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Rec'd on 🎁 Gift for a professor/mentor?

when i have no idea what to gift i get candles (cute ones, fresh likable ones), maybe cake, cookies, something engraved with their name to make it a bit more personal 🫀

@fersifers

Apr 18, 2024

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