Pave The Way For A Great Relationship With This Roommate Welcome Basket

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When my oldest daughter, Maddie went off to college, my husband had tears in his eyes. First because he was going to miss her and second she was the first grandchild of his parents to go off to college. My husband is not a natural-born citizen of the Estados Unidos (United States), he is originally from Mexico. And our hijas (daughters) were the first nietas (granddaughters) of his padres (parents) to be born on American soil. I remember the first time Mama Luceita and Papa Felipe came to the United States. Papa Felipe told the man at the border he was coming to Carolina del Norte (North Carolina) to meet his nieta (granddaughter) who was born in the United States. ( This was like 18 years ago as Maddie was almost 2 when they met her.) Since my girls have come along there have been many more bisnietos (great-grandchildren) that have been born on American soil but ours are the only nietas (granddaughters) born here.

Familia (family) is important to us. We are very close-knit, so when Maddie went away to college 3 horas (hours) away we were a little nervous and scared for her. Her first semester – she had an amazing roommate, Cheyenne.

They often did things together as their class schedule would allow. They even had a regular movie night planned each week. Sadly at the end of their first semester together, Cheyenne decided that she wanted to attend a school closer to home and left.

Enter roommate #2, this was not a happy experience at all. She would leave her dirty underwear in the middle of the room and their room was not very big to begin with. She had no respect for Maddie’s stuff ( several of her items were broken by this roommate and her friends.) To say that they didn’t get along would be an understatement. Maddie spent less and less time in her room and decided that she wasn’t going through this experience again. So towards the end of the semester, she decided she wanted to live off campus because of this.

Now that Mikaela, our middle daughter, is about to graduate from high school, I started thinking of ways to avoid this situation happening to her. A way to get things off on the right foot so to speak. And I came up with the idea of a Welcome Roommate Basket.

This basket was really quite simple to make and it can refilled during the semester for those late night cram sessions. The first thing that I searched for was a basket to put the items in.

I needed something that when not in use would not take up a lot of space as space in a dorm room is precious. So I came upon the collapsible basket. And with that problem solved, I had to decide what to put in it. I decided to browse the aisles of my local Walmart to see what goodies I could find.

When I saw the 2 liter bottles of Dr. Pepper on the drink aisle, I thought this is perfect. After all it is Mikaela’s favorite soft drink. I decided to pick up the 2 liter bottle as well as these really cute 90 calorie cans. Aren’t they adorable? I also thought this was perfect as college students need caffeine to fuel their late night study sessions. And with Dr Pepper… You are Always One of a Kind

Plus with Dr. Pepper they are offering the chance for you #WinTuition starting August 28th. All you have to do is go online and play a digital football toss game  for a chance to win $20,000 in tuition (This can be used to pay off student loans!). Dr Pepper will be giving away free prizes as well as an additional $5,000 in tuition to one lucky winner in  select markets at Walmart locations. To find out where and when make sure to check it out here.  I think this is so cool as Dr. Pepper is the  official sponsor of the College Football Playoff. As with two soon to be in college any help we can get would be lovely. 

Then I thought to myself, they need something to drink out of. So I decided to include these cute cups with straws and lids. I got the same style but in two different colors so they wouldn’t get them mixed up. Cups with straws are a must. Plus they are great to take to class.

I then added some chocolate and a can of Pringles chips for those late night cravings.

Going a little bit further with the basket I added two booklights for those nights when she has to study and her roommate doesn’t and vice versa. And some ear buds, just in case they don’t share the same taste in music.

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Sharing a room with someone who isn’t her hermana (sister) will be hard for Mikaela but I think when she gives this kit to her roommate it will make it much easier.

So tell me do you remember your college roommate? Did you get along? Did you stay in touch? Inquiring minds want to know. Also Be sure to check out the website for more information on how you can #WinTuition!

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