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So when the apartment that you move into has coin-op laundry in the basement for $1.75 per load? And you buy $40 worth of quarters from the bank before realizing that the cost is actually three quarters plus a one dollar coin? You should immediately go back to your bank and buy a correspondingly large quantity of one dollar coins to have on hand, instead of grumbling about needing money for the next few days and hoping that your original mistake will magically correct itself. Then, when your cat lavishly coughs up two remarkably putrid-smelling hairballs all over your duvet at 9:30 pm on a Friday night, you'll be prepared.

Happily, this is a city that routinely stays up later than I, and Pete was able to run to the corner dépanneur and return triumphant with seven dollars plus a movie-sized box of Sweet Tarts. But still. Always be prepared for laundry-related contingencies, lest ye need to wait with a foul-smelling, cat-puke-soaked duvet cover festering in your closet until the bank opens at 10 am on Monday morning.

$1.75 sounds like alot but it's been awhile since I've had to pay to do laundry... I only handwash when absolutely necessary but it might be useful for emergencies also.