how much did you pay for back to school stuff for your kids?

I paid about $80 so far for my son in 2nd grade. I got 3 pairs of jeans at Old Navy ($10 each on sale), new tennis shoes at Wal-Mart which look really cute for only $10, new book bag which was $15, crayons...pencil box...notebook...etc. which the teacher is providing so now its all to use at home. I found some really cool Transformers tennis shoes at K-Mart on clearance for $3 a few months back so I bought a couple pairs in different sizes and now they fit great. We didn't get any new shirts but he already has about 40 shirts....not exaggerating lol. I get alot of hand me downs from my sister's kids.

Some of the clothes I bought him are too big right now but for $10 jeans...they'll fit by Christmas and probably won't be that cheap again. Especially since the $2.99 clearance jeans from Children's Place clearance still fit from last year. I like to get him a new book bag every year. I know most parents think its a waste of money but I buy the cheap ones with whatever his favorite movie/cartoon is and he's happy. I couldn't talk him out of wanting the Pittsburgh Pirates book bag this year...I had to swallow my tongue and let him get it lol.

I have a 4th grader and I'm going to estimate the cost of it all so far to be about $200.

2 pairs of shoes

1 back pack

4 sets of uniforms

The rest are miscellaneous school items. We try to only make the necessary purchases since there are things that we can hold off until later in the year.

Elementary age, about $100, not including fall clothes. That includes a new backpack and lunch box (the old ones were 4 years old), new tennis shoes for gym, and the supplies on the teacher supply list.

Umm, my Dad paid about $150.

That includes Uniform, uniform shoes, backpack, pencil box, stationary, and books (that includes all the books used in school to teach).

Stuff, where I live is cheeeeeap.

My Mom and Dad paid

$200 for my uniform

$80 for my school shoes ( it's uniform so they have to be flat and black)

$60 for my bag

$30 for all my books folders, pens and pencils.

so grand total is

$380

we paid like about 300 for everything I got skinny jeans at Old Navy for $12 each I got my shirts for like 8-15 dollars each. I got my book bag from JCPenneys on sale for 13.99 it was first 60% off it was 35.00 originally.I'm getting my shoes for about 45.00 they are Vans.School supplies was about 40.00 including locker stuff.Thats about it