Well, first off. You choose somewhere that you can get absolutely everything because going to more than one store is excessive when you're a student with 19 hours of homework to do. From toothpaste, snacks, all the way to mini Christmas trees for those winter months, the store’s got it covered. Personally, we choose to partake in the wild adventures by shopping at Walmart, because well it's cheap, and has literally anything you could ever need. As a college student, I’m sure many of you can agree that name brands don’t matter when we’re the ones swiping our cards at the checkout. I mean, those extra few dollars count start to add up. So, how does a shopping excursion like this usually go for college students? Well, here it is. You start making a list on a sticky note that you’re bound to lose 5 times before you actually end up going shopping.

You and your roommate(s) eat every last chip and get to the point of taking off the shampoo cap to get the last bit of shampoo hiding in the corners of the bottle before you commit to going.

You make it known you need to go but have to wait four to five days so that all of your roommates can go at once because leaving someone out of the trip is just wrong.

So, now the time has come. Someone has called shotgun and everyone grabs their wallets and lists and you head out of the dorm.

At this point, someone has gotten on the aux and the music is being blasted because you’re all so excited to just be off campus, even though it’s just to shop. (It’s the little things in life people.)

After driving around to get a close parking spot, everyone heads in and one person takes on the responsibility of getting a cart for everyone to share.

Starting with the healthy stuff, you all pick up the fruits and veggies you need so that you feel less guilty when you move onto the chips and bread aisles.

Aimlessly walking up and down the aisles, getting back up from your friends on whether to get the Double Stuff Oreos and the family size bag of potato chips or not, is really what the whole trip is about. I mean, your mom isn’t there to say no, so why not?

Now heading on to the shampoo, themed t-shirts for Saturday dartys, the occasional holiday decor, tums, ibuprofen. You know, the essentials.

At this point, the cart is overflowing, you’ve done all of your shopping, and now you walk to the check out apologizing to your credit card the whole time you make your way up to the front.

Someone bites the bullet and starts ringing out their corner of the cart. You all guess who’s going to spend the most money as you all line up at the same self-check out because again, you only use one cart.

Now, with bags lined up on arms of all your fellow shoppers, you head back to the good ‘ol college dorm to unload and look at the damage you’ve done.

It’s a long, stressful, expensive, friendship-building excursion that is an essential and special part of the college experience.

We are the crazy college kids of Walmart and we wouldn’t have it any other way.