<p>Good to see the shoes discussion for boys. DS has flip flops, sneakers Vans sperry-type and dress shoes. </p>
<p>I do worry about the cold and snow. He doesn’t realize how much walking he will be doing and while sneakers were fine walking into HS, I think some sort of boot will be more practical. But not a snow boot. Anyone have an example of what would work?</p>
<p>DS will have sneakers, waterproof hiking boots, black dress shoes and flip flops. The waterproof hiking boots will come in handy when the cold weather hits. We didn’t buy the snow boots since all he really needs is something waterproof. With our luck, Minneapolis will have record snowfall since we didn’t pick up the snow boots.</p>
<p>A basic Timberland boot would be good. We live in Buffalo, where ds will be going to school and he is getting Timberlands. Guys their age don’t wear snow boots.</p>
<p>We aren’t even packing the heaviest winter stuff because we’re gambling the layering will suffice until he comes home in December. We’ll send him back with something heavier.</p>
<p>Tonight’s big event – dinner with the gf and parents. Sounds so official. I hope they don’t announce that they’re engaged or something! :eek:</p>
<p>DDHM home has officially started The Pile. And my, what a Pile we have.</p>
<p>To be honest, after today’s trip to BBB (20% entire purchase coupon saved from 2012) and Staples,The Pile has morphed into The Volcano. The Dome collapsed with the addition of the last giant shopping bag, and a pyroclastic flow is now surging into the hallway. DS’s first engineering mission will be to figure out how to get The Volcano plus four humans into a small SUV tuitionmobile. Dress rehearsal on Thursday. </p>
<p>DD13 has 14 shoes/sneakers, 2 shower sandals, 1 Wellies. DS13 has two sneakers, 1 sandals; refuses to buy boots. I forced him to try on one pair of Timberland-like things that were his size; he refused to buy them cause they were brown AND he doesn’t think he’ll need boots in Boston. He hasn’t lived in snow since he was 5.</p>
<p>Dd finished packing. Only 15 pairs of shoes !!!</p>
<p>Wow, I cannot even imagine how many shoes we are going to have to bring, D is a fashionista! But, I can see that she is slowing down in that department and may actually be in her first set of sweats as the semester progresses. She did start asking for yoga pants. She’s never done a day of yoga in her life. Must be the new version of" sweats"</p>
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<p>We bought my D a shoe rack that hangs over the closet door. I don’t think it will fit boots however.</p>
<p>coralbrook - my d has gone the opposite way - she wore sweats all through high school - hair in bun and showered every other day (went to an all girl school and was a competitive swimmer). Now she is starting to enjoys “getting ready” and bought lots of cure clothes over the summer…and oh the shoes - she has added two more pairs - we are at 17!</p>
<p>Hey parents! Saw that you were talking about Shoes and had to join! I have 17… so far… I’m crushed that I can’t pack my shoe boxes, it’s driving me crazy.</p>
<p>Shipped two boxes across the country today. D did NOT pack them because she’s too busy hanging out with her BF and friends because she won’t see most of them again until Christmas. She did scrounge up her calculus and economic notes and gathered her soccer gear for the boxes after she got home last night but the rest was just taken out of The Pile (mostly bedding). Now she just has clothes to pack and I hope she can fit everything in three suitcases. I assume that will be done a few hours before we leave for the airport next week. So far, a pair of boots and cleats were sent to school. Not sure how many other shoes she plans to take.</p>
<p>She’s breaking up with her BF since they’ll be on opposite sides of the country and I think that’s going to be pretty hard for her but I’m hoping she’ll have a lot of interesting things going on at school which will distract her. At this point in time, she spends every minute they aren’t working with her BF and we leave in a week. </p>
<p>She worked all day today and started applying for work study jobs right after dinner. She just left for her BF’s house where he’ll watch TV and she’ll apply for more jobs. She needs more than 24 hours in each day!</p>
<p>My son boots are Timberland hiking boots. We don’t have snow in Georgia well maybe a flurry once in a while.
