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College Must-Haves
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items I just finished my freshman year of college, and this is my list of all the things I NEEDED - meaning, I took off everything that I immediately regretted bringing, and added everything that I wished I'd brought. This is the only first-year list you'l...
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Dorm
Dorm
Alright, please, if you listen to nothing else; do not skimp on your mattress topper. I'm not a picky sleeper at all so I thought I could cope without, but I slept over in my best friends bed one night and had sooo many regrets. I bought a mattress t...
**MAKE SURE that you buy this IN STORE. Meaning don't order this Amazon one, lol. You want to be able to feel the topper.
**MAKE SURE that you buy this IN STORE. Meaning don't order this Amazon one, lol. You want to be able to feel the topper.
Mattress Topper
Most (if not all) colleges have twin XL beds. Buy a couple sheets so you can trade them out occasionally without doing your laundry. Helps me feel clean and put together even when I don't have very much self care time :)
Twin XL Bedsheets
THIS specific rolling cart was a life-saver. We had to put our mini fridge under my bed in order to fully open the door in our dorm (yeah, it was that small) so the bins I had originally bought were NOT cutting it. This cart has been awesome - everything I have fits, its organized, and the little cups are sooo handy in the middle of the...
Rolling Cart (Under Bed Storage)
This is the one that I ended up buying, and it has been awesome! The cord is long enough to reach the opposite side of my bed, and i have it set up against my desk so it's hidden from view. The vertical build of it saves a lot of space and a lot of m...
Surge Protector
One of my biggest regrets was not buying a lamp! Me and my roommate LOVE our “little light” time - it's so nice at the end of the day to wind down by turning the ceiling lights off and our warm, bedside lamps on. This one has a charger for your phone...
Desk Lamp
These command strips were AWESOME. I hate using command hooks because they always come right off of the wall and it's such a frustrating experience, but these velcro sticks have allowed me to hang heavy picture frames up - and they don't shift around...
They're super easy to work. There are 14 in total, with one end velcro and the other sticky - you'll stick the sticky end to the wall, with the velcro pointed out, and then stick another to whatever you're putting on the wall (for me, my picture fram...
They're super easy to work. There are 14 in total, with one end velcro and the other sticky - you'll stick the sticky end to the wall, with the velcro pointed out, and then stick another to whatever you're putting on the wall (for me, my picture fram...
VELCRO Command Strips
Alright, I did what everybody else did and brought my laundry hamper from home to college. Immediately regretted it. I haaated lugging my stuff all the way to the laundry room - it was bulky, heavy, and lowkey embarrassing lol. I even had a day where...
I LOVE this thing because you can put all of your laundry tools in the velcro part, and it's big enough for 2-3 weeks of laundry. You can wear it like a backpack (which is not near as heavy as it sounds) and you don't risk having everything fall out ...
I LOVE this thing because you can put all of your laundry tools in the velcro part, and it's big enough for 2-3 weeks of laundry. You can wear it like a backpack (which is not near as heavy as it sounds) and you don't risk having everything fall out ...
Laundry Backpack