What grown-up school supplies do you have your eye on?

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  Posted by teachergirl Sat Aug 16, 2008 4:08pm PDT

  Teachers are the ultimate at this! We are almost nerdy in our excitement when we see some new supply or gadget and our spouses just learn to deal. This year, the one that I went gaga for was only $2.99. It was a dry erase board eraser, shaped like a computer mouse with a hidden magnet that holds in onto the whiteboard! The new one I'm coveting one of my kiddoes brought in this week from Big Lots. It's a 3 hole punch/ruler combo that clips into a three ring binder. How cool is that? And it only cost her a buck!

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  Posted by teachergirl Sat Aug 16, 2008 4:09pm PDT

  Oh, and I always look for the coolest purple pens to grade with! (Brain research shows grading in purple is better on student self esteem than red!)

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  Posted by Felicia Sat Aug 16, 2008 8:25pm PDT

  My entire family is in LOVE with stuff from Office Depot and Staple! Even my Grandfather can't resist new pens! Clearly, this is a genetic disorder of some sort. LOL!

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  Posted by Teresa Sat Aug 16, 2008 9:22pm PDT

  I love school supplies too and I'm a grown woman. I think it's also because where I grew up school supplies were very scarce. I'm hispanic by the way. Anyway we sometimes had barely something to write with. Sometimes we would use a pencil until it was so small that it was too uncomfortable to write with. Getting color markers or color pencils were a big deal, almost as getting new toy. I guess it's a trauma. :)) Now, I only buy them occasionally. My husband has helped me overcome the trauma because whenever he would see me checking out pens for example, he would tell me : Stop the temptation, don't buy more, you already have enough at home." I would tell him: "yeah but I love this kind of pen, I like the way it feels when you write, so smooth" LOL Anyway since we've been married for a while he has warned me enough not buy them so I have stopped.

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  Posted by QueenAdeela Sun Aug 17, 2008 1:19am PDT

  Everything mentioned so far is exciting for me at school time! I don't have to buy supplies for the kids anymore but for myself, paper, pens, and a leather backpack top the list. I like decorative printer paper. And those fancy sticky notes mentioned.

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  Posted by Angela Knowlton Mon Aug 18, 2008 6:18am PDT

  I thought this was about supplies not clothes, Anyhow! When school starts back up i do find myself buying scool supplies from like a cute folder to fun note books and pens. Everyone at work thinks i am a nerd for buying them but i put them to good use at work.

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  Posted by Dory Devlin, Shine staff Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:43am PDT

  Ooh, I love a new stack of pens and fresh lined pads for old-fashioned list-making.

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  Posted by Kaki Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:06am PDT

  YES!! I'm 27 my son is 7 going in the 2nd grade and since kindergarten I but myself pens, markers, notebooks even...LOL stickers!!

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  Posted by SAR Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:35am PDT

  I'm 35 and I still love school supplies.My favorites are pens and notebooks with cool designs on them. Luckily I have an office job and can still find use for supplies. :)

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  Posted by Mom of Two Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:47am PDT

  Another teacher here...school supplies are fun. You see a lot of interesting things in the classroom. Thanks for the tip about the dry erase magnetic eraser. Where do they sell these?

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