Should I get a polaroid camera for this project?

So I'm transferring to a new college next year and I had the idea to take one picture every day to remember the whole experience. I want to take one picture, right at least one sentence about that day down, and then stick it in a journal. The sentence per day journal isn't really a problem for me because I did it last year (it didn't interfere with my school work, so that's not a problem). The only difference is adding the pictures.

So what's the best way going about this project? I'm looking for the cheapest way to do it. I found a few cheap polaroids (the foldable ones that don't take up much space) and also I heard that I could get polaroid film packs of 100 for cheap, too. But I was wondering if it would be best to just take Instagram pics instead and print them off on my own? I found a few iPhone printers, but they're all expensive, so I might have to use the school printers, but they don't have the glossy paper, the color printing, and I wouldn't get the polaroid frame (but I might be able to edit it in using some iPhone apps). The pictures would need to be immediate, or at least within the week so that I could just go back and add the pictures in later.

How should I go about this project? What do you guys think?

I'd advise you to try and find the 'cheap' Polaroid film first… People say lots of things and most of it isn't true… Polaroid film is expensive and that's the biggest complaint about using instant cameras.

I actually like your project… It's a good idea and i'd do the same thing myself. Don't be put off with the project, you can still shoot your shots every day, you might be better off with a digital camera though… And if you want to add an extra element of interest… Then create a canvas the same size and ratio as Polaroid Instant photos and make your own in editing software, you'll just need to trim off any excess on the shots you print because it isn't a standard size… It's a lot more fun, and isn't as expensive.

Polaroid film is expensive. You would be better off buying a cheap digital camera and shoot with that.