HOW LONG THEY LAST COMING UP IN WEATHERWATCH 12 BACK TO SCHOOL SEASON IS IN FULL SWING AND THIS YEAR, RETAIL EXPERTS PREDICT AMERICANS WILL SPEND $41.5 BILLION GETTING THEIR FAMILIES READY FOR THE NEW YEAR. AND WITH ALL THOSE SCHOOL SUPPLIES, COMES A BIG BILL. TONIGHT, 12 NEWS IS CYREIA SANDLIN IS GETTING THE FACTS ON HOW YOU CAN SAVE AT THE STORE. WE WE VISITED MULTIPLE STORES IN SEARCH OF THREE OF THE MOST POPULAR BACK TO SCHOOL ITEMS, BACKPACKS, NOTEBOOKS AND FOLDERS. THE MEYER AND WAUWATOSA HAD A HUGE SELECTION OF BACKPACKS STARTING AT 24.99, GOING UP ALL THE WAY TO 69.99. ALL LISTED AT 30% OFF THE TARGET IN WEST MILWAUKEE. ON THE OTHER HAND, BARELY HAD ANY BACKPACKS LEFT. THE ONES AVAILABLE WERE 49.99 AND 39.99. WE COULDN’T FIND ANY BACKPACKS AT THE DOLLAR TREE IN WAUWATOSA, ODESA, AS FOR NOTEBOOKS, ADMIRE A SALE ON THE GENERIC BRAND, COSTING ABOUT 149 EACH. FIVE STAR NOTEBOOKS ALSO ON SALE FROM. 2.99 TO 649 AT TARGET. NOT A LOT TO CHOOSE FROM AND PRICES RANGE FROM 179 TO ABOUT $4. AND THE PARKING LOT WE TALKED TO THE PARENTS OF FIVE CHILDREN WHO SAY THEY SPEND A SMALL FORTUNE ON BACK TO SCHOOL SUPPLIES. I’LL TELL YOU HOW MUCH WE SPEND EVERY YEAR, ROUGHLY ABOUT 1200, 1200 FOR FIVE KIDS EVERY YEAR. YEAH, NO NOTEBOOKS LEFT AT THE DOLLAR TREE WE VISITED, BUT IF YOU DO FIND SOME, THERE’LL BE 125. LASTLY, THE CHEAPEST THING ON OUR LIST FOLDERS TARGET HAS THEM ON SALE FOR $0.50 EACH WITH PLENTY IN STOCK. MEYER ALSO HAD A GOOD AMOUNT TO CHOOSE FROM, RANGING FROM $0.50 TO $1 $50. WE FOUND MYRTLE CRAWFORD SCANNING THE AISLES, MAKING SURE SHE GOT THE BEST DEALS FOR HER GRANDKIDS. ALL I CAN SAY IS SHOP AROUND. SOME PLACES HAS IT AND SOME PLACES DON’T. ONE MORE REMINDER BEFORE YOU SHOP, DON’T FORGET TO CHECK YOUR STORE’S APP OR WEBSITE FOR EVEN MORE DISCOUNTS IN WAUWATOSA, CYREIA SANDLIN, WISN 12 NEWS. AND MOST OF THE SALES WE FOUND