Get into the stores and load up on all the 'Back to School' sale stuff at Target, Christmas Tree Stores, and Staples--it's geared towards the broke college student shopper and cramped dorm-room dweller, which means it is full of smart and inexpensive storage and organizing supplies and furniture. Much better than the 'Get Organized' sales at Container Store and Home Depot, which are targeted at well-off grown-ups trying to pretty-up their already lovely homes. Don't get me wrong, I would kill for one of these beauties
from
The Container Store, but those are priced at $10.99
each!
You can get cute cardboard magazine files for ONE BUCK at Target. Along with cute pen holders, bins, baskets, totes, and bags; shelving, cubbies, racks, and...
... oh sure, that's $6 more than that file holder... but it's a
FOOTSTOOL.
So go stock up! Get storage containers in threes in order to gather up your things and make them look like a nice collection. Or, if you're in the Target dollar section, go ahead and splurge on sets of five--treat yo'self!
