Love back to school sales! You can find lots of uses for school supplies in the sewing room, can't you?

I sent meanmom a pm to see what kind of printer she uses. Hopefully she will let us know.

Those smaller pencil cases for older students Jr. High and up obviously, are great for small scissors and rotary cutters as well. I kept a couple that I had when teaching, and that's what I use them for.

I have a Lexmark Pinacle pro 901 printer. There are several Lexmark printers that use the $5 ink cartridge. I saw adds for it last summer when I needed a new printer, that is why I bought this one. Not all lexmark take this cartridge, I have to ask. Mine is wireless, print, copy, scan, fax. Love it. I paid about $100 or $150 for it. Last year in the back to school add Office Max (or Depot can't remember which) offered $50 off a printer if you traded in an old one. My SIL had 4 old printers (like 15 or 20 years) she found in the attic of a business she bought. I also got $3 off for each of the ink cartridges in the old printer.

I get lots of school supply rebates at Office Max, Office Depot, Staples and Walgreens. Wal mart will also price match the deals at other stores. I noticed Staples is now making you purchase $5 in other things for the best deals. But if you take the add to Wal Mart they will match it. Last year I bought 100 of the glue sticks at Wal Mart for 10 cents and took them to school. I just keep them in a zip lock bag to keep them fresh.

thank you meanmom. i will be looking around for the lexmark .that takes cheap inks. :thumbup:

Better run to mine and get some then!! Thanks for the flash news....

Yeah!! Mine finally marked down to 10 cents! Thank you for helping me remember about this. I bought 20 of them so I guess I'll have to put some in the fridge too lol.