Yesterday I bought some school supplies. It seemed like a good thing to do seeing as school starts on Monday.

I bought two note books, three red pens and 5 boxes of staples. <em>Yes.</em> Five boxes of staples. You wouldn't believe how quickly teachers run out of staples.

We get a small teacher budget to buy supplies at school but it doesn't cover very much and I prefer to buy pens that I can hold and see ahead of time and this is difficult to do with a catalogue. The staples? Well, had I remembered that I needed them when I was buying supplies I'd have added them in. Only they slipped my mind on the second day back to work when I placed my order.

Luckily, staples are easy to find.

Less easy to find? <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Card_stock">Cardstock</a>. Anyone have an idea where I can find this slightly heavier paper in Sofia? I haven't looked very hard but I am also not sure what this heavier paper would be called in Bulgarian.