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Back to School Supplies Haul 2013-14 - Shopping at Dollar Tree (Part 1 of 3) - YouTube
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Hi everyone, itís Alejandra.
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And Iím so excited to be doing this video.
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I just got back from doing a back to school
supply haul at Dollar Tree, Wal-Mart, and
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Target.
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So my goal was to go to all three stores and
try and find the best school supplies for
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under $20.
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So I went to all three stores and I just spent
like two hours at each store trying to rummage
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through all the bins and find the best stuff.
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So in this video, Iím going to show you the
best things that I found for under 20 bucks
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at Dollar Tree.
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And then tomorrow, Iím going to show you
the same thing except Iím going to show you
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all things I bought from Wal-Mart for 20 bucks.
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And then the very next day, Iím going to
show you the same thing I bought at ñ not
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the same thing but the best school supplies
I bought at Target for less than 20 bucks.
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So itís going to be a 3-part back to school
supply haul video series here on YouTube.
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And then at the very end of the three days,
I am going to donate all the school supplies
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I found to somebody who is going back to school
that needs the supplies.
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So yeah, thatís how this video series is
going to work.
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So let me show you exactly what I found at
Dollar Tree.
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OK.
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So the first item I found at Dollar Tree were
these wall decal flower stickers.
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And I thought they were so fun just like the
color is fun, the pattern is fun, theyíre
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removable, and I just thought theyíd be perfect
for a locker door or on top of your binder
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or notebook or something.
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So you get some on the front and you get some
on the back also.
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So I thought that was a great price for a
dollar.
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So everything Iím going to show you has a
little price tag that I created myself.
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I wanted to do it because ñ I mean in this
haul, everything is a dollar so everything
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is going to say a dollar but in tomorrowís
haul and the next day of the haul, not everything
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is a dollar so it will be ñ like it will
make more sense why I did that tomorrow and
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the next day.
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But anyways, this was a dollar and I thought
that was a great price.
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OK.
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The second thing I found was lined paper.
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Now, I learned that the Dollar Store is not
the best place or not the cheapest place to
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get paper, which Iíll show you in tomorrowís
haul where I found it cheaper.
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But Dollar Store does have 150 sheets for
a dollar.
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OK.
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So the next thing I found was this clear binder
pouch from the Dollar Store.
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Now, itís kind of similar to the gusseted
binder pocket that Iíve shown in my warranties
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and manual binder except it has a zipper on
the edge, not a Velcro snap.
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So itís a little bit different but they had
a good selection there and they had them in
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different colors and itís a little bit gusseted
so you could kind of see here.
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So you could fit like a stack of papers or
you could put your composition notebook or
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flat school supplies like stickers or I donít
know, anything flat.
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But anyways, I found it in clear and then
I also found it in pink.
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They had red, they had green, they had blue,
they had purple, lots of different colors.
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OK.
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So next thing I found were these fun folders.
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They come two to a pack.
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Dollar Tree had so many just like cool patterns
that are nice and colorful so this is a checker
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colored one then the second one that comes
in this pack is like a green blue chevron
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pattern.
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So these were so fun like two for a dollar
is a great price.
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OK.
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So next thing I found was this 1 Subject aqua
colored notebook.
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So they had a few other colors.
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I forget what colors they had but this was
the prettiest one.
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Now, I loved this notebook.
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Iím really picky when it comes to notebooks.
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I like when the paper is perforated on the
edge and this is, I donít know if you can
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see that but it has perforation here and the
lines are nice and dark.
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So this is going to sound really weird but
I love notebooks with dark lines because when
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you write on it, I feel like it looks neater
and more organized.
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And so, these lines are nice and dark.
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And a lot of notebooks donít have dark lines
so itís actually kind of hard to find.
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So Dollar Tree had nice dark lines.
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OK.
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The next thing I found was fun chevron composition
notebook like how fun is this pattern and
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these colors?
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Like if this was my Math composition notebook,
I feel like I would be more excited to go
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to Math class just to use my fun notebook.
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So this was a dollar and it has nice dark
lines.
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OK.
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So the next thing I found were these fun neon
colored index cards for a dollar.
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I thought this was such a great find.
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I love using colorful index cards because
I feel like for studying, if I color-code
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my index cards, I have an easier time memorizing
information because Iíll remember ñ Iíll
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associate what Iím supposed to say with what
color index card itís on.
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It sounds kind of weird but itís so helpful
for me.
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So when I saw this I was like, ìOh, that
is a great find.î
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OK.
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So the next thing I found was this mini purple
stapler that comes with 500 staples.
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I feel like itís always great to have a mini
stapler like in your pencil case or in your
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backpack or your locker in case teachers donít
staple papers.
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OK.
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So the next thing I found was an 8-pack of
blue ball point pens.
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These were the nicest pens that I saw.
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I have not tried them out yet.
