It's the season of caring (and needing basic living essentials), so that being said...

Dear parents, we're broke, well the college student version of broke. Please be thinking of us in our time of need and if you're feeling extra loving, make a little box of things for us and slip it in the mail. We really just need the basic essentials so that we don't need to make a fourth trip to Target this week. We're hungry and sick and wouldn't appreciate anything more than a little food and some deodorant.

Here are just a few ideas for this extended season of giving. Please and thank you, we'll love you for it forever.

1. Gift Cards

Starbuck, Dunkins, Target, Restaurants, you name it, we'll find a way to use it.

2. Money

Unless you have a job, you probably have little to no money

3. Food

We're always hungry, so please, send us food.

4. My pet from home

Not actually sendable, but I really miss them

5. Wine

Wine is always the answer

6. Did I say food?

Seriously. Always. Hungry.

7. Socks

I never knew how much I needed socks until now.

8. Any kind of toiletries

Toothbrushes, toothpaste, razors. No one wants to have to buy those things themselves.

9. Vitamins

At this point, anything makes us sick so we need all the help we can get.

10. Gum

Because no one wants stinky breath, duh.

11. Portable coffee cup

So helpful, not only to my coffee addiction but also to help keep my drinks from spilling everywhere.