<p>“Hey, mini: S2 is using his bedsheets year round. They’re three year old and I expect them to last another year. Not Parchesi, though. They were bought at Target. Two sets, one in case of spills. He washes the other set regularly and it does not look “ratty” to me.”</p>
<p>Hey, my younger one is likely to do the Bed, Bath, and Beyond thing. Since we aren’t accompanying her to school across the country, and she is being met at the airport by a family friend, we don’t want to inflict her shopping uncertainties upon him.</p>
<p>For the other one, it will be Value Village all the way, though rich uncle has a mountain full of furniture from a divorce and remarriage, and an impending move to France.</p>
<p>Maybe there will even be some Parchesis! :)</p>
<p>I guess I’m the odd man out here but I was going to suggest 5 LOL </p>
<p>Back when I was in school, my sheets were changed every Mon, Wed, and Fri and were all washed and ironed every Sunday. A bit OCD yes, but I sleep so soundly after a nice hot shower and then climbing onto fresh, soft, high-quality linens.</p>
<p>But I suppose two would be the norm if washed every other week or so. :)</p>
<p>Bought my S two sets of sheets when he went to school and he never opened the second set. Laundry is free and it was easier for him to wash and put back on…so he says… I got him orange sheets and towels…figured he couldn’t lose them…anyhoo…his fraternity bros give him a hard time about the orange…it certainly identified him…momma knows best…:)</p>
<p>So funny, this thread. I have actually been discussing this with D and she is adamant that one set will be fine, does not want to fuss with two, plans to wash and immediately re-make bed and doesn’t seem to worried about unforeseen emergencies. We’ll see.</p>
<p>No Parchesis for my DSs, either. One DS took to college two jersey sets bought in Marshalls, another one uses fitted XLs from overstock.com ($3.99 apiece). Each DS does use both fitted sheets (when they don’t feel like doing laundry, a fresh sheet goes onto bed), but neither uses top sheets (one of them has a duvet cover instead, but I believe he just uses it as a blanket). </p>
<p>None of their bedding looks “ratty” to me (after 3 years), and afaik they do wash everything before putting stuff to storage.</p>
<p>2 sets worked great for me… and I definitely used a matress pad when I was living in the dorms; pretty sure I found an extra long one at Bed Bath and Beyond, along with the sheets.</p>
<p>I think mattress pads are important, more so sometimes than the sheet as many mattresses are encased in plastic. Just to put a sheet on that is very uncomfortable and hot in non airconditioned dorms.</p>
<p>You can order XL Twin mattress pads from jcpenney.com and have them delivered to you or to a JC Penney store near where you want to pick them up.</p>
<p>My daughter wants an XL Twin featherbed. Lands End.com or The Company Store. We will order it for her once she is in her dorm room and have it shipped to her.</p>
<p>ONE set apiece worked for our 2 boys and girl. </p>
<p>For the eldest boy, we bought two because that’s what we read. The second package remained unopened after 4 years. After graduation, it went directly to S-2 as his one-and-only set.</p>
<p>On some laundry days, they laundered clothes and sheets together, and that was that. Laundry day had no identity (like Monday or Thursday); it sprang spontaneously from the overflowing pile of clothing laundry that bothered them.</p>
<p>All 3 cared much more about having a memory foam topper because all the beds were hard. Sometimes they used a $15 eggshell crate but after a while felt thrilled to receive a memory foam for the holidays. The boys gave their crates to friends, who also appreciated them. Our D brought her crate home to use on her home bed on visits. Everybody upgraded and nobody could do without a softener to those mattresses.</p>
<p>Whatever money saved by buying just one set of sheets, put towards any level of foam pad. So says I.</p>
<p>They didn’t need XL for the foam pads; but they’re not tall kids. The pad just went as far down the bed as it did, and their sweet feet stopped before it ended.</p>
<p>paying3tuitions - are the XL sized foam toppers easy to find? D has one - a combo feather/foam topper that she loves but the company doesn’t make a XL. I think I may as well start looking. She broke her back in 2 places last summer and the topper was extremely helpful.</p>
<p>Last year Target had nice 1 1/2" foam XL toppers for $19. They should be back soon, I saw them putting stuff out at my local store today…
At that price you could stack 2 for extra back comfort but not if it’s a hot climate.<br>
p3t, do your kids have sweet little feet or sweaty little feet? Thought maybe there was a typo there!</p>
<p>You don’t need an XL for the foam toppers. We have one here that is now a pain (want to cut it) that we special ordered and paid a premium for son1. Son 2 did not want one, but got one cheap during the year that was just a regular twin. Not a problem, just a little short in length. XL comforters are not needed either. Just fitted sheets and fitted mattress covers have to be XL or they will not fit the bed.</p>
<p>LOL, dragonmom, I really meant sweet feet as in candy. </p>
<p>Also we only needed XL in the actual sheets.</p>
<p>Cartera, I’m so sorry about her back, broken in 2 places! I hope she got the full medical attention including advice on how to lift and carry things correctly. I had an old car accident that developed into problems later and always wished I’d had better advice as a young woman to protect myself into the future. PM if questions…</p>
<p>Trying to decide on a featherbed and the pro’s and con’s of storing/washing vs. the ease of caring for an egg crate or memory foam. D slept on an egg crate last summer and says she was fine. I am leaning towards featherbed but don’t want to spend the money if it is not a lot more comfortable than an egg crate or foam.</p>
I got him orange sheets and towels…figured he couldn’t lose them…anyhoo…his fraternity bros give him a hard time about the orange…it certainly identified him…momma knows best…:)</p>