CLEAR THE LIST UPDATE: $2,000!

But did you mention the asylum-seeking legumes? I think that would have cleared things up nicely! 😂😂😂😂

I completely missed this the first time around, but I just helped clear most of the rest of the list. What an amazing gesture on your part, and of course the Peas came through. I have so much respect for good teachers ❤️❤️❤️.

I've been gone over a week and was missing out on all this fun! SO glad to see you back girl!

giftie sent! No way I'm missing out on this one! Now back to read this thread!

I was wondering their reactions too. How funny!

PIC-TURES! PIC-TURES! PIC-TURES!
(That is me chanting lol)
Dani-Mani

Enjoy all the excitement DM, take pics and when you have time to post then post them. Don't stress over it and lose the excitment of the moments! We can wait, right gang? 

Sorry things are crappy right now. Hold on to the good feelings of what you have done for this teacher!

I was a teacher in my last life.  While most teachers are lovely helpful people, there are always a few who….well…just don’t have the kindness gene. One year, in a school with four classroom per grade, a new teacher was hired for first grade.  Over the summer, the other three in that grade went into the new teachers classroom and took every usable item—completely wiped the room out of blocks, books, and basically all the good stuff. And they filled it with all their cast off leftover unwanted items. They even took her desk, and left an old broken desk in its place. The principal at some point was aware of what went on, but he was a bit afraid of this particular clique, (all union reps in a very strong union) and he chose to order the new teacher replacement supplies rather than confront the issue. But of course that took awhile, and she taught the first two or three months as a brand new teacher in a completely empty classroom.

This was pre internet of course, but how I would have loved to help that young woman out this way! I think part of the fun I had shopping for your young friend was in retaliation for that new teacher I knew many years ago.

I’m not saying that’s what happened in this story, but if it did, than the jealousy might just be part of a life lesson. 

Dani-Mani



Have you ever shopped for school supplies at Foremost? I used to teach in Chesterfield, and I got GREAT deals there (moved away in 2012 so not sure how it is today).

Anyway, this was the time of year I often found a lot of school stuff there. They used to ship for several school supply companies, and I had lots of pocket charts, manipulatives, paper products, etc. that I got for 60-90% off. I loved getting 12-packs of Ticonderoga-Dixon pencils for 25 cents per pack! They were usually selling there summer shipping salvage in September/October, and we t usually include def the late summer school shipments.

I’m not sure if the store is still open or not, but it was located on Midlothian Turnpike. I’m not sure they would have as much now since there haven’t been as many goods being shipped and there is probably less salvage for Foremost Shipping to sell in the warehouse.

The downside is the ownership of the company. It belongs to Elaine Cho’s family, and of course she is married to Mitch McConnell. If I still lived there I would probably have to boycott, cheap pencils or not.

I noticed an email earlier today that said "Your Amazon Purchase Has Arrived", and I was thinking "But I didn't order anything???" And then I remembered it was this and felt so happy for her all over again.