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More ways to save for back to school
Well by now most everyone is back to school for the 2014/2015 school year. What an exciting time, your little ones (or older ones) will be experiencing many FIRSTS – first day of kindergarten, first day of high school, first time moving away from home to attend college, the list will go on and on. What will YOU be doing to celebrate these firsts? If my Facebook feed is anything to go by you’ll be doing a lot of shopping. For weeks now I’ve had friends posting about how expensive back to school shopping is, all the supplies, backpacks, clothes etc. This is why I am excited to tell you all about Staples Back To School 100% Price Match Guarantee!!
We all know that sending our kids off to school is expensive and that is why I love sharing with my readers great way to save your hard earned dollars, and Staples makes that so much easier!! If you find a lower price on a new identical item, just show that lower price to a Staples employee when you buy the item at Staples and they will match the price — plus an additional 10% of the difference. You can see all the details by clicking here. While you’re out there saving money you can also save on your stress level and enjoy the fun and excitement that comes with all the FIRSTS that a new school year will bring for your children.
Also – we all know that once our children go back to school the school supply shopping is not complete – it seems to be a continuous process throughout the school year. That’s why this Price Match Guarantee is even better – you’ll be able to make more happen for less all season long. From the coolest locker accessories to the latest classroom essentials, you’ll save big with Staples’ Less List, 110% Price Match Guarantee, and exclusive Rewards benefits.
Staples has all you need for your back to school needs – one such item is the Jansport Sockeye Backpack, that I was lucky enough to receive. Now I know I am no longer in school (after 12 years of schooling, a bachelors and masters degree, I think it is safe to say I have ‘done my time’ 
) but I just LOVE backpacks, I always have. I still have a lot to carry around, whether it is my work laptop and all related goodies or my personal laptop and blogging items, I will never say no to a great, high quality backpack, like the Jansport Sockeye Backpack.
This backpack really is great – it has a 15 inch laptop compartment as well as an organizer compartment that has a tablet sleeve. These are two of my favorite features, but the list carries on;
- Front zippered gear storage pocket
- Dual side webbing compression
- Ergonomic S-curve shoulder straps
- Two main compartments
- Dual daisy chain webbing lash points
- Bike light lashing webbing
- Cooling mesh back panel
- Dual water bottle pockets
- Web haul handle
I am confident that this backpack will work fantastically for your child’s needs as they head back to school, or for YOU to use with your everyday needs of carrying everything we need in today’s busy times. I just love the S-curve shoulder straps, this is the first time I’ve had a backpack with these straps and they really do make carrying the bag feel great – even when it is full with my laptop and so much more!!
Comment below what is your favorite ‘FIRST’ memory of Back to School with your children??
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My first and favorite memory was all the mothers at the bus stop for the first day of kindergarten; the kids were excited and the mothers were all crying!
i do not have children.
but i can remember never getting sleep the night before and going to my first day on pure nervousness!
My favorite memory of a FIRST that my children went back to school, is when I got to watch them get ready for there 1st day, putting there backpacks on, and driving them to school, while they told me how exciting there where. Also getting to see how happy there where once they walked into the classroom.
Getting one the bus for the first day of school cute moment for back to school.
My girls being so happy to see the kids again, about 1st and 2ed gread.
My favorite memory was my son’s first day of kindergarten. He was so excited to take the school bus, I cried when he got on! Now he is in the 10th grade in high school, I can’t believe he is growing up so fast!
I don’t have kids, I remember how much fun I had picking out my school supplies and dreading the first day at the same time!
My favorite first memory was bring my older son to school and him saying I love you Mommy before entering .
My favorite memory is when my son started kindergarten. He had a friend in his class and the boy was crying because he didn’t want his mom to leave. I remember my son telling him it was going to be fun and that he could sit next to him all day. I loved it!
Seeing all of my friends
my daughter was in pre-school and she came home and said mommy i want to show you something and she grabbed a book and wrote her name in it, i cried it was so sweet, and will forever have the book with her name..
