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I have a similar level of expensive chaos and mayhem in the month *before* Christmas (two kids birthdays, two lots of car rego, two adult birthdays and Christmas – all in the space of about six weeks. It was worse… all three cars registration was due in the same period until we sold one car and bought another).

And just for fun, both kids tend to go a decent growth spurt between their birthdays and the end of the school holidays! Therefore, I tend to leave the uniform top up until the end of January – which sucks because they have uniforms with logos, so the ‘good’ uniform shop is often out of the bits I need.

So…
Mid January, get both kids to try stuff on
Guess what I think I’ll need
Order labels if I’m running low
End of January – try on again then hit the uniform shop
Mid February, finally get all the bits I need

(You’d think after four years, I’d have a better plan than that!)

I pick up shorts and socks when I see them on sale (although I should be pretty right this year…); and pick up stationery from school in the week before it starts.