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I got a box of essentials from my Mum when I started uni. It did not have condoms, but it did have a rape alarm! Thanks Mum...

It went off by itself in a drawer one night. The loudest thing I've ever heard. Which is good, I guess.
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Amazon voucher for a book she finds she needs but can't afford (and if she doesn't need it for a book there are lots of other things on Amazon she can use it for), decent coffee, a couple of/few nice mugs, coffee mate (students are always running out of milk or getting it pinched from communal fridges), couple of nice glossy mags if she likes them as they are likely to be out of her budget, tin opener, box of biros , voucher for phone credit if she's PAYG, Tesco voucherI Would Rather Climb A Mountain Than Crawl Into A Hole
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Salt
pepper
ketchup/sauce
vinegar
sugar
tea
coffee
drinking chocolate
stock cubes
Packs of Pasta in Sauce
flavoured noodles
tube of garlic paste
tube of tomato puree
jars of herbs
tin opener
measuring cups
scissors
Bath sheets (Cheap out of Primark)
couple of nice mugs
Some alcohol and glasses
For an impoverished student most of the above are luxuries.I'm not that way reclined
Jewelry? Seriously? Sheldon you are the most shallow, self-centered person I have ever met. Do you really think that another transparently-manipu... OH, IT'S A TIARA! A tiara; I have a tiara! Put it on me! Put it on me! Put it on me! Put it on me! Put it on me! Put it on me! Put it on me!0 -
Is she in self catering halls or one with meals provided (some unis still offer both and she may not thank you for a load of storecupbard type stuff if she's not got access to a proper kitchen-and nothing too flash if she does as students do tend to borrow the nicer bits)
If she's eighteen to assume "she's not into boys yet " is a bit unlikely though !!!I Would Rather Climb A Mountain Than Crawl Into A Hole
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Some nice smelling washing powder and fabric conditioner. Some students do turn into smelly things!!!!!

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