My favorite memory was seeing my daughter so excited for Kindergarten she ran in a gave her new teacher a hug!
I remember the terror of having 3 of my 4 kids on milestone firsts at the same time: my oldest was heading off to college at the same time my daughter was starting middle school and my youngest starting kindergarten. I had a 3rd grader in the middle, and he needed to be homeschooled – a first for me.
Love having my daughter read her first word – we are homeschooling and she has just learned to read!
i can remember when my son was a kindergartener,he was getting on his bus for the first day of school…
I can remember how happy and sad I felt at the same time. I tried very hard not to cry in front of my son, but as soon as the bus pulled away I cried.
One of my favorite memories is our grandson’s first day of school after he came to live with us. He was a 2nd grader and was brave enough to get on the school bus and get to his classroom himself.
today was my sons first day of school he got on the bus and turned to get back off
THE FIRST MEMORY WAS WHEN MY OLDEST GRAND-DAUGHTER CALLED ME ON HER FIRST DAY
My favorite memory of a FIRST for my children as they went back to school was riding the school bus for the first time. One hated it and one loved it! Go figure!
I do not have children.. but I always remember dreading the first day of school and stressing that I was going to forget all my supplies.
My favorite memory was taking my son to Kindergarten, he was my oldest at the time I had just had a baby a few month before school started. He was so happy and excited, he also loved his teacher. We had met her the week before and they hit it off.
That was nearly five years ago. Now my oldest daughter is 4 going on 5 and I have a two year old going on 3. Man time flies.
I remember my youngest daughter’s first day of high school. She was trying to act like it was no big deal while he lip quivered so much she had to bite it to keep it still.
My favorite first was the first time my daughter rode the school bus. She felt like such a big girl & was SO excited!
My first favorite memory is when my daughter got off the school bus coming home.
The first day of school every year was a first for me and seeing how much he was maturing with each year that passed.
I think that my first and favorite memory was the first day of school when I was a Teacher at the elementary school where all three of my children were attending!! I was so lucky. Great memory.
My favorite memory of back to school is actually the FIRST time my daughter ever went to school on the bus. She was 3 and it was public preschool, she has Williams syndrome so she had to transition to public and everyone was so worried about her not being ready and how she would handle the bus, etc. because she was so young and developmentally pretty delayed. So when I put her on that bus for the very first time and she didn’t cry and did wonderful I was the proudest mommy in the world!!!
No kids. I remember how fun it was to walk across the street with my mother, really going to school not just pretending.
My son is autistic so hugs and kisses and even the words mommy and daddy didn’t come for a long long time. So they were my favorite firsts.
When both of the children got off the bus all excited arms open for a hug
Oh gosh, that was so long ago. I just remember that I took it harder than my daughter did. I think I got a bit weepy sending my baby off to school.
How excited they were to be at school…especially after thinking they would be crying and not want to go. I was actually the one crying because I had to leave them…LOL
Both my husband and I took the day off for the first day of my daughter’s kindergarten. Needless to say we were worried about her going on the bus for the first time. However, when the bus pulled up she climbed up and sat and wave to us with the biggest smile. Our worries were for nothing!!!
My favorite memory is taking pictures of them on the first day of school in their uniforms, new shoes and backpacks.
On my Daughter’s first day in kindergarden, we were met by a borage of screaming children and many parents flustered and crying. It was mayhem! I remember the teacher looking at my Daughter and I and passing on a thankful smile due to calm composure we both had. My Daughter was glad to go, and I was glad to take her
When my oldest daughter went to Kindergarten the first day she was so excited, she and my two year old each had their Mulan backpacks, off we go. When one sister went in to school, my younger daughter sat down on the concrete parking curb and had a heavy sigh, head in her hands just totally sad. I hadn’t thought of her feelings I was so worried about my oldest girl going to “real school”!
the tiem the youngest said i for got something and i did my shoes i was barefooted and then theywere heading to bus
I can recall getting our youngest daughter ready for her 1st day to school Feeling bitter sweet about it. Excited that she was hurdling another milestone . Sad that my baby was growing up. She was so cute with her little missing front teeth. Now she is grown and her oldest child went to K this year. It is so amazing to see my baby with her babies. Now we communicate on a whole new level . She understands me more now that she has children of her own.
