Daughter Starting Uni?

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my daughter will be spreading her wings and flying off to uni in october, does anyone have any moneysaving tips i can send her off with or things to do to help before she goes. i am already filling a small new linen basket for her with all the toiletries and personal bits that will stretch her finances for the first few months. would love some other ideas if anyone has any experience
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Lily contracted Strep B Meningitis Dec 2006 :eek: Now seemingly a normal little monster. :beer:
Love to my two angels that I will never forget.
I'd also put together a small DIY kit - with screwdriver, small hammer, nails/screws and duct tape - these can be got from a £ shop together with a small tool box. You can put a torch, batteries, candles & matches in as well. This sort of makes an emergency kit
Collect together long term store cupboard items like mixed herbs, tomato puree, salt & pepper, olive oil, dried garlic, tea bags etc. Also laundry powder & a few tupperware boxes etc.
Get together a book of phone numbers/email addressess for Gran & Grandad, Auntie & Uncle, etc, all those ones she doesn't know off by heart & will be lost without if she loses her mobile phone.
Get her to set up a hotmail account if she hasn't already got one, that way she can stay in touch wherever she is & it's free.
Gather together a few basic stationary items eg post-it notes, a few different sized envelopes, sellotape, stapler etc. Also some generic birthday cards & a book of stamps to keep in stock.
Thats all I can think of for now, HTH;)
In England we have Mothering Sunday & Father Christmas, Mothers day & Santa Clause are American merchandising tricks:mad: Demonstrate pride in your heirtage by getting it right please people!
Just as an aside, any forms you are filling in for financial reasons - make sure that you keep a copy, you will need all the info again for next year and it helps to have them to hand
edit - just remembered - when you make up a little medicine bag for her include some Dioralyte sachets...my son had food poisoning, I can't believe it really, he had plenty of instuctions on food hygene but I think he got complacent
Just remembered something else...try to get the phone numbers of her friends in Halls, if she doesn't answer her phone for a few hours you get VERY worried, (you tell yourself it's just the battery that's flat but your imagination runs riot!) it helps to be able to call someone else to check that all is OK
You might need to tie her to a chair next to you for a couple of days, but after that she'll be fine on her own
Also stationery is another one. Stapler (and staples), hole punch, some document wallets, files, folders, highlighters, drawing pins, paper-clips, bulldog clips, note books, file paper etc.
One of those big thermos flasks so she doesn't have to keep boiling said kettle. Depending on how close to you she is, would it be a thought to pay for a student rail/bus card? Or you could agree to pay X amount of return journeys so she doesn't have to worry about them.
A decent holdall to travel backwards and forwards with. Some hangers for her clothes - you could save the ones you get for free from shops until she goes? Where is she staying? Does she need bedding etc?
TV licence if necessary?
Sorry, nothing else coming to mind - I'll keep thinking though.
Make sure she's already got loads of underwear and socks etc and doesn't have to buy more because the washing machine is being used / broken all the time! That will save some money!