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First Year Dorm Essentials!!
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items I recently graduated from college and am missing all the fun of the start of the new school year! However, after helping move in my freshman sister I was reminded about how much you need to buy your first year living alone! These are all the products...
If you have a shared shower then this is the BEST shower caddy bag! It is nice and compact but can unzip and hang anywhere. I used this any time that I had a shared space situation or while traveling and I was so thankful I got one like this!
Small Hanging Toiletry Bag Blue - Open Story™: Water-Resistant Travel Accessory
Another shared bathroom essential! You do not want to have to struggle to hold your towel up with one hand and your clothes & caddy in the other. This Velcro towel saved me so many times!
Waffle Bath Wrap Ivory - Room Essentials™
This drying rack was the star of the show for not only me, but also all of my roommates! Shared laundry dryers didn’t always do the best at drying my clothes so this was a great way to dry my clothes without having to run the dryer again. We also wou...
Mainstays Functional and Energy Saving Oversized Collapsible Steel Closets Clothes Drying Rack, Silver
It’s nice to have a couple of sets of Tupperware for if you need to take food from the dining hall on the go or for when you are sick and want to eat in your room! Or for whenever you visit home and want to bring back a homemade meal;)
Rubbermaid 3.2 cup 2pk Brillance Food Storage Container: Clear Plastic, Microwave & Freezer Safe, Dishwasher Top-Rack Safe
This fan was (and still is!) my holy grail throughout college! It’s nice to have a fan incase you and your roommates disagree about temperature or in order to have some white noise to keep you sleeping while a roommate has an early morning class they...
Honeywell 13" Black QuietSet Oscillating Table Fan, 10ft Air Circulation Power, 4 Speed, Auto Off Timer, HTF210
Having some sort of laundry pods is GREAT so that you don’t have to lug down a big carton of laundry detergent to the laundry room everytime you have to do laundry!
Tide Original Pods HE Compatible Laundry Detergent Soap Pacs - 35oz/42ct
This is something people don’t always thing about! Having a laundry bag that you can carry as a backpack is IDEAL. Laundry gets so heavy and it’s so easy to carry it this way especially if the laundry room is far/you use stairs.
Laundry Backpack
Target has the CHEAPEST and BEST dish sets for college students! Everyone I knew is college had these haha. I still use my today they are so durable!
Best Plastic Dinnerware Sets | Durable & Microwave Safe
If you’re planning on going to a football game or any sporting event you most likely need a clear bag! Don’t ruin your game day by having to throw away or walk back to your dorm with your regular purse!!!! These are so fun to school-specific customiz...
Stadium Approved Bags
You wouldn’t believe the amount of college students I would see walking around campus getting drenched because they didn’t have any umbrella! This is a MUST to keep in your backpack so you don’t get caught in the rain!
Totes Super Mini Manual ECO Compact Umbrella - Black