My First memory of back to school was seeing her waving good bye as she rode away on the school bus for the first time this year.
My husband had to follow the school bus to school and make sure everything went ok!!
My favorite memory is always taking her picture so eager and excited about going back to school. I am lucky she loves learning and being with her friends.
making new friends
My favorite first was how each of my kids got so excited for their very first day of kindergarten.
My only child started kindergarten this year, and it was such a special time for us as a family. My husband and I were so excited for her to start school, but I must admit, being a stay-at-home mom with her her whole life, I was also pretty sad. I cried.
I loved when my teen was just in kindergarten and I would walk him down to the bus when we lived in Little Rock, AR. It was a fun time for me seeing him grow up before my eyes. He went to preschool but real school was a super big deal for me! Now, we homeschool
My favorite memory was both of my son’s first day of kindergarten. They were so excited but mom cried like a baby after I drop them off. Now my oldest started middle school this year & it was like the first day of kindergarten all over again. I just want to keep my son small forever.
My favorite memory was when I dropped my son off at school he looked at me and smiled and said don’t worry mommy I’ll be fine and I will tell you all about my day this evening! and then he said and mommy don’t be sad I’ll miss you too!
My favorite memory was when my girls were little and they rode a bus to another town for school. We always had a tradition of having a “first day of school party”. About 10 children in the neighborhood came to our house for homemade cake and ice cream. My 2 girls decorated the cake with scenes of swing sets or schoolhouses, etc. We did that for 5 years in a row then moved away to another state.
My favorite memory of my son’s first day of school is how excited he was to learn and make new friends! I’m so proud of my big kindergartener!
My favorite memory was how adorable and young they were. So precious and so excited.
I remember my daughters first day of school, she’s my oldest and she was so brave and didn’t even look back at me when she walked into the classroom, I was so proud of her, and she never told me once that she didn’t want to go to school!
One of my favorite memories was driving them to the bus stop and they waited in the car for the bus to arrive.
I always loved seeing them all decked out in their new clothes and backpacks filled with new school supplies! I miss those days.
My favorite first is always the first day home when I hear all the excitement!
I homeschool my three young children so watching their excitement when they learn something new is always a bonus for the teacher!
My First Favorite Memory was of my daughter Sherrie, LOL the look on her face was as if she was never going to see me again, until I went to the school to take a few snap shots and she was just so happy and that big smile on her face
that not only made her day but made mine..
My first and favorite memory was when I picked up my son from his first day of school and he talked non-stop about his day and how many gold stars he had earned. He hardly stopped to breathe in between sentences.
I remember with all of my kids when we would shop for their first day of Kindergarten how they thought Christmas had come early because they were getting new clothes and backpack and they got to choose the ones they were going to wear
My favorite memory is when my son was on his first day of kindergarten and him giving me a huge smile back waving goodbye telling me its okay to leave him there at school.
All of these comments are so sweet! When I first started taking care of my nieces and nephews, I was so worried. I was worried about their new school, new grade levels, new environment, etc. But on the first day of school, they hopped off the bus with ginormous smiles and raced each other back to their new home. It was so relieving and heartwarming.
Looking so cute in the new clothes n backpack!
I don’t have any children but I cannot wait until my nieces are old enough to start school. My brother will be a strong Dad on the outside and a nervous one on the inside.
I would have too say him looking so cute his new school clothes & backpack
I fondly remembering school shopping for myself! It was so much fun every year.
I’ve never been to Staples before, but I’ve heard they have some really great deals! I currently take college classes and I’m sure they have something in there for me. I don’t currently have kids, but my most memorable back to school memory was my first day of Kindergarten. I remember walking in and I immediately started playing with a girl who ended up being my best friend for years.
I don’t have children yet but I have fond memories of school shopping every year and how fun it was!