<p>Just curious what kind of items college students will find under the tree that will go back to the dorm room - things they asked for or things you thought they could use…</p>
<p>I bought my D an ottoman at BBandB to take back for extra seating and extra storage…</p>
<p>If the dorm room does not have a cable hookup, this product enables your child to use YOUR home cable connection while away. The device is not cheap, but there is no monthly fee and my D loves it. A monthly NETFLIX subscription is also a nice gift for a college student.
With Slingbox, they can watch your home cable channels on their laptop.</p>
<p>A JetBoil backpacking stove. Probably not the kind of think you were thinking of, though.</p>
<p>Plane ride for mine, so it had to be pretty small. But I think ldgirl will figure out how to squeeze the portable Bose sound dock in her spare suitcase. Her old ipod music speaker bought the farm, so she was in need.</p>
<p>Shhhh…she has no idea.</p>
<p>My S1 is getting wool socks, snow boots and warm shirts. He is in a much colder climate than home.</p>
<p>I don’t know about a JetBoil for the dorm room, but my sons love the one they have for backpacking trips!</p>
<p>“Thing” not “think,” of course. Sorry about that.</p>
<p>D’s in a triple—when we were there at Parent’s weekend, it was awe-inspiring of exactly how much “stuff” those girls had crammed into that room. She brought back stuff at Thanksgiving that she just “didn’t have room for”…she – who would give her younger sister toys and other “stuff” after every Christmas because she only wanted a certain amount of things in her room – would absolutely freak out if I bought her another “thing” for her dorm room!!! Ha, ha, but she can always stuff more clothes into her closet!!!</p>
<p>I’m going with “refills”. My girls both wear expensive makeup and use expensive hair products, so their get refills of those items.
I ordered some more Broadway show posters for D2 and D1 is getting a new bike/helmet and lock.
Both girls are getting clothes and gift certifcates to restaurants in their college towns.</p>
<p>D is doing Study Abroad, so I bought her a flip video camera. Can go in the pocket, and film quality is wonderful, and costs about 1/4 to 1/3 of the price of a big videocamcorder.</p>
<p>Opera poster and a heating pad. Winter storm knocked out heat but not electricty in dorm for two days, so a a future precaution…</p>
<p>Washdad: “…not the kind of think you were thinking of,”<br>
No worries, I thought you were channeling Dr. Seuss.</p>
<p>something like:
“Washdad brought a gift of love,
not the first think you were thinking of.
think of weeks of labwork toil,
think of the joy of your own JetBoil”</p>