I was never a spender. From the time I got my first crayon piggy bank for my coins to the time I got my first checking account, I was always a saver. Then I got to college. The Insomnia Cookies seem to call your name just a bit louder at 2 o’clock in the morning. You buy a full sized Bonsai Tree because why the heck not, Amazon Prime has free shipping. You have to buy about $249058 worth of textbooks you probably will not use. After a long night out, all you want is some Mac n’ Cheese pizza. And then your bank account has a balance of a whopping $5 and you have regrets.
1. When you have to buy one $300 textbook for each class
Why is it that textbooks are so expensive? A stack of paper with some ink on them is all they are. We pay enough to even attend college, why, oh why are we being punished for wanting to get an education? Give me the dang textbooks for free, for crying out loud.
2. When you get back from a frat party at 1 a.m. and all you want is some Jimmy Johns.
Drunk or sober there is just something about frat parties that make you want to eat a very large sandwich as soon as you get back to your dorm. There goes the $5 you saved up this week.
3. All the late-night impulse buys. Ugh.
Amazon Prime is free for college students. Why
4. Themed frat party outfits
This I truly don’t understand. Why does there have to be a random theme for a party? Why can’t we all just dress up like the broke college students that we are instead of spending $87.50 a week to dress up for some random theme? Every day is not Halloween, people.
5. The people that sit outside asking for money.
In Champaign, there are quite a few homeless people. Don’t get me wrong, I would love to help them out and give them some money. However, I have no money to give. Why are you asking college students for money? All we have is a piece of gum and maybe our keys to our dorm if we haven’t lost them yet today.
6. When you have that one friend that somehow has a ton of money.
“Hey let's go to lunch,” they ask me, the broke person with literally zero dollars. How they acquire so much cash money, I have no idea. It’s hard to be friends with them because they do all the things that you can’t; like buy groceries.
7. But it’s all part of the college experience.
Just smile through the pain and make the most of your $3.42.
