Back to School Supplies

What supplies I picked up for going back to school?

To start off I have two backpacks for school

Things to consider when getting a backpack:

• Are you using it to carry a laptop
• Is there plenty of room for binders, notebooks, books, and supplies.
• Durablity - will it last you the whole year, is the material strong enough to hold all your stuff
• Color - pick something that suits you, if you are messy or put your back pack in places where it can get dirty then off white probably isn't a good idea, and a darker color would be better.
• Style - pick one that you can see yourself using all year and hopefully over the next couple years because some backpacks can be expensive.
• Are there any special features you would like? Such as a special place to put your ipod that has a hole for your headphones to come out or a special pocket made to hold your ipad.

This one is from IKEA and it is an off white color.  It is kind of small but holds enough for me.  Inside I carry two 1.5 inch binders, a big 4 subject notebook, one regular notebook, two pencil cases, and my glasses case which is in a side pocket. This backpack has a spot to hold my laptop but with everything else inside there is no room left for it.

My other back pack is a Targus backpack that I found at Best Buy and it is much bigger than the IKEA backpack above.  It holds everything the other one holds plus I can fit my laptop and a book or two.  I have a lot of stuff to carry with me and my books are pretty big so this backpack is better for me.

School Supplies

PENCIL CASES: I have 3 pencil cases to keep me organized.

1. My Poka-dot pencil case holds all my pens, pencils, markers, and all writting tools

2. My Bunny pencil case holds ONLY black pens for doing assignments that way I don't have to dig through my poka-dot pencil case just to find one black ink pen.

3. My DOMO pencil case holds everything else I may need - stapler, mini hole punch, scissors, and post its

Bling!

Inside my Poka-dot pecil case I have:

5 Pilot precise V5 extra fine pens in different colors (purple, light blue, pink, green, dark blue)

2 Black Pilot precise V5 exrra fine pens

5 Paper mate felt tip markers in different colors (pink, blue, orange, purple, green)

3 Sharpies in different colors (bubble gum pink, black, and raspberry pink)

1 King size sharpie

2 Paper mate 0.7 lead mechanical pencils

2 yellow highlighters

3 Hello Kitty pencils

These are all the things I love to have each year to add some fun to going to school! Having bright colors to write notes in helps separate topics.  I love sharpies for labeling and they come in handy a lot throughout the semester.