My best word of advise for you if you are shopping for dorm needs--Do NOT walk into a Bed, Bath & Beyond!!!
I was in one of those stores two weekends ago, trying to find a new scrubby brush with a long handle for use in the shower/tub.
I use to use Dollar Tree versions except they started stocking ones with thinner handles that bend and snap if you apply pressure.
So after exhausting all my other options, my search led to a BBB store.....armed with a 20% off coupon of course. ;-)
Anyway, I digress......
Sure, they have these cool printouts of checklists for college shopping and if you go online, you can print out a checklist specific to your school.
But that is just their evil ploy to take over your bank account!
I warn you, if you get dragged into filling your college needs at BB&B, you may end up looking like this once you get to school......
Having brought waaaay more than you "need" and having to stuff half of it back into your minivan or truck to take back home.
College dorm shopping shouldn't have to bankrupt you....not that the school hasn't already taken all your money and lots of future earnings because of the student loans you had to cosign.
Next time you go into one of these stores, picture the sales clerks there like this.....
Or this.....
Of course, they can also look like this instead.....young and innocent......
But don't you be fooled!
Think of that store and it's minions as evil trolls who's job it is to separate you from your money!!
Because after all, that IS their job.
On my outing to BB&B I observed many pairs of women......consisting of an older women and a teen girl, otherwise known as mother and daughter pairs.....entering the store.
They walked into BBB, with the "deer in the headlights" looks on their faces.
When the sales clerks roaming the store saw a pair like this, it was the telltale sign that they were college shopping. They would immediately pounce of the pair in their sights and lead them into a frenzy of color-coordinated shopping of sheets, comforters, pillows, wall décor, bath towels, wastebaskets, lamps, etc. And all of it was hideously overpriced in my estimation. I bet none of them got out of that store spending less than $500.
I just shook my head and eventually had to look away.....it was such a gruesome sight.
So if you have college dorm needs, just say NO to Bed, Bath & Beyond!
But if you must enter into this foul den of color coordinated malevolence, please, I beseech you!......at least take a discount coupon, preferably one of those oversized blue ones they are forever mailing you.
Then buy only the bare needs(after you've researched and not found it cheaper at another den of retail evil)and leave immediately!
And better yet, do NOT take a teenager with you or, EVEN WORSE, give the teen your credit card and let them run the BB&B sales clerk gauntlet alone!
Best case scenario, have your college student give you their preferences on a list and you go do battle alone.
If you have to make a color or style decision, use your phone to Skype them, or better yet just buy the basic model with the lower price tag and tell your teen to live with it or go pay for it themselves!
Your wallet will thank you. 8-)))
Sluggy
I was in one of those stores two weekends ago, trying to find a new scrubby brush with a long handle for use in the shower/tub.
I use to use Dollar Tree versions except they started stocking ones with thinner handles that bend and snap if you apply pressure.
So after exhausting all my other options, my search led to a BBB store.....armed with a 20% off coupon of course. ;-)
Anyway, I digress......
But that is just their evil ploy to take over your bank account!
I warn you, if you get dragged into filling your college needs at BB&B, you may end up looking like this once you get to school......
Having brought waaaay more than you "need" and having to stuff half of it back into your minivan or truck to take back home.
College dorm shopping shouldn't have to bankrupt you....not that the school hasn't already taken all your money and lots of future earnings because of the student loans you had to cosign.
Next time you go into one of these stores, picture the sales clerks there like this.....
Or this.....
Of course, they can also look like this instead.....young and innocent......
But don't you be fooled!
Think of that store and it's minions as evil trolls who's job it is to separate you from your money!!
Because after all, that IS their job.
On my outing to BB&B I observed many pairs of women......consisting of an older women and a teen girl, otherwise known as mother and daughter pairs.....entering the store.
They walked into BBB, with the "deer in the headlights" looks on their faces.
When the sales clerks roaming the store saw a pair like this, it was the telltale sign that they were college shopping. They would immediately pounce of the pair in their sights and lead them into a frenzy of color-coordinated shopping of sheets, comforters, pillows, wall décor, bath towels, wastebaskets, lamps, etc. And all of it was hideously overpriced in my estimation. I bet none of them got out of that store spending less than $500.
I just shook my head and eventually had to look away.....it was such a gruesome sight.
So if you have college dorm needs, just say NO to Bed, Bath & Beyond!
But if you must enter into this foul den of color coordinated malevolence, please, I beseech you!......at least take a discount coupon, preferably one of those oversized blue ones they are forever mailing you.
Then buy only the bare needs(after you've researched and not found it cheaper at another den of retail evil)and leave immediately!
And better yet, do NOT take a teenager with you or, EVEN WORSE, give the teen your credit card and let them run the BB&B sales clerk gauntlet alone!
Best case scenario, have your college student give you their preferences on a list and you go do battle alone.
If you have to make a color or style decision, use your phone to Skype them, or better yet just buy the basic model with the lower price tag and tell your teen to live with it or go pay for it themselves!
Your wallet will thank you. 8-)))
Sluggy
