Saturday, August 24, 2013

Day 11... Gotta Love A Sale!

YIKES! I have to post this quickly or I will have broken my promise of blogging every day in August.

So this is just a quick comment about an item I found on sale... which almost led to a happy dance in the aisles of Target! (Thankfully for all of the other customers, I was saved by a moment of restraint. I have been asked by more than one student, "Please don't dance where people can see you...")

Each year, I plan to make magnets for the parents that would include my name, e-mail and school phone number. Yet I never seem to get around to ordering them.

This was going to be the year... but with school starting in a week, I am more-than-confident the magnets would not arrive in time.

Then I was going to take another Melissa's suggestion (at Simply Sixth Grade) and print the details on magnetic sheets... which I had at home... until I used them all for calendar tags. And so I was back to Square One.. when I found myself in the craft aisle (don't ask!) in Target.

I saw some notecards that had great potential for "Teacher Info." They were bright and cheerful and on one side, they looked like this...


I liked the other side even more. Are you thinking what you am thinking?


I am thinking these are perfect for the "Teacher Info" that I need to share with parents. They are just large enough for me to add the details on the blank side. I am thinking it might look something like this...


And although the colors aren't exact (and there is not nearly enough purple), the cards have the same cheerful feeling that I try to impart with the colors in my classroom.

And HERE is the very best part! I knew I needed at least thirty-six cards, plus two that I will probably mess up when I try to print them. There are ten cards in a package. And I noticed (gleefully!) the clearance tag.


That price tag looks even better close up!


Yep... that's $2.48 for ten cards... which means I got all forty cards--with envelopes--for less than ten dollars. YeeHaw! I DO love a sale.

Phew! I thought I was going to break my blogging streak. Nope! I'm filing this before the day ends on the east coast--and it's not yet even nine o'clock on my coast.

Tomorrow I promise to have a real post. Thanks for wading through my delight in finding a sale. And if you were in that aisle in Target, I was NOT dancing... Okay, maybe a did dance just a little...





4 comments :

  1. Hello Teacher Blogger!
    I wanted to thank you for your participation in the Middle School Blog Log on the 2 Peas and a Dog blog.
    Some changes are coming to the blog log. We have a new and more colourful button that I feel will attract more traffic to the site and our blogs. Please update our button on your teacher blog with the new code located at http://2peasandadog.blogspot.ca/p/middle-school-blog-log.html
    We have also started a Closed Facebook group to stay connected to one another for marketing and social purposes. Please join us at the group called Middle School Bloggers in the Facebook groups area.
    Thanks for all you do. I read your blogs via bloglovin and so jealous of all your creativity.
    Kristy @ 2peasandadog {at} gmail.com

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  2. How big are they? Index card size? They are beautiful! Make sure to share how it turns out!

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  3. I love the bright colors! Great deal!

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  4. Thanks for the shout out! I'm glad you were able to find a good deal even though you used up your magnet sheets. I like the size of yours. Next year I think I'll make mine a bit bigger.

    Simply Sixth Grade

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