Linda’s #SoCS prompt this week:
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “astronomical.” Use it any way you like. Have fun!
Well this totally suits my mood right now, as I have just been preparing Lil Princess for her start to secondary school.
Uniform buying is not cheap!
She doesn’t need to buy specific trousers/skirts etc, but the blouses have to be specific, from one shop in our area (Red and white stripes. Not attractive, but not as bad as my burgundy and pink ensemble from my school days!) We visited the shop today, having already ordered the basic stuff from a cheaper source. £23 pounds for two shirts.
£23!!!!
And I need to get another set yet too as two shirts won’t be enough.
Blazer bought too.
So far I think we have spent around £180 on her uniform, a bit of his and stationery.
Then it is shoe and school bag shopping time… Oh Jeez, let the fun begin!
It inspired an acrostic poem!
Astronomical
Secondary school uniform prices
Truly test a parents wallet
Ridiculous price tags
On everything from shoes to shirts
Nothing less than a tenner
Only the tie
Most has to be bought from specific shops
Impossible to save
Can't cheat and go to Asda
And she's only going to grow
Lordy! Let the spending begin!
OIKOS™-Publishing
Aug 04, 2019 @ 16:46:17
I never had worn a school uniform. ;-( But i think its a great way showing the pupils they are one community. You met the prompt fantastic, but 23 Pounds are really expensive for two blouses. This is the UK, the financial metropole of Europe. 😉 Michael
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Ritu
Aug 04, 2019 @ 16:52:43
It is a ridiculous price!!!/
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OIKOS™-Publishing
Aug 04, 2019 @ 16:59:27
I agree, but better as regularely buying fast fashion, only for school. 😉
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Ritu
Aug 04, 2019 @ 17:12:08
Kids grow too fast!
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OIKOS™-Publishing
Aug 04, 2019 @ 21:11:45
😉 Enjoy it, more spare time for the parents.
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syl65
Aug 03, 2019 @ 22:22:16
Wallets get a lot of exercise when back to school shopping Sister 😀
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Ritu
Aug 03, 2019 @ 22:34:33
Don’t I know it, Brother!!!
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syl65
Aug 03, 2019 @ 22:38:00
Haha, yes!!
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J-Dub
Aug 03, 2019 @ 16:44:09
Your post brings back memories. Our school set up a resale shop. I remember begging to buy new instead. My skirts were usually homemade. Good thing my mom could sew. Five shirts but I only had two skirts that I rotated through. We changed out for gym so the skirts really were gently worn. And the rule was to change from uniform the minute we got home. The big spend was the new pair of shoes each August with prayers I’d not outgrow them before end of the school year.
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Ritu
Aug 03, 2019 @ 17:02:46
Shoes are always a big expense! I think Lil Princess went through 3 pairs this year!
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Erika Kind
Aug 03, 2019 @ 16:34:43
I am glad, over here we don’t need school uniforms. I can imagine it can become expensive.
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Ritu
Aug 03, 2019 @ 16:42:53
Oh sis, it is ridiculous!
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Erika Kind
Aug 04, 2019 @ 15:15:41
I think so too. Is the reason that the kids are not drifting into a brand competition or is it simply tradition?
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Ritu
Aug 04, 2019 @ 16:27:15
I really don’t know…
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Erika Kind
Aug 04, 2019 @ 20:04:32
At least, only few years to hang in, sis!
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John W. Howell
Aug 03, 2019 @ 14:51:22
I want to come back as a uniform retailer. Sounds like a soft gig.
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Ritu
Aug 03, 2019 @ 14:57:04
Sounds like a plan! I might join you!!!
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John W. Howell
Aug 03, 2019 @ 19:48:26
I’ll keep an eye out for you.
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Ritu
Aug 03, 2019 @ 19:49:06
😉
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John Holton
Aug 03, 2019 @ 14:43:36
My Mom was great at saving money on school uniforms. She never shopped where they told us to shop and still managed to get the stuff we needed. My brothers got lots of hand-me-downs from me…
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Ritu
Aug 03, 2019 @ 14:56:41
There is a lot I can find elsewhere. It’s just these shirts that are unique!
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Jennie
Aug 03, 2019 @ 13:57:41
Oh, no! $$$. And yes, she’s only going to grow. I loved how you wrote this, Ritu. 🙂
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Ritu
Aug 03, 2019 @ 13:59:48
Thanks Jennie… I know… And she’s growing so fast!!
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Jennie
Aug 03, 2019 @ 15:57:34
Does the school have a parent website to exchange uniforms? Many schools do that here. Parents save the outgrown ones and sell them to younger students.
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Ritu
Aug 03, 2019 @ 16:22:45
We do a pre loved sale at the primary school, but I’ve not heard of one for her secondary xx
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Jennie
Aug 03, 2019 @ 23:43:41
That’s a shame. I love the term ‘pre loved’. 🙂
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Ritu
Aug 03, 2019 @ 23:55:29
Makes things sound better than second-hand. 😊
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Jennie
Aug 04, 2019 @ 01:35:41
Yes, it does. 🙂
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Dan Antion
Aug 03, 2019 @ 12:32:00
I remember going uniform shopping when our daughter was in elementary school. I’m sorry for you.
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Ritu
Aug 03, 2019 @ 12:33:09
It’s not fun…
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Dan Antion
Aug 03, 2019 @ 13:04:22
Our church stocked some lightly used ones. My wife would get an extra skirt or jumper there. Shirts, always new and costly.
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Ritu
Aug 03, 2019 @ 13:05:52
We’ve started this at our primary school, pre loved uniform sales, to help parents. Haven’t heard of them at secondary, but then smelly teens probably don’t leave decent hand me downs!
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The Febrile Imaginings Of A Cluttered Mind
Aug 03, 2019 @ 10:44:46
I’d forget the tie (if I could). G:)
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The Febrile Imaginings Of A Cluttered Mind
Aug 03, 2019 @ 10:37:31
One line missing?
H!
G:)
Apart from that a fun read and an Acrstic! G:)
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Ritu
Aug 03, 2019 @ 10:41:44
Think I sorted it now!!!
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The Febrile Imaginings Of A Cluttered Mind
Aug 03, 2019 @ 10:43:33
Although, SoC means you should really leave it as was… 🤪
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Ritu
Aug 03, 2019 @ 10:46:03
I know… But…perfectionist… You know 🤪
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The Febrile Imaginings Of A Cluttered Mind
Aug 03, 2019 @ 10:46:47
I was never a prefectionist at scholl.
G:)
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Ritu
Aug 03, 2019 @ 11:01:01
🤣
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Carol Anne
Aug 03, 2019 @ 10:08:11
Wow! Putting kids through school Is not cheap is it? 🙂
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Ritu
Aug 03, 2019 @ 10:08:35
It isn’t at all!
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robbiesinspiration
Aug 03, 2019 @ 06:53:45
School uniforms are a fortune here too, Ritu. We also have to go to a special shop for them.
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Ritu
Aug 03, 2019 @ 09:39:00
It is ridiculous, the price companies charge… And kids only grow!
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willowdot21
Aug 03, 2019 @ 06:02:31
I agree totally with children wearing uniforms but the prices of official uniforms is scandalous. 💜💜
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Ritu
Aug 03, 2019 @ 09:38:31
It is. I’m glad mine don’t
go to Grammar….
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willowdot21
Aug 03, 2019 @ 09:50:45
No that would be so astromically expensive 💜💜💜
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Ritu
Aug 03, 2019 @ 09:51:14
Yup! 😱
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