Every time I think about back-to-school time, I think about how many years I spent checking off lists of things I needed and then proceeding to only use half of them. The purpose of back-to-school shopping is to head off any logistical, organizational nightmares of a school year ahead, but that can be applied in adult life, too. A lot of things that college-bound students are buying for the dorms and classes, we can use even if we graduated years and years ago.
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