As I mentioned in a recent post, my baby girl starts first grade next week! I cannot believe that in just a couple of days, summer will officially be over and school starts again. This school year, my daughter will experience something new – uniforms go into effect at her school for the first time.

Uniforms are welcome in our house, as my husband and I both feel it makes things easier, for the kids and us. I’m used to uniforms also, since I wore them myself from Kindergarten through third grade. Baby girl’s school’s uniform dress code is actually pretty flexible. We’re able to choose from navy, light blue, light yellow and white tops, accompanied by navy or khaki bottoms. Luckily, those colors are not hard to find and during this back to school shopping season, many stores, including Walmart, carry them.

My local Walmart doesn’t actually have uniforms in-store, but they do have a vast back to school apparel section. Though I wasn’t able to buy her uniforms locally, I was able to order uniforms on Walmart.comand take advantage of their free home shipping, which was super convenient!

The uniform selection on Walmart.com offers a variety of tops, pants, shorts, skirts, jumpers, and more. With the $100 budget Walmart gave me, and following the school’s dress code, I was able to purchase the following back to school clothes for my girl:

• 2 belted jumpers
• 2 skorts
• 2 bermuda shorts
• 2 pants
• 6 polo-style shirts

I came real close to the $100, going over by only $0.50 before taxes. Don’t forget that shipping was free and I don’t even have to go to the store, saving me tons of time and my sanity!

Something I really liked is that there were multi-packs available for all the pieces. For example, the shirts came in packs of 2, 3, and 4, and you could choose each shirt’s color to mix and match. That is, I bought one pack of 4 shirts and was able to get one in each required color, as opposed to a pack of all white shirts. The same was true for all the bottoms I purchased too.

I was happy to do our back to school clothes shopping online and had my girl help pick out some of her clothes. This turned out to be a good thing since she was feeling a bit apprehensive about having to wear a uniform. Once she saw the cute skirts and jumpers with pleats and belts, she realized there was nothing to worry about and even said she thought she’d look cute in them!

Have you already started back to school shopping for your kids’ clothing? Do they wear uniforms?

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The new school year is almost here; my girl starts school in less than two weeks! She is moving on from Kindergarten to 1st grade and though she’s a little hesitant about it, I’m excited for her. I can already tell – just by looking at her school supply list – that 1st grade is going to mean more big-kid work along with some fun activities too.

I’m super relieved that I have her back to school shopping done and have already purchased all her school supplies! Last year I was one of the last-minute parents doing the back to school shopping days before school started. So, it’s definitely nice to know that we have her new backpack and school supplies out of the way.

Walmart provided us with the opportunity to purchase her school supplies as well as another set to donate. I thought this would be a great opportunity for baby girl to help a kid in need by picking out a backpack and school supplies for us to donate to a local school supply drive. The budget was set at $25 for each backpack, plus $25 for each set of supplies, for us to shop Walmart’s Back to School section.

With her 1st grade school supply list in-hand, we headed to our local Walmart and purchased the following items:

• 1 ream – white copy paper
• 1 box – Kleenex facial tissue
• 1 – spiral notebook, one subject, wide ruled
• 1 – plastic folder, 2 pocket w/prongs, blue
• 1 – plastic folder, 2 pocket w/prongs, red
• 4 – large pink erasers
• 1 – colored pencils, 24 ct.
• 2 – yellow highlighters
• 4 – dry erase markers, black
• 2 – Ticonderoga #2 pre-sharpened pencils
• 24 - #2 pencils
• 6 – Elmer’s glue sticks
• 1 – Elmer’s school glue, 4 oz.
• 3 – Marble composition books
• 1 – 5” blunt tip scissors
• 2 boxes – Crayola crayons, 24 ct.
• 1 box – Crayola markers, bold, wide tip, 8 ct.
• 1 – plastic pencil box, approx. 8”x5”

We also purchased a new backpack with a matching attachable lunchbox, and cost well under $25 – only $12.88! Baby girl thought this backpack was perfect because it comes with a mini stationary set and has butterflies. I thought it was perfect because it has a few compartments, plus side pockets for her water bottle. She picked out the same backpack in black to donate, thinking a boy would like it too. We also bought a second set of her school supplies to stuff in the backpack, making for a complete 1st grade supply donation. We donated these back-to-school supplies to HOPE, a local charity serving disadvantaged families. Supplies will be provided to families in need during their Kids of HOPE, Back to School Bash.

Are you ready for the new school year yet? Do you typically have the back-to-school shopping done ahead of time?

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