they belong here http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/2007/08/25/101714_saving-secrets-for-buying-school-supplies.html

My last foray to Staples and Office Depot got me the following on sale.

Crayola 24 count 0.15 x 6
Store Brand White Glue 0.05 x 5
Pocket Folders 0.05 x 20
10 count Ball Point Pens 0.10 x 20
1″ 3 ring binder 0.99 x 6
12 count pencils 0.15 x 10
150 sheets loose leaf paper 0.50 x 10
6 pack 1 subject spiral notebooks 0.59 x5
2 pack school scissors 0.50 x2
glue sticks 4 count 0.25 x 4

Granted he won’t use mos of this stuff for school and my wife or I will use some of it, especially the spiral notebooks and pens, but if you spend the $3 to $6 on only super saver items you will never run out of the things they need. The first time he says mid October I need new colors mine are broken I can simply whip out a package and not feel irritable about the price or have to go out and buy substandard dollar store hunks of wax because that is all the extra I have in my budget.

The second big savings tip is a couple of times a month I pick my mother in law up from work at Wal-Mart. I go in a little early with sales ad get everything from the Sunday super sale from the office store and when she is ready to leave we price match everything at the register getting an additional 10% off plus her 10% employee discount. yes yes I know it seems petty asking for 10 cents off a dollar’s worth of folders and then taking another 10%, but even guys love the thrill of a bargain sometimes…