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[quote=Anonymous]I think there are some things that I will settle on.  I KNOW my son is going to wear holes in the knees of his school uniform pants so I buy them at a consignment shop.  His uniform shirts, I buy secondhand from the school.  His backpack, I got on sale at PBK as I couldn't stomach paying full price.  It's a little dirty, but in perfectly good shape and will likely last through summer camp with no problem.  Various school supplies, I mean pencils, pencil box, erasers, etc, I don't find a significant value in what I get at the dollar store vs Target.  And cheap crayons, well, they're cheap.  One thing I don't compromise on is shoes.  I usually go for Keen.  If they're on sale, nice.  If not, my kid still needs shoes and a pair of Keens will last the entire school year vs trashing 4-5 pairs of $20 shoes.  Used shoes is one thing I can't stomach.

At this point, consider it a lesson learned.  Even backpacks from someplace like Target likely won't hold up.  There are some things that are beat up daily and backpacks is one of them.  [/quote]

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