Back to School Shopping for Mom #momsguide

August 2, 2012 By 9 Comments

Remember our post about the Back to School Shopping Eguide? Sears was part of that Eguide! I was asked to think about back to school shopping for mom. The kids always get new outfits for the first day of school and I just pull something out of the closet to wear back to school nights at the schools. I never thought about back to school shopping for me. It was fun to shop for myself and let the girls help me pick out an outfit to wear to their schools.

So off we went to Sears (we left Little Dude at home with Brian because he is a runner when we go shopping!) …

I was really excited to see some display outfits. You will see that Grace used these outfits for some inspiration for my outfit!

An outfit is all about shoes though right? So we headed to shoes and found these cute sandals … white or black … black or white … what a decision!! The girls were such good shopping helpers even though they could not agree one what shoe color I should get!

Then we decided to head to the dressing room. Ever have a 4 year and almost 6 year old take pictures of you? I never knew my head was missing so much. I mean that explains a lot on why I forget stuff but you can see they vetoed the pink skirt right away. oops … I see a lot of fashion advice coming from them in the coming years!

What did we get? THIS!

I admit that I couldn’t wait. I wore my back to school outfit to church on Sunday. Sophie was so happy I was wearing the outfit. Grace kept asking why I wasn’t wearing it school. I promised Grace I would wear it to her back to school night!

It was so much fun to back to school shop for me. I think I found a new yearly tradition. What about you? Will you add back to school shopping for mom on your to-do list?

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Back to School Guide #momsguide

July 26, 2012 By 12 Comments

We are excited to share this Back to School Eguide for you to use as you get ready to go Back to School!

 

What brand will we be shopping for? Can you find this picture on one of the Back to School Eguide pages?

Need a better hint? Here ya go!

 

Have you started back to school shopping? We haven’t to be honest. I have only one of four school supply lists. I love school supply shopping. Everything is on sale and I can stock up on crayons and markers and notebooks and Elmer’s glue sticks. We did back to school shopping for the #BagItForward effort and that helped with my love of school supply shopping!

We haven’t even shopped for back to school outfits yet. The kids get to pick out their back to school outfit each year. It is a big deal to go shopping at stores such as Sears and look through the racks to find that one special outfit they will wear the first day of school! It might be a silly tradition but it is one shopping trip they do really love and then they spend months remembering that outfit as their back to school out. I have never bought a mom back to school outfit though. I normally just grab something out of my closet since I wear dress clothes to work every day. I have made it a mission to wear more skirts and dresses lately so I am hoping to find a great skirt or dress to wear on back to school nights (we will have two this year!)

As for snacks and lunches, we buy items as we see them on sale. There are always Tyson’s Chicken Nuggets in our freezer for quick dinner nights. I am still wonder how I will manage to pack four lunches two nights a week. I guess this is how I ease my way into that happening all of the time. Grace’s one lunch last year stressed me out some nights because I just wanted to go crawl into bed and not mess with a lunch. I am sure I will figure out a routine though!

Watch for a post soon documenting how we used the Back to School Eguide this Back to School season!

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