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.\u00a0Then there is that moment when I randomly find a five-dollar bill in a purse that hasn\u2019t been used in a while. Of course, I immediately spend it, because when you\u2019re used to very little (as most college students would agree), those thin paper bills are like a brick of gold in your wallet.<\/p>\n
Growing up, many conversations with my father started with, \u201c$5 can\u2019t get you anywhere nowadays. Boy, I remember when $5 could\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
But if we brain storm about it, $5 could be spent in an uncountable amount of ways as a college student\u2014my personal favorite being for a Starbucks\u2019 drink (Tummy, meet Pumpkin Spice, Pumpkin Spice \u2013 Tummy), a meal at In-n-Out or a 35-bottle flat of Kirkland Water from Costco.<\/p>\n
Here are a few other ways your average CBU student could use a crisp five-dollar bill:<\/p>\n
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For the days that you<\/strong>:<\/p>\n – Don\u2019t 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.<\/p>\n – 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\u2019s 105 degrees outside, let\u2019s be real).<\/p>\n – Run out of tissue of the bathroom variety, CVS carries plenty of brands for around $5.<\/p>\n – Forget to do your homework, some desperate freshman could really use that $5 \u2026 Kidding. Don\u2019t freak out, moms.<\/p>\n – Have an enormous essay due for that class you didn\u2019t want complete in the first place, printer paper is easily accessed for $5 from Target or Walmart.<\/p>\n – Smell from recycling the same clothes for two weeks, CBU\u2019s laundry cards cost exactly $5. Three of those dollars go toward a full load of laundry.<\/p>\n – Just really need a DVD from Redbox or a Cold Stone treat. No explanation necessary.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n What I\u2019m really getting at is this: Parents \u2013 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\u2026 You really don\u2019t want your child to be the smelly kid in class!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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.\u00a0Then there is that moment when I randomly find a five-dollar bill in a purse that hasn\u2019t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abigail-pless"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}