bother with that yet.

@inertia4 I would like to home school, but my husband isn't thrilled with it.

Actually, even though I am going to school this fall, the store didn't now that and I got me a pair of shoes tax free.

@Carmelanirel2 Fabulous! Happy for you!

I did get a pair of shoes, but when I was at another store to pick up a pair of jeans and a shirty for my son, I didn't consider...it was in another state who doesn't have this. But that's okay, I got 20% off for using my credit card and the clothes were already a good deal on sale.

@cynthiann Haven't had a chance to wear them though. I am either working at my daughter's shop or my neighbor's, where I don't want to ruin them.

@Carmelanirel2 We don't have water - and we don't have money - ha ha (or not ha ha!). I think I just read only 17 states have it (the tax free back to school thing) - darn that we were not apart of that list!

@much2say Yeah, it isn't funny and while Ca has no water, places like Ohio and Indiana are getting plenty of rain. If only we were able to balance it out, eh?

I think Ohio only started this a couple years ago, because I heard about it from someone in another state and I checked and found out Ohio didn't have it. So I don't know when they started, maybe Ca will start one soon. Ca. also has had a horrible drought this year too, so maybe that is a factor as well.