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I donít want to open them because Iím planning
to donate the supplies but yeah, these were
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the nicest ones I saw.
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And then the next thing, itís another pack
of pens.
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Itís made by Pentel so theyíre going to
be like named brand.
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Pentel makes good pencils and pens and stuff.
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But I thought these were pencils when I picked
them up and then when I got home I realized
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they were pens.
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OK.
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So the next thing I found was a 4-pack of
highlighters.
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Now, Iím not really picky with my highlighters.
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I feel like if you donít get like the named
brand highlighters, itís not really a big
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deal.
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I feel like a highlighter is a highlighter
so I feel like this was a good deal.
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Four for a dollar and you get a yellow, an
orange, a pink, and a purple.
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I personally like the yellow highlighter the
best because I feel like these colors are
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so dark.
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But I donít know, it depends what it looks
like when itís opened.
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OK.
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So the next thing I found was a black marker.
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I feel like everybody needs at least one good
black marker.
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And Dollar Tree sells the Sharpie kind which
is the best kind in my opinion.
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OK.
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So the next thing I found was this notepad
of really pretty color paper and I feel like
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this is different from like the neon colored
note cards because I feel like this is more
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for studying and this is more for like writing
notes to your friends or I donít know, just
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like jotting things down, maybe you keep this
in the small compartment in your backpack
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for note-taking.
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I donít really know what I would use this
for.
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But I feel like this was a really good deal.
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You get so many different fun colors.
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You get 100 sheets and it was a dollar.
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OK.
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So the next thing I found was this mesh silver
magnetic locker organizer.
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So all you do is you stick this on your locker
door.
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Itís magnetic on the back and you put pens,
pencils, markers, and things.
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All right.
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So the next thing I found was a 4-pack of
1 Ωî x 2î sticky notes.
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So you get 400 sheets total for a dollar and
you get fun colors.
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OK.
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So Dollar Tree had a lot of pencil cases.
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I tried a lot of them like I tried the zippers,
I tried the boxes, and the only one I really
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liked was this one.
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It has a good zipper like it actually has
a really nice zipper.
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Itís a fun color.
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The only problem is on the other side is a
pattern.
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Itís a Disney pattern so if youíre not a
Disney fan then youíre probably might not
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go for this.
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But I feel like you could just easily cover
this with stickers, wall decals, duct tape,
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washer tape or something or pinning it.
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I donít know.
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Somehow get creative and cover this if youíre
not a Disney person.
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Like I feel like I would not use this if I
was in high school.
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But like I said, if you get creative, you
can figure out a way to cover it.
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But I just feel like it has a really nice
zipper and I feel like itís a good size.
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You could put all your pens, pencils in here,
eraser, and a few other things could fit in
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here.
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I actually liked it so much that I actually
got two of them and I figured well, we can
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just get creative and cover the other side.
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So this one is Superman.
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So again, if youíre not a Superman person,
just cover it.
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Oh sorry, itís not even a Superman.
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Itís Spiderman.
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All right, I havenít seen either movie so
yeah, itís a Spiderman.
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But anyways, it has a good zipper and I feel
like maybe if you put your pens and pencils
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in here, you could put your colored pencils
and your markers in here and kind of spread
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them out.
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So again, you have to get creative on the
cover if you donít like Spiderman or if you
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donít like Disney.
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OK.
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So the last thing I found was this locker
mirror.
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It has a magnet on the back so you just stick
it on the door for only a quarter.
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So every once in a while, I will go to Dollar
Tree and like random things are sometimes
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always a quarter.
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I donít know why.
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But it doesnít happen very often but it happened
with this locker mirror.
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Yeah, it was only a quarter.
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It has fun pattern, the mirror right here,
and itís magnetic on the back.
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So I feel like that was a total steal because
locker mirrors are sometimes expensive.
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OK.
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So the total cost of everything you see here
was $18.30 from Dollar Tree.
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That is unreal for all of these things.
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I feel like I went there and I picked all
the best things I could find.
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I spent literally two hours in the store just
rummaging through the bins and I feel like
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I just got really great things.
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The only two things that I did not get that
I would need if I was going back to school
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was a binder and dividers because I feel like
I did not like the selection they had.
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So I probably have to go to a different store
to get those two things.
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But I got everything else that I would need.
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So tomorrow, Iím going to be posting part
2 of this back to school supply haul and Iím
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going to show you the best things I got at
Wal-Mart for less than 20 bucks.
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And then the next day, Iím going to be posting
part 3 of this back to school supply haul
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and show you the best things I got at Target
for less than 20 bucks.
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So it just goes to show, you do not have to
spend a lot of money to get good back to school
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supplies or fun back to school supplies.
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If you just shop around, you can find really
awesome things.
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So if you want to see part 2 and part 3, you
can come back tomorrow when Iím posting them
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on my YouTube channel.
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All right.
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I hope this video was helpful.
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And Iíll see you guys soon.
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Bye!
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