Your solo-living shopping list

Also known as: things I wish someone had told me to buy before I learnt the hard way.

A stepladder, unless you want to live in a no-lightbulb blackout. Tampons Lots of tampons. With no one to ‘borrow’ from, you might get caught off guard.

Condoms

See above. A first-aid kit If you can’t leave the house due to flu/hangover/ food poisoning, you can at least still self-medicate. You’ll have to rely on your mom for pity though. Paint, in literally any colour. Your house, your rules.