Win an e-Pad Laptop Desk [Delicious Dorm Giveaway 2009]

The Delicious Dorm Giveaway

The moment has finally arrived. The first giveaway in our Delicious Dorm Giveaway series is here!

Our first prize comes courtesy of Brookstone and their Ultimate Dorm Room Sweepstakes. Three lucky DormDelicious readers will win an e-Pad Laptop Desk.

Students are always on the move—lecture halls, student lounges, campus lawns. The Brookstone(R) e-Pad(R) Laptop Desk makes it easy and comfortable to work on a laptop anywhere. Sturdy surface keeps laptops stable. Padded base keeps your lap cool. Built-in handle makes it good to go.

We're excited that we get to offer up not just one prize, but three to kick things off. And what better way to give away three prizes than to do it in three places? Facebook, Twitter, and right here on DormDelicious.

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The Delicious Dorm Giveaway 2009

The Delicious Dorm Giveaway

Folks, for some the time has already come, and for some it draws nearer every day. Back to school! Whether it fills you with dread, excitement, or some complex emotion that is really a strange mix of two or three emotions, we here at DormDelicious want to make it easier on you.

Since we can't visit all of you and help carry those huge boxes of stuffed animals up to your room on the 16th floor (phew!) we went for the next best thing. We want to give you some free stuff!

Over the next few weeks we're going to be hosting some awesome giveaways for back to school. We'll be keeping our site updated along with our Twitter feed and Facebook page so make sure you follow us everywhere you can to increase your chances of knowing about the contests, and better yet, winning them!

To kick things off, we've partnered with Brookstone's Ultimate Dorm Room Sweepstakes to give away three ePad laptop desks. Stay tuned for details on winning. In addition to posting about each contest, we'll keep this page updated with details about each of the contests we run and who won!

In the meantime, hop over to Brookstone because any purchase made between now and September 12th will enter you to win the Ultimate Dorm Room, worth over $1,000!

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How To Manage Your Money In College

Design Your Dorm presents a series of back to school blogs. Check out our 3-D dorm room designer, to see and design your dorm before move in day.

5666Managing your money in college is tough. There are so many books to buy, so many concerts to see, and so many drinks... to drink. But you don't want to graduate buried in debt, right? We didn't think so. Here's ten tips on how to manage your money so Louie the Fish doesn't have to break your kneecaps.

1. Keep an eye on it

Try checking your money for at least four weeks and find out where you are spending it. Sometimes we spend way too much on little things that we don't notice and go overboard. When you know where your money is going, it's easier to figure out where you can cut back and save some of it.

2. Start Planning

The best way to manage your money is to make a simple budget. List all your expenses from dorm payments and loans to a single bus fare. See how much you spend, and decide if you could be spending less in any category. Then plan your expenditures for the future and stick to the plan!

3. Allocate money for fun

Saving money doesn't mean you have to deprive yourself of fun. Buy music, Starbucks, video games, but just make sure you budget it out and don't go overboard.

4. Pace yourself

Some students tends to spend cash right when they get it. Just because you just got paid doesn't mean you should run out and buy a plasma screen. Make sure you have some money at the end of the semester so you don't have to give your parents construction paper dolls for Christmas... again.

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How To Meet People When You Move Into College

students1Design Your Dorm presents a series of back to school blogs. Check out our 3-D dorm room designer, to see and design your dorm before move in day.

Moving into the dorms. Going to your first college class. This is a very exciting time for college freshmen across the country. So before move in day here is some advice on how to meet people:

Say Hi

Though this seems really simple, it is often the hardest thing to do. It is especially important the first day in the dorms. Even if it's a bit awkward, take a second to remember that everybody feels just like you, and then say, "Hi."

Join a Study Group

Study groups are a great way to meet new people. If you are lucky enough to meet smart people you will make new friends and make your life at college that much easier.

Rush a Fraternity/Sorority

The Greek system is an excellent way to meet new people. It is not right for everyone, but if you are curious we recommend that you rush. At most universities fraternities and sororities are built-in social networks, that get you out from life in the dorms.

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Dorm Room Link Party - Summer Inbox Edition

Happy summer, DormDelicious readers! Hope you are spending your time productively, by which we mean browsing DormDelicious while bored at your summer internship.

As you may guess, we here at DormDelicious get a ton of e-mails all the time about college products, dorm decorating websites, and on and on. Well, we just started sifting through them, deleting the ads for male enhancement products (or saving them for later?) and we're ready to present to you our first Dorm Room Link Party of the summer: The Summer Inbox Edition. For this edition, we checked out all the links we've been sent over the last few weeks and picked out some gems we thought you should check out. Without further ado...

What would summer be without... an inflatable beer pong table?

PortoPong thinks no pool should be without beer pong (or beirut if you want to be a jerk about it). Well, we here at DormDelicious say, why not?! Unless of course, you are under 21, in which case you should be playing water pong. But not with the pool water. Never with the pool water.

BenQ is giving away GP1 Mini Projectors and gift cards until August 19th!

The company behind the Joybee GP1 compact projector [read our review] is giving some away, along with ten gift cards, to people who share a story about how to have fun economically. And if there's anything college students should know, it's how to have fun on a budget!

Also, as a special bonus to DormDelicious readers, use the code COL0001 if you buy one of these projectors and get a free 2 year warranty.

Design Your Dorm lets you, uh, design your dorm

We've seen a couple products since launching DormDelicious that help you lay out your dorm before you get there, but DYD definitely has the most curb appeal (and is the most aptly named). The interface is slick, and lets you see a 3D model of your dorm. You can add products and then it lets you know where to buy them. Definitely worth checking out.

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