{"id":1496,"date":"2009-08-11T08:14:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-11T08:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/79.170.44.80\/livingwithkids.co.uk\/ready-for-the-off\/"},"modified":"2013-06-24T13:14:23","modified_gmt":"2013-06-24T13:14:23","slug":"ready-for-the-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/ready-for-the-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Ready for the off?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  My friend Carrie is a teacher at a primary school in the US, and they&#39;ve gone back already. &#39;Summers fly,&#39; she said cheerfully the other day. Unlike here, of course, where they can drag a little bit.   <\/p>\n<p>              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 0pt none; margin: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.livingwithkids.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/8\/MSbacktoschool_110809.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"128\" \/>\n<td width=\"5%\">\n<p>     Not that I&#39;m wishing the holidays to be over, or anything (well, maybe just a little), but this year, instead of trying to buy new uniforms at the last minute (and discovering everything&#39;s sold out), I&#39;m determined to be more organised. Ordering online is definitely the way to go.      <\/p>\n<p> \n<p>     If you&#39;re planning to buy school uniforms shortly, <a href =\"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/partner\/MarksandSpencer.aspx?t=lwk\" target=\"_blank\">M&amp;S<\/a> have a great selection &#8211; including these lovely pinafores (&pound;9 and &pound;10). They also have a&nbsp;fantastic offer for <a href =\"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/default.aspx?t=lwk\">KidStart<\/a> members at the moment.&nbsp;Not only do you&nbsp;get free delivery, plus 4% back for your kids on all purchases. But you&#39;ll also be entered into a prize draw to win &pound;100 of M&amp;S vouchers &#8211; which you can always use to treat yourself when the kids have gone back to school.      <\/p>\n<td width=\"5%\">     <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 0pt none; margin: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.livingwithkids.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/8\/Pinafores.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"133\" height=\"154\" \/>           <br \/> written by Liz Jarvis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"My friend Carrie is a teacher at a primary school in the US, and they&#39;ve gone back already. &#39;Summers fly,&#39; she said cheerfully the other day. Unlike here, of course, where they can drag a little bit. 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