School Shopping Again???

Well it's that time of year again, when moms all over start stressing, sleeping less and rejoicing all at the same time. Yep, it's time for the kiddo's to go back to school. Normally I really am happy and can't wait but this year I feel a little cheated that summer has come and gone and I haven't even had time to stop and see it, it just ran on by. So this week I have devoted my days to getting my children ready to go back to school. I was doing fine until I went to go buy them shoes. You know buying shoes for 5 people all at once was all it took to put me into a panic. Really, are shoes that much even at a bogo sale? I guess so because that's all it took for me to go into sticker shock. I guess if I didn't have to buy 2 pairs of men's and one pair of woman's I would have been fine. But no, my family has grown up so much that I only have 2 in children sizes, therefore this year school shopping was sticker shock for me and my bank account. When I sit back and think about it I will have 3 teenagers starting this coming February. Life just isn't suppose to go so fast, they were suppose to be my little babies forever, in some way I guess they will always be. Ok, so back to school shopping, after 5 pairs of shoes, 8 shirts, 3 bags of new socks, 4 new pairs of pants, 4 new backpacks, and almost $500.00 in school fees, I think I got a good start at getting the back to school shopping done (that really only gave each kid one new outfit). In less than a week I will be back to it with all the long lists of stuff they need for their classes. So I'm not worried sticker shock will be back to visit me soon. I just keep asking myself "Who wanted a big family?" Oh yea, ME!!!