I LOVE Penny Days!

At the beginning of each school year, each teacher gets a little budget they get to work with to buy stuff for the classroom. The school gives us a fatty order form of all the stuff you can buy with your money such as pencils, crayons, folders, glue sticks, etc, thrgough them. Though that might be the easy way to spend the money, and get all your supplies, it is definitely not the wise way to spend because of all the AWESOME back to school deals you can find at several stores throughout the summer. You might have to go to a store several times (limits on what you can buy of course), you might have to take friends (so they can get the limit as well), and you may have to fill out rebates to get some of your money back, but in the end it is all worth it!

Here is an example of part of my week's shopping events thanks to both Staples and Office Depot's amazing Penny Days!

108 two pocket folders
42 pairs of scissors
90 pencils
2 calculators
15 pencil sharpeners
18 sharpie markers

Total? $20.11