First let's just start off with my school bag in general! At the start of the 6 weeks and the sixth form induction day I used a beautiful bag from H&M but unfortunately it wasn't big enough and hardly fitted any folders in so I changed to a bag that I brought ages ago and didn't get chance to use it and that my River Island Black Sauede Shoulder bag! I don't think they have it in stores any more and I can't remember the price of it but it's a lovely bag and has lots of room so if I have 2 folders I need to carry one can go in my bag and the other can be held. Whats also great about it is that inside it has a very small pouch which is perfect for phone and money because it blends in with the bag as well so I will be putting my phone in it so that I know where it is because this year we will not be wearing school blazers so we won't be able to put our phones in the pockets! So I will just be putting my phone and some money in this pocket so that I know that it's safe! I also just attached my Guardian Angle which my mom brought for me and mentally I think it brings me luck so I wanted it as close as possible to me!
Next on to stationary and I must say this year I have been getting my pens ect from cheap shops like home bargains because they sell named pens for cheaper prices and I also got cheaper highlighters as I needed more due to me taking english lit. Anyway folders, I needed 4 folders because I have chosen 4 subjects and those are English Lit, Business Studies, Media and Geography so obviously I needed big folders! So I have one which is from Wilkos and it has a cute Paris theme to it so it was a must, then the last 3 are from WHSmiths and these were 3 from something which I can't remember so I got a Pink A4 Folder and 2 purple ones but I didn't want 2 purple ones so I improvised and my mom went out and brought a Vinyl Decorative Paper which is a roll of sticky paper and the one I got was with love hearts and you just peel and cover books, folders, pens, pencils anything really and I just thought it was really cute and different and that was just from homebargins. Then I have 2 notepads as it's better to be safe then sorry and not buy any and the first one which is purple with a pattern on is from Pound Land and then the second one which has also 4 dividers in it is from Aldi and I liked this one because it had the dividers already in but I still went out and brought 4 packets of folder dividers and those are pastel colours from Home Bargains.
Then lastly for stationary I have my pencil case and every year my pencil case gets smaller and smaller and again 2 year running I went to paperchase for mine and I got this silvery glitter rounded pencil case which is simple but still cute! It actually holds a lot as I have different coloured pens for different things and more black ink pens because last year I ran out! I have all my pens which you can get from Rymans or Poundland like I did, then my highlighters which are also from poundland, then my Paper Mate Ink Joy which you can get from anywhere and I have used a lot of last year stuff as I didn't need new stationary again.
Then lastly I have my 'Survival Kit' as I like to call it which just holds my extra bits that I take to school. I just put them in a makeup bag which I found lying around my room when I cleaned it out because if it's there I might as well just use it, anyway in it i carry some tissues because they are vital things in my opinion then I have a pad because obviously being a girl means mother nature likes to surprise you then I have plasters, earphones which are a must have, crayons as they didn't fit in my pencil case along with my sharpener and then my keys and lastly paracetamol.
And that's it thats what will be in my bag for the first year of sixth form and the only thing I'm looking forward to about school is that I never have to do PE again! No I'm actually happy that I have chosen what I want to do and hopefully will enjoy them a lot more! There is a few more blog posts related to school which are going to be uploaded soon so hang fire for them!
If you have started school yet?! leave a comment on what you're essentials are in your bag for school?
Aliciax
