Ah, it’s that time again. The time for school to reward you with refund money! You’ve been waiting weeks for that money drop in your bank account and now you can start flashing those Benjamin’s for all your friends to see.
Just kidding don’t do that. It's never nice to brag.
With money comes great responsibility, ie. bills, bills, bills.
1. House Rent
I can’t describe to you the initial joy I feel in my soul when I see how much refund money I’m getting back from the school. You feel on top of the world and nothing can bring you down…until a letter from housing comes in about your rent being due. I will say half of my money goes into paying my housing rent. It sucks and there’s nothing I can do about it but then again that’s one part of being a pre-adult in college.
2. Shopping for fall clothes
Those clothing items from H&M that have been in your favorites list for weeks now, yeah, you can finally put them in the shopping cart. Ka-ching!
3. Concert tickets that aren't for Ed Sheeran
You missed seeing Ed Sheeran in concert but don’t be down in the dumps because The Killers are coming to Atlanta! And if you can’t wait quite that long, there’s always Taeyang to keep you company until then.
4. That venti Starbucks drink you don't need (but still get it 2x a week!)
I'm not much of a coffee drinker but somehow I find myself standing in line at Starbucks just for a Caramel Macchiato. Hot or cold, tall or venti, this drink owns me. And this is from a former Starbucks snob.
5. Guac at Chipotle because YES, you know it's extra, and YES, you can afford it
Chipotle, chipotle, chipotle! How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the breadth and height my soul can reach.
6. That Macbook you've had your eye on.
I can only justify plopping $1k on a laptop if it is an Apple product. If it's not Apple then it's not worth my hard-earned money.
P.S. I am not sponsored by Apple but will gladly be part of their marketing team :)
7. Korean sweets and BBQ
You tell me I can go to an all-you-can-eat buffet that consists of only Korean food for just $23, with all the side dishes I could ever want? Count me in! Now that we have both Sweet Hut and Iron Age so close to KSU, everyone's spending their moolah at these awesome places.
8. Textbooks and access codes
Don't you just hate being forced to buy access codes for one class you'll never take again. Ugh! Say goodbye to that chunk of money you thought would be safe and instead be used for both textbooks and access codes. Double whammy!