<p>I’m sure this must have been the subject of previous threads, but couldn’t find it…so sorry if I am repetitive -
Does anyone have any experience (good or bad) with any of those services for birthday cakes, popcorn, goodie bags etc. for delivery to a dorm room?<br>
Thanks!</p>
<p>For my son the study packs and welcome packs did not work. He was too lazy to pick up the packages and carry them to where he lives. So after two attempts, I gave up, and delivered things in person. Most colleges will be tied into some service that has goodies that you can order for the kids.</p>
<p>LOL - you’re probably right! in my mind, it’s such a nice idea, but in the mind of a college freshman… :)</p>
<p>Oh, yeah, great on paper. The first birthday away from parents was NOT the time to make it to the food service office by 5pm to collect the cake and balloons. Oh and it was to be picked up on Friday for the Saturday birthday.
The goody packages always include some items my kid hates so we just send the favorites in the mail, then e-mail or IM to let them know it is on the way!</p>
<p>I just send him mom-packages. I know exactly what he likes. In fact tonight he thanked me for the kite I sent to relieve a little of the final exam stress. </p>
<p>They cook their meals in the dorm and always make a cake and have a little party for the birthday boy or girl. I sent hats, noisemakers, kazoos, balloons, and other birthday goodies.</p>
<p>Ha, ha, MOminva. I made the same mistake once upon a time. A big chocolate cake. Pouring down rain. Yeah, I keep it a lot simpler these days.</p>
<p>Two days after frosh move-in was my son’s bday. I overdid it and contacted an outrageous nearby bakery to deliver several dozen obscene chocolate brownies for all the kids in the entry way. It was a great ice breaker. Note: Never did that again, though. For son#2, I had a cake package ordered through the food service and that worked out well. Mrs. Fields sends nice stuff, too.</p>
<p>Obscene chocolate brownies? Really?? Inquiring minds would like to know more.</p>
<p>Yeah, sounds good to me? Where did you find those?</p>
<p>Year of lurking and who knew this was the one that would make me reply?</p>
<p>I did endless searching last year when my oldest had his first birthday away from home. Couldn’t find anything I liked at a reasonable price. I was ready to give up when I got a catalog from Cheryl and Co. (They’re online too.) Mostly cookies and brownies but you can an assortment with a small bundt cake. Such a big hit that I sent the same thing this year.</p>
<p>Rosie’s Bakery in Cambridge has the most decadent chocolate cakes and desserts. Go to <a href=“http://www.rosiesbakery.com%5B/url%5D”>www.rosiesbakery.com</a>, click on Store and Product Info, and scroll down to Chocolate Orgasm Brownies – no kidding!!</p>
<p>Credit for this suggestion to Sybbie who sent me there on a recent trip to NY. Just sent some to my nephew yesterday: Fat Witch Brownies. Amazing!! They have their own web site and can be linked thriugh the Chelsea Market web site which has other phenomenal foods to send.</p>
<p>Hi I am glad the brownies went over well. I am sending some up to D for finals. Eleni’s at chelsea market has really great cupcakes.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.fatwitch.com/[/url]”>http://www.fatwitch.com/</a></p>
<p>I have a no pick up son. I ordered candy for Halloween and Valentines day for my son. Son never got the candy. I e-mailed the couch whose team was doing the fund raiser. I wrote something like “did you expect them to pick up the candy”? Oh dear, I got a quick reply asking me to verify my address so that they could refund my $25. I immediately called and heard the poor coach tell me how she had 400 bags of candy sitting her office to be picked up. I told her I was very sorry my son was too lazy to pick up his candy and to please accept the $25 as a donation. The final baskets were by a different group-they were delivered to the door in the early am.<br>
I do the mom packages now-brownies and cookies are easy for me to bake. I e-mail son to check the mail The post office has 2 boxes that you can send priority for about $7.70-no weight limit. I live close so I have to be over 5 lbs to save anything.</p>
<p>I think the one most important thing this message board does for me is prove that our son is normal! LOL I sent the most deluxe gift basket (sold as a fundraiser by one of the campus organizations) to our son during his first semester finals. I assumed that they delivered them to the dorm rooms. I kept wondering why my son never mentioned it and thought he was being inconsiderate and not remembering to thank us. I finally inquired, and he said he never got it. After a series of emails to the organization that sponsored this, I found out that he was sent an email to pick it up. He said he didn’t think he ever got the email, but when he went back through his trash mailbox, there it was! He said he must have deleted it without reading it thinking that it was just a solicitation from this student group. The organization said they donated the baskets that weren’t picked up to the homeless shelter since they included perishables. They offered to refund my money, but I told them to keep it as a donation since it was an error on my son’s part. The thing that really made me feel bad is that I had put a lot of thought into the note that I enclosed with the order to be delivered to our son…it even had a photo of my husband and me. I always wondered who recieved that photo of the proud mom and dad!!! :)</p>
<p>I now send homemade goodies priority mail and I think this is much better. I’m able to include his favorites, and it’s much more personal.</p>