Back to school shopping

Shopping part has to be favorite part when it comes to back to school. Usually shopping was hard because my parents had to pay for it and they complain a lot! This year because I got a job I shopped with my own money. That was a HUGE HUGE accomplishment for me. If feels good when you buy things with your own money because you know that there’s no one breathing down your neck watching your every move.

I made sure to go to the mall that no one else will go too because it’s soo damn far away. I mean have you ever walked down the hallway and seen someone with the same shirt as you? You get all pissed inside don’t you? Yeah hat’s what I wanted to avoid. I went to American Eagle, Wet Seals, Payless, and Aeropostale.

I wasn’t planning on Aeropostale because EVERYONE wears it, but they were having a sale and things were so damn cheap and cute….it called to me. I don’t know why people run from payless like it’s a store for the poor or some shit…it’s expensive and they have some nice shoes. Just because it’s “payless” doesn’t mean it’s really paying less half the time. I rather go there than pay $50 for a pay of shoes at Journeys or Foot Locker. I got mostly sperries. :D

AE shirts shoes from payless ae jeans, ae cami, wet seals vest thingy aero sweats and shirt wet seals jeans, ae shirt wet seals stuff wet seals

This isn’t all i bought but i didn’t feel like taking a pic of every single outfit. I also got some pencils and folders and school crap. Xd

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Ellie commented on August 22, 2011 at 11:23

Good job on saving up your own money! I was going to do that this summer, but I couldn’t find a place that’d actually hire me and pay me >.<

Anyway, I love back to school shopping too! I have to wear a uniform (I don't mind it), but I love shopping for shoes. Except it's so hard for me to find shoes because my feet are so small, so it's like a goose chase. Most of the time, I have to resort to buying shoes from boutiques around my city.

I also agree on the Payless thing. They have good shoes there if you really look. I've gotten a couple of shoes that people were surprised I got there.

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Jaclyn commented on August 22, 2011 at 12:19

Ooo congrats on using your own money, doesn’t it make you feel adult? lol first off I love your stuff, the vest is probably my favourite (is it lace? I’m a sucker for lace, especially lace vests haha my boyfriend gets so made at me because he says they aren’t practical, he clearly doesn’t know fashion), and I love the shoes, payless? I’ve wanted some exactly like that, were they expensive? We don’t have wet seal here in Canada though :( I know how you feel about the clothes thing and seeing people wearing what you have, so erking! You will look so cute for back to school though! ALSOOO omgossssh I adore adore adore this layout, the colours, everything, it’s so freaking adorable, gorgeous and lovely! Love the background ;) and couldn’t help notice my link in the credits section, why thank you, glad I could help! :)

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Paige commented on August 22, 2011 at 15:03

I swear, the only good thing about going back to school is shopping for clothes. I can’t think of any positives other than that. I never shop at Aero because people are superficial and skldfjlkjgl jerks where I live. xD I usually shop at American Eagle, Gilly Hicks, or Abercrombie, and the occasional Urban Outfitters because it’s so expensive. xD

Ex. Act. Ly. That’s exactly how I feel! Switching schools would just be the perfect solution for me, and I wish my doctors and parents would understand. :(

I have two more years of highschool…. I hope they go by fast.

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Cristina commented on August 22, 2011 at 16:33

I still haven’t shopped for school. i will when I come back from Greece. I have to see if my dad has money left so I can buy some clothes. I never bought so many clothes at one time. I usually search for the cheapest clothes ever, I don’t care if everybody wears them, but I don’t have enough money to spend on clothes. I usually find t-shirts worth $5. Today I went with my dad in town and we stopped at a shop called outlet_ro. I bought two t-shirts one with $3 and one with $4. Pretty cheap no? It fits with out income:d. I hate spending lots of money on clothes because I don’t take care of them. Maybe next summer I’ll get a job and I’m going to buy a lot of clothes. I’m mostly interested in notebooks and pencils and things I need when school starts. I want to be prepared for next year. Also I need to buy my books:d

There are like 1000 kilometres from my town to where we will stay so it’s not so far away:D. I will never think that we’ll ever speak to each other again. I hate that she acted like this with no reason and i will never forgive her.

No I’m not with firsthosting, thanks God. I’m with Georgina. She’s amazing, as you of course:D.

I can’t wait to see facts about you<3 I'm sure you're a very interesting person.

