FIVE.
As a stereotypical, broke college student, I will be the first to tell you that when a card from a family member with a small donation to my Starbucks addiction appears in my mailbox, my eyes almost tear up. Then there is that moment when I randomly find a five-dollar bill in a purse that hasn’t been used in a while. Of course, I immediately spend it, because when you’re used to very little (as most college students would agree), those thin paper bills are like a brick of gold in your wallet.
Growing up, many conversations with my father started with, “$5 can’t get you anywhere nowadays. Boy, I remember when $5 could…”
But if we brain storm about it, $5 could be spent in an uncountable amount of ways as a college student—my personal favorite being for a Starbucks’ drink (Tummy, meet Pumpkin Spice, Pumpkin Spice – Tummy), a meal at In-n-Out or a 35-bottle flat of Kirkland Water from Costco.
Here are a few other ways your average CBU student could use a crisp five-dollar bill:
For the days that you:
– Don’t want to leave your air-conditioned apartment, $5 could make you a meal for your entire apartment consisting of homemade omelets, a tangy Caesar salad or a hearty soup.
– Expect a package in the mail, $5 can get you a little over a gallon of gas to drive yourself to the post (I am definitely not walking when it’s 105 degrees outside, let’s be real).
– Run out of tissue of the bathroom variety, CVS carries plenty of brands for around $5.
– Forget to do your homework, some desperate freshman could really use that $5 … Kidding. Don’t freak out, moms.
– Have an enormous essay due for that class you didn’t want complete in the first place, printer paper is easily accessed for $5 from Target or Walmart.
– Smell from recycling the same clothes for two weeks, CBU’s laundry cards cost exactly $5. Three of those dollars go toward a full load of laundry.
– Just really need a DVD from Redbox or a Cold Stone treat. No explanation necessary.
What I’m really getting at is this: Parents – send your kid a Lincoln every now and again! If not for a sweet Starbucks drink now and again, then for a load of laundry… You really don’t want your child to be the smelly kid in class!
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