A new thread for bedding and supplies info

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<p>Here is the link to the hand truck that we bought:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=171232-26675-H003A&lpage=none[/url]”>http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=171232-26675-H003A&lpage=none&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I read about these here on CC a few years ago and ordered one for my daughter. She stores all her electronics and valuables in it and also uses it as a coffee table in her dorm room. We got her a really sturdy combination lock to go along with it. She puts her laptop, digital camera, etc. in it when she’s not in her room. This way, when she had a roomate, she wasn’t as worried about whether or not the roomate locked the door (her first year roomate once left for winter break without locking it and had to drive back the next day to lock it). The footlocker is also often used as a table for playing games, snacking, doing group homework, and so on.</p>

<p>Here’s a link for the kind that was recommended here:
<a href=“Sleep Away Camp Gear for Kids including Trunks- Everything Summer Camp”>Sleep Away Camp Gear for Kids including Trunks- Everything Summer Camp;

<p>They are not inexpensive, but they are very sturdy.</p>

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<p>I was proud of my shopping success overall for my son’s dorm. He only needed to buy extra pens all year. The dorm lists along with common sense helps a lot.
Two items that were borrowed a lot (and helped break the ice with other students) were batteries of various sizes and light bulbs. His floor had a lot of lamps without bulbs and gadgets without batteries. Also the tool kit was very helpful and a LOT of people borrowed his hammer/screw drivers/wrench that week.
The thing he needed the least were the abundance of towels ( I had 7 or 10) but he is a guy, a girl might of thought differently.
Also if your S/D has sensitive skin like mine, wash the linens first, send plenty of their own soap/detergent/creme because usually the school store doesn’t have perfume free items.</p>

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<p>What about microwaves? Are they allowed at any schools (I realize schools have different policies…) I can’t find it on D’s school, but she won one this weekend at AfterProm and was all excited about it!</p>

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<p>^^ S is allowed a microwave, if it’s under 1000 watts.</p>

<p>Zebes</p>

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<p>A tool kit, and a an “emergency Staples kit” both come in very handy. In the Staples kit I included duct tape, a stapler, safety pins and straight pins of various sizes, a small sewing kit with an extra selection of buttons, a small dust pan, Post-it notes, paper clips, etc. I just went around the house and collected some of these supplies into a Ziplok bag. No one needs a whole box of paper clips for example, but a few of different sizes come in handy.</p>

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<p>Cangel, duct tape was another well used item…I don’t know for what, but his whole roll went the first semester on his floor!
He could of used a small microwave but found at his school, the one one his floor, in the kitchen, was suffiecient. It was larger and forced him to leave his room early on when he had to heat something up.</p>

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<p>I love that trunk! It’s exactly what ZG is looking for.</p>

<p>(How does one go about having a thread made one of the “stickies?” I would love to have this one easy to find.)</p>

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<p>The trunk is great, but beware, when it’s packed full it is VERY heavy. We found this out when moving my daughter to school freshman year. She thought packing lots of stuff in the trunk would save space in the van. However, she lived on the third floor of a building with no elevators :slight_smile: Good thing there were lots of muscular upperclass guys around to help out during freshman move in.</p>

<p>A note about C&N: they had great customer service. They mistakenly sent the wrong color trunk and the date of move in was rapidly approaching so they expedited shipping the correct trunk without my having to return the first one and then sent someone to pick up the incorrect one at my house after I was satisfied with the correct one.</p>

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<p>I also made up a medical supply box. In addition to the first aid kit type stuff, I put in decongestant, pain reliever, antihistamines, cough drops, cold and cough meds, styptic pencil, etc. When you aren’t feeling well, you don’t want to have to go to the store to buy that stuff. She could just reach in the box and there it was. As it turned out, I don’t think she ever ended up needing most of it, but she often was visited by her friends on the floor who needed things and didn’t feel up to venturing to the drug store.</p>

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<p>My parents and I figured out that those mysterious “extra-long twin sheets” are really no different from plain old Swedish bedsheets of the kind we’ve always used (sized to accommodate tall Swedes, presumably)… so at least that part is taken care of. I am a bit upset that “electrical appliances with a heating element” are not allowed in the dorms; as my screenname would suggest, I drink tea the way my parents drink coffee (constantly, compulsively), and running down several flights of stairs to boil water several times daily seems like such a hassle. On second thought, that might be just what I need to escape the dreaded freshman 15… ;)</p>

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<p>While not the same, you can boil water in the microwave.</p>

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<p>Camelia, I heard about a college friend that had a microwave-able kettle! I think it was a little plastic thing that made it easier to boil water in the microwave (as snowball suggested). I’ll try finding out what it’s called, where it’s from.</p>

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<p>These may have been mentioned before, but a very handy thing we bought were several collapsable(sp?) mesh cubes with handles. They fold into a flat square when not in use, but pop up to about 3 feet high when you need them. I had mainly bought them for dirty laundry, but they were very useful for lugging all sorts of oddly shaped items when it came time to move. I know they had them at the Container Store but I think we actually ended up buying them at BB&B. Another thing we got were hangers that kind of look like ladders with rows of clips on them. You can hang a lot more things in the closet with them. And thank you for reminding me of the handtruck! (Which my DD’s freshman roommate “borrowed” three years ago.) The one I had converted into a flatbed, so we were able to haul about six boxes at a time. And I also wash all the sheets and towels before they leave home. Someone told me fabrics are often treated with formaldehyde before they leave the factory (to prevent wrinkling); that was enough for me to insist that I wash everything before it’s worn or used.</p>

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<p>OOOOh, this seems like it may be it:
<a href=“http://www.kidsmartliving.com/noname11.html[/url]”>http://www.kidsmartliving.com/noname11.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>not sure how good it is, but at $9.99, no harm’s done!</p>

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<p>Ooh, that looks really convenient. Thanks! :)</p>

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<p>Would this include a 4 cup coffeemaker or a “hot shot?”</p>

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<p>No microwaves either, apparently… :(</p>

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Willow, Yes that’s what they do in Germany. I think the duvet with cover is nice because you only have to wash the cover not the whole thing. My son tends to toss the cover because he says it’s too warm. (See post 13) Ever since we lived in Germany we are duvet people, though we switch to lighter stuff in the summer.</p>

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<p>I still have the footlockers I took to college. :slight_smile: Look just like the pictures.</p>