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Sponsored & Giveaway: Officeworks Back to School

It's that time of the year again where all school parents start to panic a little. The kids will be back to school in just 2 weeks and parents are frantically trying to organise uniforms, booklists and etc. 

Though the Lil' Tiger won't officially go to school until 2016 (pre primary), her new day care, has a Montessori teacher coming in everyday from 9am to 3pm and she goes in full time, so it is kinda like "school" (actually they do address themselves as a school).  I was given a list of things that she needs for the year and off I trotted to my nearest Officeworks. 

Have I mentioned before that I love Officeworks? When I was childless, I use to go to my nearest one and just look at stationery for hours.  Those were the days where there was no one tugging on my shirt telling me they need to go to the loo or telling me that she is hungry for the 50th time that hour.  Now I would be lucky to even go in for 15 minutes. :) 

Thankfully, Officeworks offers "School List Service", where you can drop off your school list and come back the next day to just pick up and pay. In and out in less than 5 minutes (unless there is a super long queue because everyone is also buying school supplies).  Its a One Stop School Shop! Owh yeah! 

Unfortunately, luck was not on my side today, there was a long queue and one family had 4 kids and 4 school lists to pay!! Eeekks. I overheard a mum telling another mum about her experience last year on how she left it too late and almost everything was sold out and how she had to go to 6 different KMart and BigW only to find things from half her list and she said she didnt even care how much they cost and probably would even buy some stuff on her list for twice the amount becuase she desperately needed it. Owh dear.

So for the month of January, Officeworks is offering every parents their "Parents' Price Promise**". This means that they will beat any identical quoted school item on the list by 10%.  That means, you do not have to pay premium price on identical school items. 

Lesson learnt.  Don't get supplies from your child's book list late AND don't pay premium price. :) 

I left Officeworks happy and relieved that I got everything on the list. Now for show and tell. This is what I got. I am pretty excited that the Lil' Tiger will be able to learn more in this "School" than her old daycare. She is all set to go now. 

The lovely people at Officeworks is giving you a chance to win a $50 gift voucher for you to shop for school supplies with them. :)  All you have to do is tell me your version of School  stationery (or work or personal) list disaster story? 

I will draw the price on 1 February 2014 at 8pm (Western Australia Time) and the winner will be announced on 2 February 2014.  Unfortunately, the competition is only open to Australian residents BUT you can still tell me your story. I love a good read. 
 

**Valid on identical stocked or Officeworks-deemed equivalent items where identical products are not available. Excludes competitor out of stocks, categories or items not ranged and items available only for customer order at Officeworks. Offer available from 01/01/14 to 31/01/14. Cannot be used in conjunction with Officeworks 5% Lowest Price Guarantee. 

Review: Magnamail

 

At the moment, the Lil' Tiger and I are learning our ABC's. We have been singing the song to her over and over and over and OVER again. We have been singing it in the car, while she takes her bath, while she eats and when we go to bed. She knows the song now by heart. Apart from the L M N O P part which she sings, "KALALALALA P". :)

So I told the guys over at Magnamail that she was learning her ABC's and they have very kindly sent me a wooden snake puzzle with ABC's on it. Thank you Magnamail. Now I can visually teach the Lil' Tiger to recognise the alphabets. The Lil' Tiger loves a good puzzle set (pictured above). So now when we sing together, we put the puzzle pieces together too. I am hoping that one day, when I randomly pick up a piece she would be able to read out what letter it is on the puzzle. 

What I love about the puzzle pieces is how bright it is! And I know one thing about teaching kids, the brighter the colour the better it is to get their attention. When the Lil' Tiger saw the puzzle pice for the first time all she said was "WOW PUZZLE". Yep. SOLD! 

For those of you who don't know Mangamail, Magnamail have been around since 1974. How do you buy things from them during that time? Well.... magically by catalogue of course. :) My first experience with Magnamail was when I was a student. I got home one night from my job and there was a catalogue in a plastic on my door knob. My sister and I we love catalogues, so we flicked through this one for a while asking each other what would we use the items for and etc. I remember I was intrigued by a pair of scissors with a laser light on it so that you are able to cut paper or something in a straight line! I so wanted to get it but alas, I was a poor student and spending money on something that cool would be a huge nono. 

Now you can go on to Magnamail ONLINE and browse through their catalogue still in the comfort of your own home! You don't have to wait for someone to drop the catalogue on your doorstep anymore. YIPPIE. 

So HERE IS THE FUN BIT! Magnamail has graciously offered to give one of my lucky readers an Item from their WEBSITE. It can be ANYTHING you want. Anything. How brilliant are they? Here is what you do.... you can enter in as many times as you like with my handy dandy rafflecopter widget. (There is a catch to get multiple entries though but it's totally up to you.) Go on to the MAGNAMAIL website, have a look see and pick an item you think is the coolest (trust me they have a lot) and tell me about it in the comments section. Then go on and tell your friends about the cool things you have seen on the Magnamail website and that is it. Owh... you have to "LIKE" MLIM Facebook page (if you are still not on it) and also "LIKE" the Magnamail Facebook page as well. 

SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? Entries close 12am 17 January 2013.

 

 

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