<p>I have a nice spacious black and purple backpack that doesn’t even come in that color anymore. It was my cousin’s before she went off to college and I liked it so she gave it to me. It’s big enough to carry my lunch, three textbooks, and all of my spirals and notebooks and writing utensils no sweat, plus a novel or two if I feel like it, which is really important because my school took out the lockers to make room for more classrooms (as well as stop the jocks from stuffing them with people who would fit into them- yes my school is that stereotypical) a few years ago.</p>
<p>My school requires us to have either mesh or those clear plastic backpacks, so I use a red Jansport mesh backpack.</p>
<p>I just have a plain black Jansport backpack. It has served me well, and stood up to the demands of a crapload of IB textbooks and binders and my always-necessary novel.
I spend my money on other things, like Moleskin notebooks.</p>