thankful#86: "cheap" laundry

One of the things I miss most about our house in Portland is having our own laundry room - and having it within arms reach whenever I wanted it. It's nice that our apartments have multiple laundry rooms so that we don't have to drive somewhere to get clean clothes, but we do still have to walk out into the cold and pay for each load using only quarters - kind of a pain. BUT, if we have to pay for each load, I'm thankful that it's as "cheap" as it is (obviously not as inexpensive as having our own). I've talked to people who live other places and they pay almost double or more what we do per load. I did four loads of laundry today and could easily do another one tomorrow - that starts to add up quick! Living on pretend money with no income has made me appreciate all of the little ways to save/keep the money that we do have.