tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4418275174371898447.post7378634094115458074..comments2023-04-02T07:34:29.157-05:00Comments on Hillbilly Mansion Three: Bird BrainsHillbilly Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18067833789262242514noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4418275174371898447.post-43600925091403276122007-11-11T21:49:00.000-06:002007-11-11T21:49:00.000-06:00DPA,No. Because he knew I WOULD spend it all in on...DPA,<BR/>No. Because he knew I WOULD spend it all in one place: the mom & pop grocery store one street over and two blocks down. They ran it out of their front room in their house. They had a glass candy counter, and my sister and I would take our whopping 50 cents down there every two weeks to buy a bag of candy. <BR/><BR/>Let's take a trip down memory lane. I know I couldn't afford this all with one allowance, but I remember getting wax lips and mustaches, red licorice rope, Nik L Nips (those wax soda bottles full of colored syrup), candy buttons on a paper ribbon, SuperBubble gum, Charms suckers, Sugar Daddies, Lemonheads, Boston Baked Beans, candy cigarettes, cigar gum, Chuckles, Mallo cups, Jujyfruits, Pixy Stix, Jolly Ranchers, boxes of little jawbreakers, Atomic Fireballs, candy necklaces, Safe T Pops, Chiclets, Fruit Stripe gum, Chick O Sticks, Coconut Flags, Giant Taffy, red hots, root beer barrels, candy lipstick, licorice babies.<BR/><BR/>I carried my loot home in a little brown paper sack. It lasted a week. <BR/><BR/>We were kind of poor, with only my dad working at the time, with my mom going to night school to get a teaching degree. There was a counter that separated the kitchen in our trailer from the living room, and at his two-week payday, my dad would proudly stack two quarters for me, and two quarters for my sister. <BR/><BR/>Ahh...good times.Hillbilly Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18067833789262242514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4418275174371898447.post-51999560805956919222007-11-11T19:05:00.000-06:002007-11-11T19:05:00.000-06:00Did your dad tell you "Don't spend it all in one p...Did your dad tell you "Don't spend it all in one place" when he gave it to you?Mommy Needs a Xanaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01807707012305893563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4418275174371898447.post-76377572266195369062007-11-11T16:14:00.000-06:002007-11-11T16:14:00.000-06:00DPA,He doesn't get that much per week. My kids get...DPA,<BR/>He doesn't get that much per week. My kids get their age plus $10. Out of that, they have to buy their own fast food if they clamor for it. Which is all the time. And their beggings at The Devil's Playground come out of it. It really cut down on the 'buy me this' mentality. <BR/><BR/>I, myself, used to get 50 cents every two weeks. Whether I needed it or not.Hillbilly Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18067833789262242514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4418275174371898447.post-50785991866861146762007-11-11T12:32:00.000-06:002007-11-11T12:32:00.000-06:00$43?? My weekly allowance was $7.$43?? <BR/><BR/>My weekly allowance was $7.Mommy Needs a Xanaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01807707012305893563noreply@blogger.com