what back to school shopping was like

  • A group of smiling children with backpacks eagerly run beside a parked yellow school bus on a sunny day.

    10 School Items Every Middle-Class Kid Had in the ’90s

    From gel pens to fresh new kicks, these '90s school supplies showcase the decade's nostalgic back-to-school-shopping vibes.

    For most middle-class families in the ’90s, back-to-school shopping was a ritual filled with excitement, joy, and perhaps a bit of parental dread (school supplies weren’t exactly cheap, even back then). Kids would eagerly flip through glossy catalogs, picking out…