I remember loving the annual buying of the school stuff. And the hunt for spiral notebooks that met each teacher’s spec. And enjoying the process of wrapping the text books in brown paper bags* so there’d be no fine for returning them damaged.
* They had “book wrappers” for sale, but our family wasn’t up for spending a few extra cents to get a flashy wrapper when the bags were free.
I remember loving the annual buying of the school stuff. And the hunt for spiral notebooks that met each teacher’s spec. And enjoying the process of wrapping the text books in brown paper bags* so there’d be no fine for returning them damaged.
* They had “book wrappers” for sale, but our family wasn’t up for spending a few extra cents to get a flashy wrapper when the bags were free.