Notes on buying for groups
Short working notes from the packing desk: how we count socks for a family, favors for a guest list and gloves for a season. No catalogs of everything, just the arithmetic that keeps a group covered.
Sock math for a family drawer
How many pairs a household actually goes through, and how to buy the drawer once instead of four times a year.
Favor counts for a party of fifty
A short planning sheet for favors, matching accents and table pieces when the guest list has two digits.
One color for the whole team
Matching a roster without a uniform budget: how to pick one piece, one shade and one count that survives the season.
The glove attrition plan
Gloves disappear one hand at a time. A counting plan for households, classrooms and coat drives that expects the losses.
The classroom spares box
What experienced teachers keep in the supply box, in what counts, and why the box runs out by March without a plan.