My buddy went through the same thing last winter and he swore by the Aldi house blend in the red bag, said it beat the stuff he was paying double for. He did say the trick is to use a little more scoops than you think you need, otherwise it comes out weak and sad. He also stopped buying the flavored creamer and just used regular milk, which honestly saved him more than the coffee swap did. The way he put it, once the kids got their cereal and milk, the coffee just had to be hot and brown and get him to work. He's been on that bag for like a year now and hasn't looked back. You did right by your kids, and that counts for more than a fancy bag of beans.

That $80 Bosch is fine until the sun hits that little bubble vial dead on and you're squinting at a green line you can barely see at 1 in the afternoon. I've watched two different lasers on the same wall disagree by a quarter inch over 50 feet, and neither guy could tell you which one was right. A string doesn't need batteries and it doesn't lie to you, it just sags a little, and you fix sag by tying it tighter, not by throwing it in a drawer. Your 1/8 inch over 60 feet is a heat problem, and it sounds like you already knew how to fight it before the laser showed up. The laser didn't get you dead on, your first course and your eye did, the laser just kept your hands free. For my money a guy who can't set a good string will trust a bad laser just as fast, and that's the real crutch.