"Bouquet's of freshly sharpened pencils..."

10 points to the first person who can name the movie the title of this post comes from.


I have not decided what the prize for the first person to 100 points is...but just go with it.


I was at a local pharmacy this weekend and they had summer gear on clearance to make room for school supplies. 


I was almost giddy!


I love it when the school supplies come out.  The smell of the crisp, clean paper.........the pencils in a rainbow of colors....... the endless supply of organizational containers and locker gear.  


 (Sigh!)


Remember when you did not have all of these fancy choices?  Pencils were yellow with red erasers, notebooks came in 5 colors.....red, blue, yellow, black, and  green.  Folders came in the same color choices.

Crayons came in an 8 pack. They still come that way and thank goodness they are washable.  


Other wise my living room chair would have a large orange streak across the seat and the dining room table would be accented with purple.


Remember when Trapper Keepers came out?    Oh, the glory of the zipper pockets and the 3 rings binder and the pouches all encased in some awesome vinyl 80's inspired design that closed with Velcro.   


Those were the days!   


I am sure the teachers loved them too.   The beginning of every class listening to the sound of the Velcro ripping open and the zippers and the pop of the rings.  Of course this was never just the beginning of class this happened the entire day.  Someone was always getting back into the pocket or opening and closing the Velcro cover. 


What about the backpacks?  That was a big thing for a while,  having the most awesome bag to lug around your 25lbs of books and other stuff.  Stuff that may not have been necessary, but hey you never knew when you were gonna need your Lipsmackers in every flavor possible.  Then someone thought,  "Hey lets put wheels on the bags", making it necessary to shove more into the bag since you did not have to carry it.


 Genius.  


Now there is an endless array of colors, shapes and sizes.  How does one choose?

While I have no plans to return to school in the near future, I still like going and checking out the new, must have supplies.  It is true that some day I may come to hate, loathe and despise back to school shopping when I must do it for my own children. But for now, I will bask in the glory of the back to school section.