1.
Making sure you started off the year with a cool AF backpack (usually a Kipling or one that looked like it):
2.
And finding a ~cool~ keychain to attach to your backpack:
3.
Buying three or four of these oh-so-whimsical pens:
4.
Getting a clear, slip-front binder so that you could collage the hell out of it with photos and magazine cutouts:
5.
Getting a few pairs of Soffes for gym class:
6.
Picking up an extra Claire's body glitter roll-on so you could keep one in your locker for after gym class:
7.
Tearing the looks out of Teen People or Teen Vogue for outfits you wanted to try:
8.
Buying a pack of these markers from the Limited Too — that you were then too afraid to use since you didn't want to waste them:
9.
Adding metallic Sharpies to your back-to-school supplies list, even though you knew you'd never use them for school work:
10.
Trying to find plastic book covers in the colors that you liked and ending up buying a pack just for a color or two:
11.
Begging your mom to pack Cherry Vanilla Cokes in your lunch:
12.
Buying a few of these slippers to rock with your new shorts or gauchos:
13.
Picking up a new bottle of this scent as your daily go-to fragrance:
14.
Or one from Bath & Body Works (usually the sweetest-smelling one):
15.
Getting a bottle of Love Spell as your "nighttime scent," aka the one you would wear to a school dance:
16.
Picking up a pack or two of earrings at Claire's:
17.
Getting a brand-new diary so that you could document all the middle school drama:
18.
Adding a couple of fresh Paul Frank tees to your T-shirt collection:
19.
Making sure you had perfect skin by using this (and, yes, ruining a few towels in the process):
20.
Slathering yourself in this smelly stuff in order to give yourself "healthy glow" for the first day of school:
21.
Buying locker organizers and accessories 'cause you wanted to personalize it and make it actually functional:
22.
Making sure you got colorful composition books:
23.
Buying a few packs of these 'cause you told yourself you'd be more organized this semester:
24.
Getting a brand-new wallet that basically only carried your school ID:
25.
Selecting the perfect brand-new AOL screen name 'cause your old one was just not you anymore:
26.
Getting a stick or two of glitter lipgloss 'cause you couldn't have enough glitter:
27.
Getting an initial pleater purse 'cause it was a necessary fashion statement:
28.
And finally, picking out the perfect first day back outfit (usually something you got from Limited Too):
