If your back to school shopping includes outfitting a new dorm room, you'll find unique accessories for your decorating at online bargain shopping sites. Whether you're looking for the perfect floor lamp or an unusual wall accent, you'll find what you're looking for at prices that won't strain your budget when you shop online.

Let's be real here. Dorm rooms are meant to be utilitarian. They're designed to be convenient and impersonal, because it's most economical to build them that way. You, however, are not impersonal, and there's no reason that you should live in a cubicle that has about as much flavor as a slice of white bread. And the architects who design most college dorms take that into account as well. While your dorm room may be a bland, one-size-fits-all box, the designers of most modern dorms do make an effort to make them easy to personalize with accessories and wall furnishings.

That desire of yours to personalize your bland living space hasn't escaped the notice of the big retailers, either. Take a ride out to your local Wal-Mart or Target store, and you'll find entire departments devoted to dorm room furnishing - at prices that they tell you are bargains. The problem is - you're shopping at the exact same store for the exact same products that everyone else at your school is buying. If you're looking for a way to make your dorm room reflect YOU, turn off the ignition and turn on your computer.

Start with the basics - your bed. A quick Google search for 'closeout bedding' will pull up a whole raft of online closeout shopping sites where you can pick up those comfy jersey sheets that retail for $25 at the bargain price of $12 or less. Or pick up a whole bed set for less than the price you'd pay for a single fitted sheet in a local shopping mall. You'll find brand names like Wamsutta and Dan River at deep discounts that leave you more money for movies.

How about wall accessories? Type in 'closeout home goods' or 'discount wall accessories' to find the best prices on posters, wall hangings and wall decor that will turn your bland room into a personal statement. At the low, low cheap prices you'll find at discount shopping web sites, you can afford to get outrageous with your decorating - how about an entire set of matching comic book covers in glass frames? You can do it for less than $10.

What would your dorm room be without a great sound system? Electronics are one of the hottest selling categories on online discount sites. You'll find complete stereo systems for $50, CD players for $15 and DVD players for $25 and less. With those savings, you'll have enough leftover to join Netflix for a never-ending supply of the latest movies.

Whatever your taste, shopping online discount wholesalers is a smart way to use your back to school decorating budget. Before you spend a single cent on personalizing your dorm room, fire up your computer and take a slow ride on the shopping superhighway. You'll find everything you need at prices that free up your money for more important things - like those concert tickets you just have to have.