How much did you buy for back to school shopping?

[Anonymous]

Just one pair of pants and a dress shirt for the 15 year old. Kid has to dress for mass once a month.

We’ll get a new backpack but haven’t gotten around to that yet. He’s in week 2 of school (obviously not in the DC area).

[Anonymous]

2 boys. New sneakers for one kid but not the other whose are in good shape still. Haircuts. School supply boxes. New water bottles. Will buy clothes as needed.

[Anonymous]

HS senior bought herself a new top, and I bought some basic supplies like pens and notebooks. She doesn’t need any new clothes/shoes.

[Anonymous]

Two pairs of new sneakers - one casual, one for cross country.

One pair of jeans from the thrift store.

One new pair of workout shorts.

One haircut.

Six new notebooks.

Three new sketch pads (Five Below -- way cheaper than Blick and good quality paper.)

We will buy more if / when needed. I expect he may need shoes again mid year and a new hoodie or two. Likely a new winter coat at some point.

[Anonymous]

I only bought what is on the class supply list.
DD is 12. I buy things as needed. She will use same backpack, lunchbox etc that she has been using. Her sneakers still fit so she’ll wear those until she outgrows them.

[Anonymous]

Nothing

[Anonymous]

We buy things as we need them. If my kid wants a new outfit for school, we'll get it. I do survey the shoes, because usually they need a fresh pair of athletic shoes every few months because their feet grow and they wear the shoes hard.

[Anonymous]

I don't do back to school shopping. I buy clothes/shoes throughout the year as needed. I'm a teacher so I have zero dollars at this time of year.

[Anonymous]

Nothing. They reuse backpacks and lunch bags for years. They can still wear summer clothes well into September.

[Anonymous]

Nothing except medication for my kid going to college.

[Anonymous]

This is the first year where we didn't buy new clothes. I'm down to only one kid left at home, and I'll be honest, she dresses like a half-naked hobo most of the time. She and her friends a very much into turning their noses up at "fast fashion" and are all about thrift shopping and swapping clothes.

She's been living in flipflops and Birkenstocks this summer, so we did buy a new pair of sneakers that are needed for PE.

She bought jeans last year and they all still have the tags on them. She lived in leggings and PJ pants all last year. I can't stand the PJ pants trend, but pick your battles and all that...

My adult kids in college bought some new clothes, but again, I think it's just this younger generation, they don't place a big emphasis on new things to go back to college. They probably spent less than $100 each on new clothes and shoes. One of my sons used to be a huge sneakerhead with a big collection, but he chose to sell his collection while a senior in HS because he realized he'd fallen victim to "the system" and was wasting money on shoes that mostly sat on display in his room. He took a finance & econ class that year in HS and learned all about assets and liquid vs illiquid assets.

[Anonymous]

I spent about $200 on my 7th grade boy. New shoes and an overpriced trip to Nordstrom Rack. There was a Nike hoodie he really wanted. Sigh..

I spent maybe $150 on my 10 grade boy. New shoes, a couple pairs of shorts on sale, and one new pair of jeans from AE. He will wear those jeans once or twice a month.

[Anonymous]

I bought generic supplies -- mechanical pencils, pens, paper, highlighters, folders and binders because that's how my kids prefer to organize themselves for classes. They're both in HS and we'll find out at the open house if their teachers want anything specific beyond what I've already got (not likely). DD1 needed a new backpack, so we ordered that.

My standard BTS shopping is: One new outfit for the first day, new athletic shoes, and a pair of fun/casual shoes that they can alternate with their sneakers. Plus replacing worn out/outgrown underthings. DD2 got new shoes over the summer for XC training so her new athletic shoes are already taken care of, but I'll probably get her a pair of spikes for meets.

[Anonymous]

My teen girl needed some shorts that are a school appropriate length, so she got two pairs, otherwise we'll wait til things go on sale.

[Anonymous]

probably too much because we went from private to public. she didn't have a lot of non-uniform clothes.

few items from lulu, athleta, jcrew. new sneakers.

even with above, still cheaper than the tuition we were paying.