<p>That is really a dorm room??!! I can’t believe it. My bedroom isn’t that nice.</p>
<p>Sounds like our Ds frequent the same spots. I so hope there is not Hollister anywhere close to her campus!</p>
<p>ChiSquare, there is no better cure for shopping addictions than looming midterms, lab reports and papers!</p>
<p>I could not believe that was a college student’s room. Of course, it makes a difference that it is a single, on-campus apartment room.</p>
<p>And to think how proud I was of my solitary bean bag chair in my dorm room…</p>
<p>…and black light posters on the wall. I’m making myself nostalgic.</p>
<p>Yeah, the room is something else! I’m just glad D2 was only talking about the closet organization!!! She couldn’t have that nice of a room because she’d have too many clothes on the floor!</p>
<p>Our house & many of the hotels I’ve stayed in aren’t that nice. The closet doesn’t look large enough for a serious shopoholic though.</p>
<p>You should probably encourage her to put a freeze on her credit when she leaves home. This will prevent her from opening any on the spot credit cards and accumulating debt. She would have to first contact the credit rating companies and unfreeze her credit. That MAY prevent some impulsive charging. It also prevents anyone else from opening credit in her name. My child, who had successfully managed an annual allowance for four years prior to going away to college (he got it every August and had to budget lunch money, gifts, entertainment, etc. from August -June.) got to school and blew all of his money in four months. He was dead broke by the end of the first semester. He had to work Christmas Break and Spring Break. He will have to work this summer. I guess he took the term “spending money” literally. He spent it all. There will be no more spending money from Mom and Dad. It’s sad and funny at the same time. There really is no predicting how some kids will act when they finally get their independence, regardless of how responsible they were while living at home.</p>
<p>So far, both of my kids have been quite frugal about their funds. S is now a rising EE senior & angling for a car, which I fear will be a money pit. I have told him he needs to write out a budget of how he will pay to keep the car properly maintained, insured, etc. before we can have any real discussion about it. I am NOT encouraging him to drive in LA, since he has not even done much driving in HI. Personally, I do not enjoy driving in CA and refuse to drive in LA except quiet suburbs. I have no idea what he plans to do upon college graduation & he’s not quite sure either at this moment, which is another factor against him acquiring a vehicle right now.</p>
<p>Fortunately both kids refuse to spend much $$ on clothing. D likes prices at Ross & actually has more than enough clothes anyway. S loves getting great on-line deals. On-line is a very dangerous place for shopoholics!</p>
<p>I like expensive clothes. But I don’t like buying clothes online, because sometimes they don’t fit, and then I have to pay for shipping in both directions. So I mostly do my shopping in New York, when I’m visiting family for breaks. That’s only a few times a year, though, and only for a few days. So I still don’t buy very much, because of the time crunch and because I’m picky. </p>
<p>I think I would have a significantly harder time saving if I were living in a city.</p>
<p>I also seem to have broken my habit of spending inordinate amounts of money on interesting-looking nonfiction paperbacks that I don’t have the time to read. It was an expensive habit. Aside from the extra money, I can’t say I notice the difference, because when do I ever have the luxury of reading anything that’s not assigned for class? :D</p>
<p>S generally seems to be OK with his on-line shopping. When he doesn’t like/fit the item, he resells it or takes it back to the store for refund/exchange. He has gotten some amazing deals, including a bunch of nice t-shirts he got for free from a store that was going out of business or something. Personally, I don’t do well with on-line clothes shopping. D & I need to try things on–women’s clothes are sized rather oddly much of the time.</p>