School Shopping

I have a *mild* obsession with office supplies. I have no idea what it stems from, but I LOVE to browse and buy anything office related. Paper, Pens, Sticky Pads, Erasers, Markers, Colors, oh my! I love it all.

As a kid, my favorite time of year was back to school shopping. Not getting new clothes and shoes, but getting all the great school supplies to fill my backpack for the first day of school. I love the smell of paper and pencils and erasers. I love to buy brand new, never written in spiral notebooks. I love sitting in class that first day and writing on brand new paper with a new pen. Gosh, I love it!

Anyway. I haven't been able to "legitimately" shop for school supplies since college... until now! Lauren starts Kindergarten this year and I am desperately hoping to pass on my love of all things stationary related to her. Tonight we went and bought her school supplies. I will say her list of what she needed was pretty bland and pretty darn specific (1 orange plastic pocket folder with brads, 1 box of Ziploc brand gallon size bags...) so I didn't get to really enjoy the experience, but it was fun to stand on the aisle and look at all the wonderful things. I think she enjoyed putting the things in the basket, but I didn't see the same gleam in her eye that I had in mine. ;) Oh well. Maybe this one strange trait of mine is better left with me.