Skip to content

Recent Posts

  • Taxgirl Goes To The Movies: Star Wars
  • Looking For Tax Breaks?
  • Taxgirl Goes Back To The Movies In 2025
  • Here’s What You Need To Know About Submitting Tax Questions
  • Looking For More Great Tax Content?

Most Used Categories

  • individual (1,314)
  • politics (862)
  • IRS news/announcements (753)
  • tax policy (582)
  • ask the taxgirl (543)
  • prosecutions, felonies and misdemeanors (479)
  • just for fun (478)
  • state & local (403)
  • pop culture (399)
  • charitable organizations (389)
Skip to content

Taxgirl

Because paying taxes is painful… but reading about them shouldn’t be.

  • About Taxgirl
  • Info
    • My Disclaimer
    • A Word (or More) About Your Privacy
    • Subscribe
  • Ask The Taxgirl
  • Comments
  • Taxgirl Podcast
    • Podcast Season 1
    • Podcast Season 2
    • Podcast Season 3
  • Contact
  • Home
  • 2009
  • September
  • 11
  • Back To School Giveaway #7

Back To School Giveaway #7

Kelly Phillips ErbSeptember 11, 2009May 18, 2020

UPDATED: We have our winners! Congratulations to Bobby, Rebecca and Diana! I will be in touch!

You can win Mighty Putty and Mighty Mendit, two products made popular by the late Billy Mays. Both can help students and their parents conquer any task, big or small.

Mighty Putty is a powerful bonding epoxy stick that bonds to and repairs almost any surface, including metal, glass, PVC, wood, wallboard, ceramics, tile & concrete. Kids going to college can use it to fill chips in furniture and hang shelves – Mighty Putty can support up to 350 pounds!

Mighty Mendit is a flexible bonding agent that grabs, adheres and interlocks the fibers of virtually any fabric for a permanent repair. Use it to mend backpacks, belts, pants, shirts, and hats as well as to make crafts for art class using felt and other fabrics.

To qualify for the giveaway, just answer this question in the comments below:

What was your favorite outfit to wear to school?
You have until 10 p.m. EST tonight. I’ll randomly choose THREE winners from all of the qualifying comments. For a complete look at the giveaway rules, check out this prior post.

Facebooktwitterlinkedinmail
author avatar
Kelly Phillips Erb
Kelly Phillips Erb is a tax attorney, tax writer, and podcaster.
See Full Bio
social network icon social network icon
back-to-school

Post navigation

Previous: Back To School Giveaway #6
Next: Hope Credit & The American Opportunity Tax Credit

Related Posts

hockey

12 Days Of Charitable Giving 2020: Halftime Gear

December 30, 2020December 30, 2020 Kelly Phillips Erb
baseball glove and balls

12 Days Of Charitable Giving 2020: On My Team 16

December 29, 2020December 29, 2020 Kelly Phillips Erb
restaurant table

12 Days Of Charitable Giving 2020: Change Is On The Menu

December 28, 2020December 28, 2020 Kelly Phillips Erb

15 thoughts on “Back To School Giveaway #7”

  1. Joyce Guerrera says:
    September 11, 2009 at 7:55 am

    I was in high school during the late 60’s when the girls wore dresses. My final year – 69/70 – my school adopted a new dress code to allow the wearing of PANTSUITS. My mother bought me this beautiful lime green pantsuit, and, looking back, today I wouldn’t be caught dead in it. Imagine, long red hair with a lime green pantsuit…you must have been able to see me coming a mile away!

    Reply
  2. Edward Wiest says:
    September 11, 2009 at 7:58 am

    6-12, no choice: blue blazer, gray wool worsted pants. Since we could choose shirts and ties, I sometimes sported a yellow tape stripe on white Oxford button down shirt with any tie I could find. . .

    Reply
  3. EllAnn says:
    September 11, 2009 at 9:03 am

    Okay, are you ready for this? Poodle shirt and white sweater. This was in the late 1950s, at our school girls were not allowed to wear slacks/jeans.

    Reply
  4. Oxnate says:
    September 11, 2009 at 10:25 am

    Jeans and a T-shirt. Not just any t-shirt though. This t-shirt: http://t-shirts.cafepress.com/item/voices-talk-to-me-tshirt/5720039

    If you don’t want to follow the link, it says “You’re just jealous because the voices only talk to me.” I wore the shirt so much (and washed it often) that I wore it completely out. It’s taken me years to find it again. I’m well on my way to wearing this new one out, but now I can order more. 😀

    Reply
  5. Diana says:
    September 11, 2009 at 10:33 am

    T-shirt and jeans!

    Reply
  6. Laurie says:
    September 11, 2009 at 12:12 pm

    Hi taxgirl!

    My favorite outfit for school right now is comfortable jeans, and layer dressing. A tank underneath a cool jean shirt with a cute little leather jacket to top it off. I still am wearing sandals to show off the toe jewelry! When we cut-out in the p.m. I can layer-off to the tank and catch some rays!!

    Reply
  7. Liz Sweigart says:
    September 11, 2009 at 1:15 pm

    The joys of uniforms K-12. Plaid kilt, shirt (with collar) and — oh, how cool were we?!? — sweatpants under the kilt.

    What a fashionista I… wasn’t…

    Reply
  8. Mary Kay Foss says:
    September 11, 2009 at 1:18 pm

    I went to school in the mini-skirt days. You could get sent home if your skirt was too short. I rode the school bus so they couldn’t send me home so I was the example of the shortest skirts to appear all day.

    Of course, you’d wear colored stockings with the mini-skirts. My favorite was red sheer stockings with a scotch plaid skirt (with a big gold safety pin) and a plain white blouse.

    Reply
  9. ThomasT says:
    September 11, 2009 at 1:33 pm

    I was a Garanimals kid in elementary in the 70s, like this dude only blonde. I was never very clothes conscious, but did have a bunch of Op cords shorts that I wore a lot in middle school.

    Reply
  10. Rebecca says:
    September 11, 2009 at 2:49 pm

    Tapered jeans with big plaid shirts!

    Reply
  11. LKG says:
    September 11, 2009 at 2:51 pm

    I had no choice in what I wore the school, we had a very strict uniform code.

    Reply
  12. Lisa K says:
    September 11, 2009 at 3:10 pm

    We had a dress code, and could wear jeans only on the last Friday of every month. So jeans and a sweater were exciting and the best thing to be able to wear to school, though only because it was prohibited most of the time.

    Reply
  13. Bobby says:
    September 11, 2009 at 7:43 pm

    Shorts and T-shirt everyday.

    Reply
  14. bob says:
    September 11, 2009 at 9:46 pm

    Jeans and a white t-shirt

    Reply
  15. My Journey says:
    September 13, 2009 at 9:27 pm

    Khakis! I didn’t wear jeans until Law School EVERYONE ripped on me

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

© 2005-2022, Kelly Phillips Erb | Theme: BlockWP by Candid Themes.
Skip to content
Open toolbar Accessibility Tools

Accessibility Tools

  • Increase TextIncrease Text
  • Decrease TextDecrease Text
  • GrayscaleGrayscale
  • High ContrastHigh Contrast
  • Negative ContrastNegative Contrast
  • Light BackgroundLight Background
  • Links UnderlineLinks Underline
  • Readable FontReadable Font
  • Reset Reset
  • SitemapSitemap
  • FeedbackFeedback