[Blarg]

A few thousand is trivial over the course of a lifetime, but fun memories are pretty good at the time and to look back on later. Don't mess yourself up long term for fun, but if having a little fun means you later have to have a tight belt for a while, it's not the worst thing in the world. Heck,it's even kind of poetic.

Might be harder to get the parents to help you with your debt when it's not school-related though. Be sure they know you appreciate what they're doing and you're not just taking it as a license to blow cash.