setting up a first time student

Poppy9

Straws !!! I'm a top mum apparently because I bought straws as they are a must!:D

Noonar

Poppy9 wrote: »

Straws !!! I'm a top mum apparently because I bought straw as they are a must!:D

Lol - just out to get some now! Anything to be a top Mum! Apparently, all purpose cleaner and 100% limescale remover bog cleaner doesn't make you one!:rotfl:

Poppy9

Noonar wrote: »

Lol - just out to get some now! Anything to be a top Mum! Apparently, all purpose cleaner and 100% limescale remover bog cleaner doesn't make you one!:rotfl:

nor does a vegetable peeler!

Noonar

However, a cheap plastic measuring pot with measuring spoons in it from the £1 shop at Asda is fantastic .......go figure!

bambinaUK

Spotted an offer for 2 x bath sheet towels for £5 in Asda tonight. Not exactly huge, but useful as extras.

My daughter moves into halls this Thursday!

rosalie-lavender

All my daughter seems worried about is how she will transport her huge collection of make up!

Noonar

rosalie-lavender wrote: »

All my daughter seems worried about is how she will transport her huge collection of make up!

Surprisingly, I have had no mention of make up. Clothes, yes, i.e. how many new ones she "has too have" - she is going to be disappointed!

rosalie-lavender

Problem solved regarding the make up. She has just bought two children's Disney trolley cases from our local facebook bargains board. They were advertised as good to carry toys.:rotfl:
She is going to use them for storage under her bed when she gets there.

cdotr

One thing I didnt take to uni which i didnt realise i would need was an internet cable for my laptop! My halls was relatively new and I assumed WIFI would be the norm!
If the halls has included internet i would check if this is wifi or where you have to connect to the wall. My halls was selling them for about a 7 quid but you can get them off ebay for about 2 quid!

Also - dont forget insurance! In my 2nd year my house got broken into (on my birthday boohoo) and 7 laptops were stolen! The police had been round previously because of the crime rate being so high in built up student areas and offered to download some software on my laptop for free that would send a signal to somewhere as soon as it connected to the internet if i ever reported it as stolen. (Worth looking into). After a few days the police turned up with 3 of the laptops back as mine had sent off a signal and the other 2 were found in the same location. So i didnt have to actually claim anything but my other housemate - with no insurance - had a nightmare trying to sort things out!
....Speaking of that incident....USB STICK/external hardrive - if they havent already got one, I lost a lot of work as the scumbag who stole my laptop wiped it clean - along with all my assignments. I wasn't backing up regularly so had to start over!

Don't want to scare you all and it probably wont happen but better safe than sorry!

Poppy9

We had insurance added as a compulsory extra to the accommodation charge (15.90) and it says we have wifi.

Trying to find out if there is space under the bed or whether it's a divan as I have a couple of under bed boxes.

Annoyingly DD in a "flat" with 4 other girls but they don't tell them flat number until arrival so she can't make contact with the others so they don't all turn up with an iron etc!