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Cami commented on August 22, 2011 at 22:58

I’m starting to be more independent myself and it is fun! Although my mom still regulates what I buy for the most part, I’m trying to ask her to let me choose my own actual style so I can test my wings while I’m in the house.
I rarely shop for clothes but I’m starting to pay more attention and look at the clothes I wore when I was a preteen with some disdain.
The weird thing about my body is while I may have grown taller my shirt size never went up. It is the same size from when I was 13. So I never had a need to replace those clothes.
I’ll be honest, payless is the place I have to shop and even then I struggle. But my mom didn’t grow me up with the mentality of hang your head low because you are poor. She shops for things she doesn’t just pull some ugly shirt off the rack, because that is all she can afford. She just looks for good buys and only buys that.
I mentally hang my head low but externally I show no expression when people make remarks about ‘poor people.’ Not knowing that one is standing in their midst. I just don’t look like it because I choose not to go buy what ‘they’ tell me I as a poor person I can or should buy.
I just don’t tell people where I shop. I hit the thrift stores once in awhile and find brand new clothes all the time, with tags. They’ll never know. As far as they are concerned my closet is filled with Old Navy, Gap and Banana Republic.
As far as I’m concerned I got the upperhand. Those $15 plain white t’s from Gap? $1 And I won’t go back. :X
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I posted a preview of my dress on my current post. :D

I really don’t like that excuse. “You are too mature.” I’m thinking I will just disregard that if I ever have an argument. Like it never happened.
One of the things I’ve heard people will say is, “Well you got the bachelor’s degree, you figure it out.” And since I plan to get my bachelor’s degree I’m trying to figure out a response to that already.

Man, this reply makes me sound like a person who likes to argue. I really don’t. :D

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pattie commented on August 23, 2011 at 02:09

yeah i know…payless isnt cheap -_-.. :( i bought a 50 dollar pair of shoes one time cause i was desperate. i was going out that night,

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Isi Reply:
August 23rd, 2011 at 7:40 pm

@pattie, the link you gave me isn’t working. :( Lol you had to do what you had to do. I love online shopping but i hate paying for shipping!

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pattie commented on August 23, 2011 at 02:11

you got some really nice stuff!! all i got for back to skool was sweatpants haha

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Kayt commented on August 23, 2011 at 13:03

shopping was always my favourite thing to do when school came around again as well! When we were kids (my brothers and I) we would always want the most expensive stuff. Once we got older we had to buy our own and we all became so cheap LOL, but we were OK with spending lots of our parents money haha.

your outfits look nice! I love wet seal

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becca commented on August 23, 2011 at 15:11

Hey! I’m back open now :)
I love going shopping for school things as well. Apart from shopping for uniform because that involves trying them on! haha
I love shopping for stationary and stuff like that. I went today and as soon as I got home I put everything in the pencil case. :P
I love those shoes you bought. I want some like that. :)

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Connie commented on August 23, 2011 at 18:44

Those are really cute shoes! I actually shop at payless for shoes sometimes, but I’m also guilty for shopping at Journays a lot more!

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Blanca commented on August 23, 2011 at 19:39

Back to school shopping is always very fun. Glad you shopped with your own money. That shows you’re independent!

And honestly, I love payless. Occasionally, I’ll find super CUTE shoes there!

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Zan commented on August 23, 2011 at 20:37

I love how creative people get with their giveaways. ^^ Best of luck! I just now got all of the entries I need for mine.

Annnd, it was a few blogs past, but I saw you posted about the Piczo girl who blatantly steals from people. It makes me so. Frigging. Pissed. Off. She doesn’t even try to hide it. I just feel bad for her, actually, because obviously she didn’t have the sort of parents I did that actually raised me NOT to steal and be a bad person. -shakes head-

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ellen commented on August 23, 2011 at 22:12

really? D: my other friend, aly.. uses google chrome as well, and it works fine for her? hm. strange. and yeah! its not overly strange. :P. some people still want summer, and they want school to start. my friend, lauren.. is always so excited for the first day.. but, i have always been a fan of the last day. :DD. i getta pack my things and leave. xD. but, i like being lazy.. and the first day i have to wake up and get ready. (:
& awww. thanks. i really love your layout to. i haven’t seen another like it. :D. its really pretty. mine might be to simple. not sure. anyways, i have school tomorow.. so i gotta go to bed.. xD. talk to you later!

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Connie commented on August 23, 2011 at 23:15

Thank you! But without you, I would’ve been stuck in a rut for much longer! :blush:

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Sharla commented on August 23, 2011 at 23:44

Shopping was always my favorite thing about going back to school, too! :D I actually hope that I get to go shopping soon, I haven’t been in what seems like foreverrrr.

