Splurge
Slow splurge day today.
I spent three coins at the hospital cafeteria for breakfast. The old lady cashier did study them, a look she usually wouldn’t give ratty dollar bills or crisp $20s fresh from the ATM. She then plopped them into the cash register tray.
Later in the day, six coins were spent at McDonald’s. This is where I’ve received the best reaction so far. The young girl cashier must be a closet coin aficionado. “Oh, these are the new ones!” she effused. She then told me how she trades them out for paper cash whenever a customer uses them for a food purchase. She said that if she needs to buy something that costs two bucks, and if she only has one-dollar bill and one-dollar coin, she just won’t buy it. Interesting. She will probably have my coins hidden in her drawer very soon.
Fifty-six coins remaining. I might be out of town this weekend. In that case, the dollar coin splurge will be put on hold until my return to Bakersfield.
EDIT: Fifty-one coins remaining. I bought a fancy coffee at Supreme Bean this morning with five coins.
June 23rd, 2007 at 11:24
I need a coffee…
June 24th, 2007 at 15:55
Five bucks for coffee. ha. I love it. My friends were making fun of me today over lunch because I make myself a “cafe con leche” every morning. Which is basically like a “mexican latte” without the foam. I won’t tell you what names they called me because most of them don’t translate well from spanish to english. Let’s just say they weren’t very nice. But it sure did make us laugh a lot.