I like that idea Mark lol a quarter could buy you a candy bar, cost only 2 cents for bazooka gum, 15 cents for a scoop of Thrifty ice cream...change went a long way for a kid
We had a small grocery store literally just steps behind our house. We constantly went to buy candy. Candybars 5 cents; gumball a penny. One time I spent my whole "quarter" allowance on a bottle of nailpolish (without permission). I made a big mess on my fingers/toes and the porch. My mom sent me to get my money back. Ha ha ha, which of course they wouldn't do with an opened messed up bottle.
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Our neighborhood store was Mary and Sal's. I was sent there for Italian bread, Camels, and Lucky Strikes. On the way home from Corpus Christi school, we stopped at Vento's for pizza and a coke: 15 cents total. Of course, neither I nor my sisters could afford even that pittance (which, of course, was not a pittance at the time). Sometimes one of our friends would take pity and give me the money.
"Generosity. That was my first mistake." "Experience must be our only guide; reason may mislead us." "Instagram is Twitter for people who can't read."
I made a big mess on my fingers/toes and the porch. My mom sent me to get my money back. Ha ha ha, which of course they wouldn't do with an opened messed up bottle. 
