The smell of school supplies

The kids at the House of Clay head back to school in a week and we have been at Tar-jay two days in a row searching for those last elusive school supplies. This year, we are having trouble finding composition notebooks in different colors so that Caroline can tell them apart for her different classes. I am refusing to purchase everything on both of the girls’ lists to start the year, just to have them misplace items before they actually need them. I know, a classic mean mom move, but c’mon…who wants to buy 1258 sheets of notebook refill paper if they don’t have to?