Late Additions to Your Back-to-School List

All over campuses, parents have said their goodbyes, shed a tear or two for the empty nest back home and left their sons and daughters with enough gear to outfit the Russian Army.

This year, a study from the National Retail Federation says that parents and students will spend $25.7 billion on goods related to the return to college. But no matter how many hotpots, backpacks and laptops that students have, there's always something missing -- some crucial last-minute item that seems unnecessary. That is, until the second week of school, when everyone else is strolling around the quad with them.

This week, the Good Life heads back to school to look at six products -- from ramen to PDAs -- that you may be shipping off in a care package sooner than you think.

The Do-It-All Printer

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