1. You spent all summer counting down to the days 'til you could do a big back-to-school stationery shop.
2. And you always chose folders that coordinated with your notebooks and pencils.
3. You bought a new maths set every year, even though you didn't know what half of the stuff did.
4. Choosing new pencils was hard, but choosing new pencil toppers was even harder.
5. And naming your pencils was a long, but necessary, task.
6. You begged your mum for a pop out pencil case.
7. But you probably ended up buying this, like everyone else.
8. Sharpening your colouring pencils before term began was one of the most satisfying jobs you could do.
9. The day you graduated from a Berol Handwriting pen to fountain pen was a proud one.
There's nothing as satisfying as popping your first ink cartridge.
10. You always filled out the first page of your homework diary in your best handwriting.
11. And you always made sure you used blotting paper, ink erasers, and your good old Tipp-Ex mouse when you made a mistake.
You never, ever crossed out.
12. Losing a piece of lead from your stackable pencil was enough to ruin your day.
13. Which is why you always preferred using a mechanical pencil.
14. You always customised your boring exercise books with wrapping paper or stickers.
15. And you had strong opinions about whether thin or thick-lined paper was best, which meant you hated it when you were handed the wrong one.
Ludwig why'd you give me wide ruled paper?!? Get it together dude
Particularly because GCSE exam paper was always thick-lined.
16. You hated giving in neat homework in case you made any mistakes, because you knew the teacher's marking would mess up your page.
When homework looks neat and perfect....but could possibly be all wrong😍😅😍😅😍😅
17. If someone borrowed your highlighter, you were always anxious that they'd return it like this.
18. And you never lent anyone your mini erasers.
19. Your pet peeve was when your teachers stapled messily or hole punched your paper in a way that it wouldn't fit into your ring binders properly.
20. Which is why you were all about the protective plastic wallets.
21. Although this was always your greatest nightmare.
22. You always wrote out your birthday party invitations and Christmas cards in your best scented gel pens.
23. And your favourite birthday parties were ones that involved somethings crafty, like decoupage or calligraphy.
