I bought a coloring book and colored pencils this weekend.
And not just any colored pencils. I bought the Crayola 24 pack.

I don't know what your school supply shopping was like as a kid, but my mom never let me buy the big packs of crayons or colored pencils. She thought it was excessive. And I agree, as a kid you really don't need to lug a giant pack of pens/pencils/crayons/etc around.

HOWEVER...

It was pretty damn exciting to color with red, red-orange, orange, yellow-orange, peach, yellow, golden yellow, jade green, yellow-green, green, aqua-green, light blue, sky blue, blue, violet, pink, magenta, mahogany, tan, light brown, brown, gray, black and white.