I did order the sports pass early - so I am not sure if it has to be done that way or not. It is not paid for,that goes on fees. It was easy to get on Howdy and order the sports pass though. (Howdy is down today) Just like parking passes. There were so many picking up sports pass, I would be willing to bet it could all be taken care of right there.
Also with parking, I know some were waiting for dorm assingment before requesting parking pass. My daughter is staying in off campus dorm, so we simply ordered her a night parking pass - I hear the architecture students spend a lot of nights working, and a night pass is valid from 5pm - 6am(?).
The T-shirt at Inspirations (in the mall) you got to select any Tshirt you wanted - very nice (with exception of the specific fitted girls shirts) And there were plenty of girly shirts considered in that unisex catagory
The Flip Flops were the maroon ones with A&M on them - $17.95 value flip flops. Somehow my daughter got away with picking the polka dot ones - though others were specifically told only the maroon ones counted in the free selections. We dropped a few $$'s! That was at Aggie Outfitters and seems like one other place.... if you got a post card for the "discount card" pick up too. It was full of buy one get one and discounts at the local restaurants. My daughter and I used it right away - very nice!