“School shopping” was an annual event which occurred around the end of August. Still is today, except now I notice that advertising for “back-to-school” shopping happens in July. Sort of like how stores start putting out Halloween stuff (and in some cases, Christmas stuff) around Labor Day.
Anyhoo, it was a ritual we went through the last days of each August (or the 1st days of September, depending on when school started). Mom would take us out to the department store – usually Big N in Newark (the N stood for Neisner’s or something like that) and we would pick out new clothes and supplies for the upcoming school year. The stuff I really wanted was too expensive for us and I had to haggle and negotiate for the next level down in status. I’m sure Mom spent more than she thought prudent and I’m sure I thought she was being stingy. What one ended up wearing the first few days of school was critical in determining one’s social status for the semester.
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