Saturday, August 02, 2008

It has just dawned on me.......

Well our holiday is looming and I have at least a million things to do before then, I have just realised that one thing I absolutely have to do is buy Beth's new school uniform. I only have a couple of bits at the moment and if I leave it until we get back it will be too late if they are out of stock of some of the stuff. It seems extremely expensive. I was able to get away with it a bit more with Carl, as they had pale blue shirts and charcoal grey trousers, both of them can be bought at Tesco's. Beth on the other hand has to have 'uniform' blue blouses with open necked collar and official uniform trousers and skirts. I am going to get one of each and then she can see if we can vary it a bit once we get settled in.
That brings us on to shoes, something that Beth never wears. She has always been able to wear trainers at primary, so that's another thing to think about.
This morning has dawned bright but very wet, which is a pain as I have around 4 loads of washing to get dry plus a sleeping bag. So I am slogging on with it. Carl has only been back home since last night and today he has three swimming parties at school and in the middle of the day he is working at the University pool. He is not afraid of a bit of work!!
I am off to do a bit of jewelry making between the washing.

6 comments:

Travis Erwin said...

I'm waiting for our upcoming tax free weekend to buy my boys school uniforms for the coming year.

Debbielou said...

I've just started on the uniform labelling - I hate it !!

sam said...

Hi Liz - I've been shopping today and have bought a "Nun bowling set" for our holiday - we'll have to have a family match !

suebaru said...

I'm just waiting for Em's polo shirts to arrive next week...and I am done!! Except for shoes...

Debbie Yates said...

Have a wonderful time on vacation - mine was great!!! Can't wait to hear all the details when you return!!!! Have fun!

Katie said...

It's so expensive buying the first 'big school' uniform, especially when they grow like weeds and have to have a new blazer every year!

Katie
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