What do you give to your best friend as a 'going to uni' present?

Give 'em the gift that just keeps giving.

Clamidya.

A baby.

You could do a 'things I wish I'd remembered/ thought to take to university' gift too. Might amount to a more functional gift though, e.g. scissors, cellotape, spirits etc.

both would be impossible due to us both being female tbh, haha.

You could do a 'things I wish I'd remembered/ thought to take to university' gift too. Might amount to a more functional gift though, e.g. scissors, cellotape, spirits etc.

Maybe a letter, well written and on nice paper, and a scrapbook, filled with pictures of you both, and some places for putting more things in. Perhaps you could get a plain scrapbook and decorate it yourself?
Also, you could get her a little box to put things in or something, like things off your trips out together, or a picture frame and get one of the best pictures of you both to put in. Generally, if you decorate it or make it yourself it works best.
Do you have any music or films that you both love, maybe that are a bit of a joke between you both (me and my friends have guilty pleasures on our ipods, like music from Phil Collins or old songs, disney songs, the theme tune from schindler's list and the phantom of the opera . These are things we laugh about because we wouldn't want anyone else to see we have them, but we can tell eachother)

It's always good to just have something that recalls your memories together or those jokes nobody else understands.

Yeah, a university survival kit is good. Stationery, plasters, paracetamol, spirits etc anything you'd find funny all put in a box with a cross on it, so it looks like a first aid kit. I did this for my brother.

A Rampant Rabbit in case she gets lonely?

some thing useful? On photo websites such as 'snapfish' you can personalise things such as tea towels, mugs, coasters, placemats, notebooks, calendars and mousemats. You could perhaps choose an item such as a tea towel which will be realy useful! But turn it into a more sentimental gift by personalizing it with your favourite picture of the two of you!

OOOH I can contribute to this my best friend and I always shower each other in gifts and we gave each other going away presents

I was going to make her a personalised cushion but ran out of time in the end. she made me a bear at the Bear Factory and dressed him up in little geeky clothes, he looks so cute that was her reminder to me to be myself at Uni no matter what anyone else thinks.

For my birthday she gave me an album of pictures of us with memories, etc.

And just before my exams, she sent me a 'care package' I suppose you'd call it... it had a little cupcake recipe book, sanitizing hand gel (!? ), tissues, a Thornton's chocolate bar, some earrings, I can't remember what else... but also little motivational notes for me to open on the morning of each exam. It was so lovely!

I nicked her idea and sent her one back when she was having a bit of a bad time. I can't actually remember everything that I put in it, but we're always joking that we're like Meredith and Christina from Grey's Anatomy so I put in an envelope full of pictures of Meredith and Christina together. I think I put in a sachet of Aussie deep conditioner, some really funny books (including one of genuine answers that contestants have given to questions on quiz shows - that is absolutely hilarious), er... yeah, stuff like that really, can't remember everything.

I think the best thing is always a little package of really personal little gifts that you know she'll like. My best friend and I tend to be a little bit romantic towards each other, haha but it's nice, we just always make sure that our presents have meaning behind them and will make the other smile.

There are some lovely little things on Firebox as well. My friend studies Experimental Psychology which deals a lot with brain chemistry, so I got her a microbe cuddly toy in the shape of a brain cell. http://www.firebox.com - there are some really quirky little things that'd be great to go in a bigger box of stuff.

Other than that in the past I've got my friend tubs of posh hot chocolate, jewellery, flowers, framed pictures, lots of things really. Perhaps tickets to see a show you both love or something?

Hope I've helped at least a bit good luck!

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