But the college has different types of outdoor recreation type trips where the kids can go places for a weekend doing camping, hiking or caving for example so if your student is interested in that sort of thing then boots maybe a good idea regardless of whether there is snow at his/her school.</p>
<p>Packing is done! All bags weigh under 50 pounds And that was completed almost 48 hours before we take off. Woo hoo!</p>
<p>Some of you may recall a discussion in this thread about winter coats and Carhartt was recommended. Good news, Carhartt has a new line of college licensed gear available for some big, mostly state schools…</p>
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<p>Ahh, much less stressed out now. As you know we are downsizing to a 3BD/2BA condo at the end of August. Shippers just picked up 3 couches, an ottoman and 50 inch flat screen TV to take to my son’s new off-campus apartment. Husband’s grandson came on Sunday to pick up coffee table and side tables for his new bachelor pad. Dropped living room rug at professional rug cleaners yesterday to pick up right before we move in. OMG - this place really is becoming an empty nest! After we replace coffee table with something sleeker (smaller) - we should have just enough furniture to make the new place nice and cozy.</p>
<p>Hey, Haystack. Yep, that discussion was about my DS. Ironically, he ended up buying that brand by accident last spring; it happened to be the only one that fit him on the clearance rack. Hope it keeps the rest of him warm since his bootless feet will be frozen in his slushy wet running shoes. :)</p>
<p>Dtwins can’t take excess furniture yet, but their dorm kitchens/rooms will be graced by all my slightly used duplicate kitchen items and mismatched dishes and utensils. That way I won’t get upset when items walk away. We did buy a few new cheap, plastic things too. </p>
<p>I’m a bit jealous of Kennedy as I’ve got some furniture to shed now too; I’m not looking forward to the time it’ll take to do the upcoming yard and consignment sales as we downsize. I have found that it isn’t worth it with a lot of stuff; I’m already bringing bags and cartons full of stuff to various donation places. I spent the first 40 years of my life collecting furniture and household things and am spending the following decades slowly getting rid of it all. I’ll have no clutter by the time I’m 80.</p>
<p>I txted DS today and asked him to make sure the new laptop that I ordered him and he picked up today worked with his old printer…and to make sure and register his computers and cell phone with the campus police in case they get stolen. He txted back he had already done all that. I have to admit I was surprised he had… maybe he really is ready for college.:)</p>
<p>Hey there!
Good to ‘read’ you all. I cannot believe move-in is upon us! Step-D moves in next Tuesday, and her dad is going out to Pittsburgh to help. I somehow got out of being there and I am not disappointed in the least! ha ha DH and I are planning to drive out and see her a couple of weeks after she moves in, to take home any ‘extra items’ she realizes she just won’t need, and just to check in…
Step-D has really large feet, and as a result, has never been ‘in’ to shoes. Shoes are hard to find for her in the first place, and I don’t think she’s ever seen them as an ‘extension’ of her outfits. ha. If she moves in with more than 5 pairs, I will be surprised.</p>
<p>DDHM - a week at the Hermitage? I could spend 6 Months and not see everything there that I want to see! One afternoon was definitely NOT enough! ha ha Thankfully, we hired a private guide while in port, so she was able to take us to ‘just the highlights’ of the type of art we wanted to see, but even that was completely exhausting! </p>
<p>MichiganGeorgia - Congratulations! That must have been a shock! ha ha </p>
<p>Today’s big news is that Step-D is saying goodbye to the used Jeep we bought her when she first got her license. She’s leaving it with DH’s parents and they are going to sell it for us. I must say, I am kind of sad to see it go. She wanted it more than anything, and we ended up telling her no (because a Jeep is so bad on gas!) but, she is the apple of my DH’s eye, so he secretly went and bought it for her, and we concocted a scenario where we surprised her with it! Just remembering how happy she was that day, makes me happy. Goodbye Jeep! sigh…</p>
<p>Onwards and Upwards everyone! Hey - YDS - did you ever report on what happened at the "girlfriend and parents meeting’ the other day? Inquiring minds want to know. :)</p>
<p>Nothing big happened, just a lovely family dinner. I like her parents a lot. We should have been doing this all along.</p>
<p>Ds went to a blowout party last night. No idea what the plans are for today. Tomorrow is our mom-son lunch then he’s taking gf to a concert. He’s super-excited about that. He sails Saturday!</p>
<p>One of my son’s best friends leaves for college tomorrow. Son and some friends are supposed to go over and say good-bye today. This is the first out of the “group” to be leaving. It’ll be interesting what reactions will be. The reality of leaving home for college is going to hit them.</p>
<p>I’m not sure what the right word is, but my son is “bothered” that out of his group he’ll be the last one to leave for college; his move-in is Sept. 1. He’ll be saying good-byes to everyone, but probably no one will be around to say good-bye to him. We actually fly out Aug. 29.</p>