Okay, so I *might* have a well documented school-supply hoarding situation. Bottom line: if it’s on deep discount, I’ll buy it, and at any given moment, I am completely capable of opening my own OfficeMax. My coworker used to just find my stash impressive, but now when I text her my victories, she just finds it concerning.
Me: Target clearance! I just scored 77 spiral notebooks for $8!!!
Michelle: Okay, that’s awesome, but how many can you possibly use?
Me: I use them!
Michelle: You used maybe 20 last year.
Me: See! I’m covered for almost 4 years!
Michelle: And the 200 you already have in the closet?
Me: Shhhhhh….let me have this.
Fisticuffs and Shenanigans 
Hello, my name is MeglyMc and I’m anschool supply-aholic!
I so am, but I don’t want to quit!
No edit function!?! Now my awesome typing skills are on display for all to see. (I triple checked this one!)
I do that shit ALL THE TIME. No worries…I’ll vouch for your brilliance. 🙂
You and my wife would be best friends…” Look Honey, I got 8,000lbs of asparagus for $1.50″ ME- “No one in this house eats asparagus” HER – “I KNOW! But it was on SALE!!!” Me –
Oh my goodness! lol
You just want my index cards. Don’t lie.
You caught me. 😉
Knew it.
It’s almost like you’re psycho, I mean psychic, or something. 😉
Both. Sigh…
Put down the box of Sharpies, step away from the cash register…
I haven’t EVEN told you about how many Sharpies I have… So…many…
I keep mine in those plastic buckets that they sell quarts of yogurt in…
So you save the containers, too… Mmmmmhmmm
I know I should probably get clear plastic tubs from Target or something because they dry out if I store them cap-upward, but I can’t tell what color they are if they’re cap-down…
Mine are all organized in labeled plastic tubs from Target. I shouldn’t be admitting this, should I?
I’ll never rat you off… Oh, wait.
Mmmmhmmmm.
Office supplies are like cocaine…or what I imagine taking cocaine to be like. The rush of the sale, the smoothness of the paper, the colors of the pens… Damn, now I need to go to Staples and wander around.
I’m terrified that if I even tried cocaine that it would be a severe letdown after the rush of $.10 glue bottles.
OMG!!! 77 spiral notebooks!! All those blank pages….ahhhhhhhhh
I can totally slide you like 5 before I start panicking that I won’t have enough. lol
Hahaha. Dealer of the nerdy type. It’s the new Breaking Bad
It’s the only thing keeping me from cooking meth.
Am I going to see you on one of those hoarding shows? Please say yes.
*furtive look* Nooooo…..
My ex is an elementary school teacher and she did the same thing. At one point we had so many of those clear pencil bags I started to use them instead of ziploc in the kids lunches.
HA! New ideas! THANK YOU! 🙂
My 6 month old son will never need to go school supply shopping because I’ve been hoarding them for the last 5 years.
My kids favorite day of summer is when they get to go “shopping” at the kitchen table we haven’t been able to sit at for two months, because it’s covered in my sale items.
I am not attempting to enable your addiction BUT – with so many parents finding it challenging to afford supplies for their children, you have them available to give to those children so they are well supplied for their classes. Its kind of admirable (while slightly concerning).
See, can I just have my family email you when they’re about to intervene, and you can talk them down? lol