Price update

A highly selective listing of the prices of various goods and services here in Guanajuato: (all prices are based on an assumed exchange rate of 10 pesos to the U.S. dollar)

Cappuccino in a street cafe: $1.60 - $2.10
My lunchtime ham sandwich at the dQ cafe: $1.40
1 hour at the internet cafe: $1.00
1 package of Imodium (12 tablets): $5.90
1 can of Gillette shaving cream: $3.10
1 half-liter bottle of Sprite: 70 cents
1 one and a half liter bottle of soda: $1.40
1 bottle of Corona in a bar: $1.80 - $2.30
1 entree of fajitas de pollo: $7.00
1 entree of chicken Milanese: $7.50
1 cup of cafe americano: $0.80 - $1.20 (avoid - it's barely potable)
2 weeks of laundry, washed and folded: $3.50 (madrileños, take note!)
1 night at the Hotel del Frayle: $55
1 breakfast donut* : $0.60

All of which explains why a 200-peso note starts to feel like a huge bill, embarrassing to ask to have changed.

*: purchased at the local 7-11 (or OXXO) store, and possible culprit in yesterday's episode of gastrointestinal distress)