All the clothes are so cute! I especially loveee the shoes and the navy tank top with the heart on it! ^^

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Gee commented on August 24, 2011 at 06:57

Wow! That’s really cool! Our school doesn’t have many programs like those, so you’re really lucky!
Haha, wow, a year younger? You must be really smart!
I watched the latest episode! It wasn’t as good as I hyped it up to be, the drama/plot was sort of lacking.
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER

And why couldn’t Sullivan say something on the phone? GR! We all knew she would get killed!

SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER

I don’t know! Because that’s where the next event was going to be held, so we just went there to brainstorm. It was so scary!!!

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Hehe, shopping is probably one of my favourite past-times! Lucky you guys have everything in America so cheap! Clothes here are like $50 for a shirt !!! ARGHH ! Too expensive for my $8.50-an-hour-butt! Nice clothes, BTW! They’re cute ;D

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Lisa commented on August 24, 2011 at 08:14

Oh! I really should not have read your blog…. I have been trying so hard not to go shopping and now its all I can think about! I am so jealous of you having such amazing shops like that near you! You should never take them for granted! If I want clothes like that I have to order them online! :(

I know what you mean about enjoying shopping so much more when you are spending your own money! It really does make a HUGE difference! :)

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ben commented on August 24, 2011 at 09:09

Yeah, there’s some really good ones there. We have a uniform, so we only wear our own clothes on mufty days :(

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Aly commented on August 24, 2011 at 09:20

Ouh! I like shopping for school! :D But I don’t really buy clthes because we have uniforms :/ My parents also complain A LOT because it’s expensive because I have a little brother and sister. That’s nice you shopped with your own money!! I didn’t work this summer so I couldn’t do that :/ So this yera, my parents are going to have to pay for everything… again! :P I actually don’t mind if someone has the same piece of clothes of me. I’m actually going to be like ‘Hey! Cool we have the same __!)’. But I will be pissed at prom if someone has the same dress ahaha. I’ve neevr heard of Wt seals and Aeropostale! Ohh I like your new clothes.. especially the shoes! I just LOVE them!

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Kayt commented on August 24, 2011 at 12:33

they’ve been a secret to me for 4 years, and I was pretty close to them (although I did expect it), and there “wedding” is in 2 years from now. If they can tell their friends on facebook, why can’t they tell their family?! wouldnt you want your family supporting you? there definitely not going to if you leave them out of an impotant thing in life..

even though I’ve been out of school for a few years now, I still go “back to school shopping”. Mainly because there’s so many great deals, lol

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Isi Reply:
September 11th, 2011 at 2:55 pm

@Kayt, That’s exactly what i think, they did to get their priorities straight. Your comment form isn’t there, i’m guessing you know that though. xD

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Cristina commented on August 24, 2011 at 13:39

Haha, cheap shopping is the best:d. I always looks for the cheapest clothes, and when my friends ask me how much did they cost and I tell them, they’re like “What the hell? Where did you got it from? I saw it in XYZ place and it cost much more.” Haha I love when this happens:D

My schoolbag is really heavy. I carry a lot of stupid things with me. I like to be prepared for everything.

I’m in love with that mirror:D.

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Cristina commented on August 24, 2011 at 16:27

I forgot to tell you that I tagged you here: http://lovemeback.org/i-dare-you/ . I hope you’ll do it:D

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Selena commented on August 24, 2011 at 18:41

My sister started doing the same thing, shopping with her own money. I think it’s really cool and I think I’m going to try it out too.

The clothes you bought are so so so cute! Makes me want to go shopping. (Which I am, ha.) :inlove:

Also the thing you said about Payless is so true! I love the shoes there and I don’t know why everyone has such I problem with it :?:

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Austen commented on August 24, 2011 at 19:58

I want all of your shoes. Can I just have them? ‘Cause I really want them xP I loveeee back to school shopping, especially now that I got to shop for my dorm room :3 It’s gonna be so cute! As long as my art-loathing roommate doesn’t butcher it. She literally told me she hates art. >_<

I always shopped far away from the kids at my high school, but that's because I have WAY different taste than them (I kind of went to a ghetto inner-city school, or as ghetto as Minnesota gets at least). I can imagine how awkward wearing the same shirt as somebody you hate would be. Yesh D:

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Ashley commented on August 24, 2011 at 22:00

I agree. I find that I treasure the stuff I buy with my own money more. Like I find it more personal. You know what I mean?

Oh, you such a cute collection of clothes. :) I especially like the last picture with the tanks.

