the trials of a leader trying to maintain a successful girl scout troop

the trials of trying to maintain a successful Girl Scout troop

8.14.2010

Getting Ready to begin again

     I have been getting excited about the upcoming school year, ready to roll out another 10 months of fun!


      For those of you looking, there are great deals at Target and WalMart that I look forward to each summer. My absolute favorite is found in the dollar section at Target, it comes in several colors and sells quickly:

Letter size file folder, $1 at Target
     I purchased 1 for each of my girls (pink for the Juniors, Purple for Cadettes) and ended up cleaning out those colors, I did have a little debate on buying the green instead, but you know girls and pink!


I was also able to get great deals on supplies to provide the girls with:

Notebooks  $.15,
crayons $.24
 glue $.25
 gluesticks $.25 for a 2-pack
 scissors $.52
     I was able to take my purchases, bag them in a simple zip-top bag, and put one bag in each folder. For about $2 per girl, I have the supplies that they will need for the entire year!

     So, I have about 4 weeks and 30 folders sitting in my living room, finding great deals take a lot of space! Off to keep shopping! I know I'll pick girls up throughout the year, and it's better to have extra crayons and glue than not enough!