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Post by michellea on Aug 28, 2012 9:31:00 GMT -5
Moved DD in this past weekend. The room is fine, the roommate seems like a good match. They even have fairly large closets. My stress was for naught (you guys probably knew that......)
What I could not believe was how much money we spent at Target, and I know we were not the only ones. We had already shipped the bedding, so we "only" needed to buy school supplies, health and beauty supplies, storage, snacks. $500 later and fraud alert from credit card company, we were done. I know much of this stuff will be used during the next 4 years (lamp, ihome, coffeemaker etc). Let's hope so. I feel like we have moved from Little Tykes plastic to Rubbermaid...... Certainly did some good things for the Burlington, NC economy!
Oh - and dd agreed on inexpensive towel. She chose bright pink, less than $5 each. No monogram.
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Post by healthy11 on Aug 28, 2012 9:41:59 GMT -5
Michellea, I know what you're going through. My triplet nieces moved from the dorms where they each had different roommates into an off-campus apartment, and their mom said she couldn't believe how much extra $ they had to spend, buying stuff to "stock the kitchen" and extra storage containers, etc. At least, by having them all together, she didn't need multiple coffee pots, spices, etc. but they still ran up a big bill!!
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Post by jisp on Aug 28, 2012 12:06:05 GMT -5
Don't worry your son will not cost nearly as much.
Also after your daughter has to pack and move her stuff at the end of the year she will be much less inclined to acquire goods.
Our daughter has all but refused to get anything additional for her apartment this year because she knows that she will be moving next September and she does not want to have to deal with more stuff. Having moved multiple times she is determined to shed possessions and NOT ACQUIRE any extra plastic containers or appliances than she needs.
PS Don't mean to make you jealous but we moved our youngest into his dorm this weekend. He was quite proud of the fact that everything he owns, including a Double Bass fit inside our Prius with his two parents. Of course then there was the mandatory trip to H&M to buy some new Jeans, new boxers and new soxs....and that was not exactly cheap. But all the stores in Boston were giving student discounts of 15-20% last weekend so we did save some money.
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Post by michellea on Aug 28, 2012 12:45:16 GMT -5
Jisp - I know what you mean. DS has already gone school shopping. 5 pair of jeans (Old Navy), Timberland boots, x-country running shoes and two binders. He told me he had plenty of t-shirts and sweatshirts and would use the old dividers from last year's binders. VERY different from his oldest!
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Post by beth on Aug 28, 2012 12:49:14 GMT -5
My son def. has less stuff than my daughter. But much to my amusement, he wanted an iron. Apparently, he used his roommate's iron this summer. And my daughter, who does not travel light through life never had an iron in college.
I'm impressed jisp that your daughter has changed her ways. Mine has not. She just started in graduate school in speech and language therapy which is less than two years. She has nested in her apartment like she is there for the rest of her life. I think it how she makes a new place seem like "home" but I am already concerned about all the stuff she has acquired since moving.
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Post by dwolen on Aug 28, 2012 18:42:21 GMT -5
I am glad that your dtr is launched, Michellea. My dd has renounced excessive possessions. She says she has pack rat tendencies and has to do all she can to avoid being overwhelmed with things. She has to move around so often now, she hopes to keep all her things in a few bags. She did store her winter things at her Lesley friend's mom's, who lives in Cambridge. the mom was nice enough to keep a couple of large suitcases in her attic during the summer.
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Post by momfromma on Aug 28, 2012 21:16:23 GMT -5
Glad your daughter is installed.
We did not have problems with ds2 when it comes to shopping, in part because he had a lot of things coming from his brother., and in part because ds does not really care about getting fancy things.
This said, he insisted in bringing way too many video games and movies (including dance movies). First days were fine, but now come the serious things, and my highly unfocused son has a hard time getting the discipline to work independently (too many distractions). Let's hope it will get better.
ds1 is more of the spending style, though, so it is not only a question of boy or girl.
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