Picture this: It’s 5:44 AM, you stumble into the kitchen, desperate for coffee, pull the clean pot out of the dishwasher, and find a huge crack in the glass, rendering it totally unusable!

Yes, that was my morning, and no, it didn’t go well. Don’t ask me how it happened; all I know for sure is that I’m extremely grouchy without any coffee. Does that make me severely caffeine addicted? I would have to say so…

Thankfully, I have a cheap-o coffeemaker, so replacement wasn’t a big issue. I found a Black & Decker universal carafe for $10.97 at Walmart, bought it, and I’m back in business. But until I had it? NOT pretty! (Lest you think I’m a total martyr, I did make a swing through the Starbucks drive-thru. Desperate times and desperate measures, right?)