Basic Supplies for Cheap

There are some supplies that every troop is going to need in their supply box. Glue, scissors, crayons (or colored pencils when they older, and more refined), paper, rulers, erasers, you know, school supplies. Most drugstore and office supply chains around here each have a particular item they sell dirt cheap (less than a quarter each), and then have some really good coupons on other things. I'm not a couponing fan in general, but I do think these are worth it. I have only hit 2 stores (which I will probably hit again tomorrow), and got the following:

3 4-packs gluesticks for $0.50 each

2 24-pack crayons for $0.01 each

1 pack index cards for $0.10

2 10-pack black pens for $0.20 each and a third for free

2 10-pack pencils for $0.10 each

2 2-packs of Sharpies for $0.69 each

6 2-packs of pink erasers for $0.29 each

4 4oz bottles of glue for $0.59 each

3 pair of Fiskers kids scissors for $0.79 each

6 folders with prongs for $0.11 each

for a grand total of $10.73. Some of this will actually be going into the stash for my kids, which is why I paid for this out of my pocket, but I am thinking about going back for another round with the troop's money tomorrow, and maybe again next week, depending on what's on sale.

Most of these are not the best quality, but I have noticed that my girls don't really care if I buy dollar store crayons that are mostly wax or the most highly pigmented artist's drawing sticks. At least, it doesn't matter for the average Scout project. If we were delve into studying art, I would delve into some of my personal art supplies. I like the highly pigmented stuff, myself. :)

What do you do to supply your troop, but pinch pennies at the same time?