If you’re like any normal college student, you’re pretty dang broke.
And with the holidays coming up, you don’t want to disappoint with a lack of gifts for family and friends. So, what you lack in $$$ in your bank account can be made up for with immense creativity in making your money stretch.
Yes, there’s always cute and little cheap things to be found in a variety of stores, but is it something your mom or dad will ever use? Maybe once if you’re lucky.
No, you want to get them something that will really take their breath away when they open up their present! Can you afford a new Rolex watch or sapphire earrings? Hell no, you CANNOT.
My advice to you when you are out of money, but still want to give something meaningful this holiday season is write them a handwritten note.
Take your time, make it look nice, put a lot of thought into it, and package it perfectly. And while you’re at it, write more than one.
Write down multiple happy memories you have made with your dad and envelope them individually and label each envelope “Remember that time when…” Nothing will make him happier than knowing those precious moments stuck with you as much as they did for him.
Write your mom 15 different reasons on why she’s your role model and craft it into a little booklet for her to read over and over again. Let her know how great of a job she has done at being a mom, because she doesn’t hear it enough how important she truly is.
Grandma and grandpa would probably love this the most! The special moments shared with family and touching words of a grandkid are worth more to them than anything money could ever buy.
It’s funny how we think the more money we have, the more meaningful of a gift we can give, when really, what could be the greatest gift of all, comes from a pen and paper.