Remember when I wrote about my contact lens cleaner dilemma?

Well today I stopped into Walgreens to pick up a soda after an afternoon of laundry and errands (more on that later) and saw, not the cleaner that I've been looking for, but Opti-Free's Daily Contact Lens Cleaner, apparently the only other soft contact lens cleaner out there. Sweet! I pounced on it... then looked at the price... $10.99. For a 2/3 fluid ounce bottle.

I'm sorry, but are we serious here? I used to use this cleaner, and it was never more than $7.00 or $8.00. As if having poor vision isn't enough of a financial setback (I 'm down $500 after my last contact lens and glasses purchase), they have to jack up the prices with the full knowledge that there is NO ALTERNATIVE?

Anyway... as today is Labor Day, the laundromats that I usually go to are closed (or, closed at 1:00pm which is roughly when I got out of bed... hehe) and I direly needed to wash my linens so I decided to pack them all in my backpack and check out the 24-hour laundromat about 8 blocks from my apartment. It is called "Atlantis SuperWash Center" and my, is it nice!! Huge, rows upon rows of washers and dryers, snack and soda machines, cappucino and ice cream vending machines, a sitting area, and even arcade games!! Also it is not quarter-based, but card-based, which is great because then I didn't have to lug around a pocketful of quarters between the washing and drying phases. It was exactly what I had expected laundromats to be like before I had actually experienced them.

Even though it is more of a trek than my nearest laundromats (one is two blocks away, and there is actually one around the corner but it is small and dirty-looking so I've never been brave enough to venture in), I think I might start going there instead... I love that it is open 24 hours, as the one I usually go to closes at 9:00pm but they always try to close early, so I'll go back to get my stuff at like 8:30 and the door will be locked and they'll let me in, then sit there and stare at me as I hurriedly stuff my steaming hot laundry into my bag and scurry home with second degree burns on my arms from the rivets on my jeans.

Hmph. I think I will definitely be patronizing Atlantis SuperWash from now on.

Also, I'm on the prowl for some new music. Suggestions anyone?