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Georgina commented on August 25, 2011 at 06:26

Of course all the stationery and school stuff isn’t as interesting as the outfits. :P We don’t have those stores here but we actually do have Payless Shoes and the other shoe stores you mentioned. We have a bunch of other “cheap” stores… and it’s funny when someone makes fun of it just because it’s cheap. It is actually good value for money and the quality isn’t bad. In fact I think it’s the cheap places that people should avoid because a lot of people buy their clothes there as it’s cost effective. Maybe that’s what got all the people going to Aeropostale and such. That said though, if that’s what it makes everyone think, then maybe going to the cheaper stores is a good idea because not everyone will be buying out the latest trends and expensive crap, and you will have unique clothes for a smaller price. :P

I try to keep away from popular stores anyway, when I buy my clothes. That’s why I go to markets and things because you find one-of-a-kind pieces and no one else has them, and they’re cheap too.

I love buying with my own money. I have been like that ever since I got a job, it’s just hard saving up sometimes when you really want to buy a lot of stuff. XD

I have heard Hear You Me! I haven’t seen A Cinderella Story yet though. :X I have heard of other Jimmy Eat World songs and they are really great. :3

Haha my hair isn’t that long! It’s just past my shoulders. It used to be really long but I got it cut so short last time that I had to wait all this time for it to grow out. xD

I don’t mind cheese, but broccoli and cheese is a weird combination. I stopped eating broccoli and had peas and carrots instead. I love peas and carrots. :3

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becca commented on August 25, 2011 at 10:31

Thanks Isi! :D
Yeah we do. :\ They’re really boring as well. All black. YAY! >.< They have strict rules in my school. Like for shoes we aren't aloud buckles, coloured bits on them, coloured souls. Completely black. Its so stupid. -_-
I get sad when I loose stationary too. And when I lend them out to people and then they don't give them back and then the next time I see them with them they're broken and snapped and I'm like nooooo! :( haha
Thanks again! :D

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Terron commented on August 25, 2011 at 21:57

Congratts on saving your money… I cant do that for the life of me. its like it burns a whole in my pocket unless its put somewhere that i can forget about it lol. your swag is on point though im feelin you selection of clothes.. for a female anyway lol. i think its relaxed and dope… i honestly believe people have a problem with payless because its not exactly name brand and everybody thinks you have to have somthing expensive and name brand for it to be hot.. and thats not always true.. i beleive its all about how you rock what you wear… you can wear somthing with a label but it could be UGLY lol. just sayin

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BEBE commented on August 26, 2011 at 00:25

Yes.. I agree.. :D it really feels good when you buy things you want/need with your own money through working and all that :)
I love shopping more than anything else in the world. hahaha.. it makes me feel good and just relieves the stress that I have been experiencing through the day. :blush: I sound like the girl from the movie “Confessions of a Shopaholic” :))

Anyways, I love all of your finds there..especially the sneakers! <3

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Kimeh commented on August 26, 2011 at 09:10

If feels good when you buy things with your own money because you know that there’s no one breathing down your neck watching your every move. – I COULDN’T HELP, but agree to this so darn much!

Aeropostale is also so famous here! I just like how my mum never complains about the price when I go shopping with her. She just tells me if I can find anything with a cheaper price that’s it.

School is starting soon for you! Good luck. ;)

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Kris commented on August 26, 2011 at 11:44

I’ve never actually had back to school shopping before. I just shop whenever I want! When I was younger I HATED it when I had the same shirt as someone else! It doesn’t happen now though because I get my clothes at Asian places and a lot of them only have one of each. It’s kinda weird, I know, but Asian places are like that.

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Cristina commented on August 26, 2011 at 13:33

This is what you’re doing during the classes?>.< You're supposed to pay attention of what your teacher is trying to teach you:D. Anyway good luck with doing it. i can't wait to see how your handwriting looks like<3

I don't mind people wearing the same things as me:d. I mean, it weird but coming from me they can do it:D. I am me and they are they, we're different people, so the clothes doesn't really matter:D

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Ellen commented on August 26, 2011 at 14:38

Ah … shopping, hmmm my personal hell. XD
It’s true, when you can go out and spend money you’ve earned yourself… it’s the best thing in the world. Independent! =D

I have had that once, someone wearing the same as me, I actually quite liked it… it proved that my mom was wrong, people do wear the clothes I like. =P I can imagine it not being fun though, like if you went to a party =O
I’ve never heard of Aeropostale before, I guess I should check it out =D Cheap and cute sounds goooood!
You’re absolutely correct, why pay so much for clothes/shoes when you can have much nicer ones for a better price! =D

The shoes look great btw! <3

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