What does $10 buy you?

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$10 is the minimum payout from MyLot and I was wondering what all you people might spend your earnings on (when you reach that point). Currently 10 USD is roughly equal to: £5.00 (British pounds), 6.8 Euros, 395 Indian Rupees, 78 Hong Kong Dollars, 11 Australian Dollars, 13 NZ Dollars 10 Canadian Dollars 72 Chinese Yuan In the UK, that money would buy me: * 1 pack of cigarettes (the cheapest) * just over a US gallon of gas (about 4.6 litres of petrol), which will take me approximately 35 miles ... a 17 mile round trip. My nearest supermarket is a 5 mile round trip, so I had better walk or cycle! I could take the bus but if I were under 60, it would cost me nearly 3/5 of my budget (though I could travel anywhere else in town for that day). * a bottle of wine (or perhaps two, if I go for the VERY cheap stuff) * 2 pints of bitter in the pub - lager is more expensive so I would have to drink alone! * 8 loaves of bread (if I get the supermarket's own brand) * 25 of the cheapest eggs (battery farmed... no thanks!) but I could get about 20 Barn-raised eggs. * 5 blocks (250g) of the cheapest butter * about 500g of fairly ordinary sirloin steak * 1.6kg Beef mince (ground beef) on special offer ... I believe that is 20% fat * 4lb (about 2kg) pork sausages - average quality on special offer * between 500g and 700g of chicken breast meat (off the bone and diced for stir fry) * about 8kg Easy-cook Long Grain rice ... 5kg of Basmati and 4kg of arborio * 10kg of potatoes (approx) * 4kg of white cabbage * 11 Class 2 leeks * 8kg of East Anglian carrots For those of you who know what they are, I could get 4 Dudhi or 8 Mooli, 7x500g packs of Chick Peas ... but I think I would visit my local Indian market for other vegetables, pulses, rice and spices. What do you consider 'the basics' ... and how would you spend $10? Those are some of what I consider basics.