This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at BU chapter.
With the holiday season upon us, we all face the unavoidable struggle of buying gifts for friends. Whether the result of this challenge is getting a job or making a homemade gift, it is a long and complicated process. Here are the stages we go though when buying holiday gifts as broke college students!
1. Planning out all of the amazingly cool things you are going to buy your friends this holiday season2. Slowly realizing that things cost money… lots of money!3. Remembering that you’re a broke, unemployed college student who doesn’t have the money to buy the nice gifts that your friends deserve4. Trying to buy cheaper items in hopes of finding gifts that are almost as good as the ones you planned out and ending up unsuccessful5. Trying to get a quick job6. Trying to make homemade gifts but finding out your creative skills are limited7. Asking your parents for some money and being completely denied8. Then it hits you, you’re running out of time9. Concealing your panic when your friends talk about how excited they are to exchange gifts10. Eventually settling for mediocre gifts but knowing that it doesn’t matter because the real gift is your friendship
Admit it, we all go through most, if not all, of these stages. Good luck and happy holidays, collegiettes!