Top Five, Bottom Five: SCHOOL SUPPLIES

Happy, happy Thursday, friends!

It’s another edition of…

Today is our final BACK TO SCHOOL post of the season, and it’s all about…TOP FIVE, BOTTOM FIVE: SCHOOL SUPPLIES.

One of the best movie quotes of all time 🙂 .

I don’t know about you, but we’ve spent the last few weeks buying alllllll the school supplies.

Some of them, I love.

Some of them, I don’t love.

Whether you want to chime in about school supplies OR your office supplies (because let’s be real, they’re interchangeable), I have a feeling you’re passionate about some that you love (and don’t love!).

Alrighty, here are my TOP FIVE SCHOOL SUPPLIES…

#5: CLASSIC BLACK BIC PENS

Nothing writes better than a classic Bic pen. In black. I buy them by the box.

I know I’ve shared this before, but I worked for my dad for years, and he only had two rules: no Post It Notes and nothing but black ink.

My dad is the most laidback person I know, so both of these things make laugh because they’re very out of character.

#4: WIDE RULED SPIRALS

First of all, “college ruled” anything is just terrible. I don’t want to write on it, and I don’t want to read someone else’s writing crammed into those thin lines. I love a fresh WIDE RULED spiral notebook. I love that it lays flat when open, that you can fold it over…it’s a blank canvas of possibilities.

#3: POST IT NOTES

And probably because of those years working with my dad, I love a Post It Note. I think they’re extra awesome in a neon color too. They’re just magical little pieces of paper. Somehow, they’re the perfect size AND they stick to pages, computer screens, file folders. Love.

#2: FLAIR PENS

My very very favorite writing utensil! I’ve tried all the other markers and pens and nothing comes close to the Flair. I keep them in my purse, next to my Bible, and of course, I have dozens and dozens in my desk. They are perfection.

#1: A FRESH NEW PLANNER

I almost exclusively use academic planners. A fresh new planner is without a doubt my favorite back to school supply. I am almost 45 years old, and I still love to add stickers, use my Flair pens to make it colorful, I love writing in birthdays and vacation dates…oh I get excited just thinking about it now.

As much as I love these items though, there are a few school supplies, I don’t enjoy.

Here are my BOTTOM FIVE SCHOOL SUPPLIES…

#5: SCOTCH TAPE

I hate when I lose the end on the dispenser. It’s really basically a lost cause after that. I also don’t understand why I buy a roll and my kids instantly take it. I have yet to find out what my children are doing with all the scotch tape, but it disappears so quickly around here.

That being said…

#4: GLUE STICKS

…give me scotch tape over a glue stick any day of the week. They’re basically useless school supplies. Glue sticks never really “stick” anything together. You just end up with a sticky mess smeared all over the paper. And heaven forbid you use a purple glue stick! That just leaves a purple sticky mess.

#3: WHITE OUT TAPE

I adore old school White Out…I despise White Out Tape. Whoever thought this was a good replacement was wrong. It comes out crooked, in one long bunch, it’s hard to write over, it isn’t wide enough to really “white out” anything. It’s terrible. And yet, somehow, this is sold at most stores now instead of the liquid version.

#2: COMPOSITION NOTEBOOKS

I mentioned this the other day, but my kids each had to have several for school, and I DO NOT UNDERSTAND. The cover doesn’t stay open, the spine doesn’t lie flat. I can’t find one redeeming quality of these notebooks and yet, every teacher clearly loves them.

#1: REGULAR PENCILS

There is absolutely nothing more useless than a pencil. An unsharpened, basic pencil is absolutely worthless. It’s just a stick. And if you take the time to sharpen it? Well that only lasts a hot minute because either the least bit of pressure snaps off the end OR it goes dull after a little writing and turns back into something useless. Mechanical pencils might have been the best school supply invention of all time because a regular pencil is the worst.

And that, my friends, are my TOP FIVE, BOTTOM FIVE: SCHOOL SUPPLIES

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