Many college students end up with a financial aid surplus at the beginning of each semester. These sometimes can come in the form of academic scholarships, athletic scholarships, or grants from the state or local government. The responsible thing to do – and what the financial aid offices suggest - you do would be put the money into a savings account. But we all know that nobody does the responsible thing when it comes to money. If you need any ideas, here are ways to spend it.

1. Buy books from the school bookstore

Then use the remaining two dollars to buy a single taco from Taco Bell.

2. Divide the money into 20 dollar bills

And then staple them to the papers you wrote the night before when you turn them in.

3. Laminate the money

So you can use them to dry your tears.

4. Pay off all the credit card debt you accumulated when you were poor.

Then proceed to push yourself back into that debt.

5. Swear you'll put the money into savings and then drive by the bank without even a glance.

Who needs a savings account anyway?

6. Fix your piece of junk car.

Not the airbags, those aren't important. But you definitely need cooler seat covers. That's what truly matters.

7. Spend it all on frivolous things you know you don't need.

And then wonder why you're broke in a week.

8. Cry.

9. Pretend you didn't blow two grand with nothing to show for it.

It's OK. Ramen noodles are good.

10. Cry harder.

11. Buy real tissues for your tears this time, even though you're now back in debt.

Nothing matters when it's the middle of the semester.

12. Buy heavy duty scissors to cut up your credit cards.

I swear things will be different next semester.

13. Repeat.

...in January