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School start pencils

By now, the new school year has started in most countries, and this year, I saw something I hadn’t seen before: Here in Northern Germany, in the states of Bremen and Lower Saxony, I have noticed houses decorated with large pencils. This is not very common, I only spotted a handful of houses like this, and seems to indicate that a child living in the house is starting primary school.

One of the houses with pencil decorations also had a Danish flag, so I wonder if this is a Danish tradition that has spread to Northern Germany.I have never observed this in England or Southern Germany.

If you know more about this, please let me know.

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Back to School offers

This blog post is probably only of interest to you if you are in the UK.

I went to my local Staples today to get a Duraclip folder and was excited to see some nice Back to School offers.

A lot of their normal stationery is overpriced, but some of the offers are fantastic.

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You get 10 Staedtler Noris, plus an eraser and a sharpener for £1.50. I also got some Washi tape and Lego erasers on clearance for 50p.

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Pencil shaped staplers for 89p. I didn’t buy one.

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…didn’t know Crayola makes pencils.

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