Broke A Spring

I'm beyond pissed at my Alero right now. I was pulling out of the driveway and I heard a big bang/crack like I went over a big rock. It happens, it's a gravel driveway. I kinda pulled over and looked to see if I did run over something, but I didn't. Luckily I was only headed over to Overdriver75/Patrick's house, which is like 4 houses away. I could tell there was something very wrong with the suspension in the driver's front. So I got there and told him about the big noise and the noise on the way there, and of course he blew me off, but said fine, drive it back and forth in the driveway and I'll see if I hear it. Didn't take him long to notice the car looked funny. Sure enough, spring is broken.
Guess I get those new struts now. As long as we have to take one corner apart, might as well do them all, the car has 90,000 miles on it. I have to decide if I want to lower it or just replace it with a stock spring. His dad has them in stock for about $70. I posted in the bazaar, maybe someone has one laying around they don't need any more.
And of course I'm unemployed. If I get that job at Daimler I'm buying a f***ing Neon.