<p>"where her dorm was last year was on the same block or within a block or so of (or even upstairs from!) Trader Joes, Whole Foods, Virgin Records, Urban Outfitters, American Eagle, Starbucks, Sephora, Duane Reede, Forever21, DSW, and a ton of other places and that was her block alone."</p>
<p>It pains me in the wallet to even contemplate that.</p>
<p>There are temptations to be sure, but she has a budget requiring her to stay within her means each month. However, it is very convenient to get food. It is also a lot more convenient than where we live to be able to get something you need without a major trip and without devoting an entire day to it. Not to mention the selection available.</p>
<p>my Ds dorm does a couple of Target runs the first month and then once a monthor or so after</p>
<p>I am impressed with how she pared down her wardrobe</p>
<p>we are shipping 3 boxes-printer, etc</p>
<p>her life is now in my livingroom and tomorrow I will probably cry at the UPS store....sigh</p>
<p>she isn't bring too many "personal" items- jsut some mugs that were gifts and a few "toys" - ie a wind up frog that hops- kind of for theraoy</p>
<p>she is thrilled her dorm rooms are the biggest on campus, but guess that is all relative</p>
<p>we do have a pile of winter clothes to ship off when needed, and she cn ship stuff back</p>
<p>ph yeah, there is a coffee bar in the dorm...</p>
<p>and younger sis is thrilled that D is leaving so much clothing behind- more for her!!</p>
<p>We have one D's "life" filling up a guest room ready to be moved to college and as soon as it clears out, another D's "life" will fill it up before being moved to her college. I feel like I could go into the moving business at this rate. Thankfully one child's life is being moved out before the other one's life is moved into the guest room and made ready to also be shipped out figuratively.</p>
<p>Our basement bedroom is full of D's "deposits" over the past three years. Twin bed one year, full bed the next when she moved to an apartment, and guess who gets all the unnecessary stuff? She even coaxed her dad to buy her a small carpet for her room while on an 11-week internship 1500 miles away! This kid needs a lot of stuff around to get comfortable. I won't even get into how many pairs of shoes she took on this trip!</p>
<p>For those of you sharing a room...please be considerate of your roomie. If one person's stuff overwhelms the room, how will the other person feel? </p>
<p>It's at least worth a conversation with your daughters.</p>
<p>While neither of my kids are now sharing a bedroom at college, they both did for two years. I can tell you that the roomies (each had the same roomie for two years) had a similar amount of stuff and they shared the space completely equally. In other words, this "stuff" is pretty typical, at least for girls, from my observations.</p>
<p>^I agree. If anything, D's roomie had more "stuff" but neither of them had any problems with this, they chose to be roommates again the following year, and remain great friends to this day (senior year now). Girls just "need" more "stuff."</p>
<p>soozievt, are you describing palladium?</p>
<p>Deenierah....Freshman year she was in Third North. Soph year she was in Carlyle Court. She lived in Palladium over most of the summer while working in the city. She is moving into an off campus apartment this year, though is already in NYC now, but her stuff is here waiting for us to move it.</p>
<p>We put our first-born on the plane last weekend with 104 lbs of checked luggage, plus small carry-on bag and laptop in backpack. The check-in clerk was nice about not charging her for the 4 lbs over. She and I kept packing, unpacking and taking stuff out, repacking... it took several iterations. No office supplies, only travel size shampoo/conditioner, a few long-sleeved shirts and a pair of tights but otherwise no winter clothes (those will be shipped later). We only packed the bedding that needed to be washed before being used; the rest will be waiting for her at BBB. The biggest item was the sleeping bag, because her college puts the kids up in temporary quarters for the first week, and I couldn't imagine that she would bother to make her bed - especially since she wouldn't have the duvet, mattress pad, etc. Otherwise, it was lots and lots of socks, underwear, and t-shirts, because I know my kid. She'll get around to laundry every few weeks...</p>