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Back to School in 1986 vs. Today: When School Supplies Were Half the Fun

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Back-to-school season still happens every August. The stores still put up their displays. Parents still spend more money than they planned to, and kids still have very definite opinions about what they will and will not wear on the first day of school. But back to school today looks very different from the way I remember it as a 10-year-old in 1986. Today, a big chunk of the back-to-school budget can disappear into sneakers, clothes, backpacks and whatever else kids suddenly insist everyone at school is wearing. And once they actually get to school, much of their work may be done on a Chromebook, iPad or another device provided or required by the school. There are still pencils, notebooks and folders on school supply lists, of course. But they don't seem to have quite the starring role they once did. Because in 1986? The school supplies were part of the excitement. Picking out a pencil case wasn't just picking out something to hold pencils. It was deciding whether you were a Sm...
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Back to School in 1986 vs. Today: When School Supplies Were Half the Fun

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Back-to-school season still happens every August. The stores still put up their displays. Parents still spend more money than they planned to, and kids still have very definite opinions about what they will and will not wear on the first day of school. But back to school today looks very different from the way I remember it as a 10-year-old in 1986. Today, a big chunk of the back-to-school budget can disappear into sneakers, clothes, backpacks and whatever else kids suddenly insist everyone at school is wearing. And once they actually get to school, much of their work may be done on a Chromebook, iPad or another device provided or required by the school. There are still pencils, notebooks and folders on school supply lists, of course. But they don't seem to have quite the starring role they once did. Because in 1986? The school supplies were part of the excitement. Picking out a pencil case wasn't just picking out something to hold pencils. It was deciding whether you were a Sm...
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How Much Food Do You Really Need for a Party? A Practical No-Waste Guide

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One of the hardest parts of planning a party has nothing to do with decorations, invitations, or finding the perfect theme. It's figuring out how much food you actually need. No host wants to run out of food while guests are still hungry. But buying enough to feed twice the number of people you invited isn't exactly ideal either. Besides the extra expense, you can end up staring at trays of leftovers wondering what you're supposed to do with all of it. The good news is that you don't need an exact head count down to the last mozzarella stick. You just need a reasonable starting point and a little common sense about who you're feeding, when you're feeding them, and what else is on the menu. Here's how to estimate party food without going completely overboard. Start With More Than Just Your Guest Count Knowing that you're expecting 25 people isn't enough information to determine how much food you'll need. Before you start calculating anyt...
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