Dorm Shopping: Bedding

Searching for the perfect bedding

The past weekend my mother and I went dorm room shopping! We decided to look at some of the selections from Bed, Bath, and Beyond. We were looking for bedding that was bright and poppy. We didn't want anything that was too dark or dull. Since I am living in such a small room, it helps to find color that will make the room seem bigger than it actually is. 

Here is some special tips that might help anyone who is still in need of finding some bedding.

1. Make sure you are buying the right size sheets!
• If the mattress at your school is TwinXL, don't buy Twin! You don't want to be in that awkward situation when you have to call your parents to buy another set of bedding because your sheets are too short.
2. Buy some special allergy mattress protection.
• Because bed bugs do exist. You know that phrase "Don't let the bed bugs bite"? Buy this and trust me, they won't bite you..
3. Save money.
• Coupons, coupons, coupons. If you buy from Bed, Bath and Beyond, you can save lots of money by using the coupons that send in the mail and through the catalog. (Also, some stores will take expired coupons. So, start finding a place to stash them!)
• If style isn't that important, try to buy dorm bedding styles form last year. Usually, they are all ready discounted. Take it from my shopping experience. The picture up there is my dorm bedding for this year. It's from DKNY. If you bought it last year you would of had to pay $149.99. Well Bed, Bath, and Beyond had a clearance of it for 79.99. Think that's it? Well, no. It also had a sticker for 50% off making it 40.00. It doesn't stop there. We also had a 20% off Bed, Bath, Beyond coupon which made the total price of $31.99. 

$32 bucks for bedding. Win.

Hope some of these tips help out a lot! I will be posting some other tips so check out my blog later!

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