Gas is up to $3.75-3.95 here. It went up .32 in one week!  I pass 5-6 gas stations on my way to work. The cheap one said $3.65 this morning so I will have to stop there later and hope it didn't go up. I have tried to make it a little less painful by filling up at the halfway mark.  I heard on the news this morning that people are having trouble and are late paying their electric bills. Ugh! I use a woodstove and that helps a lot. It's been nice and warm the past couple of weeks but is getting colder. My heat was on this morning.

The gas prices have definitely affected my driving habits. I will think twice about taking day trips or shopping trips outside my own town and trying to find fun activities close to home.  I am sure this will be a slow summer for tourism which is a bummer. I pretty much skip restaurants these days (not lost any weight though yet grrrrr) and shop the sales with coupons. I need to start taking my lunch to work. Probably the one area of spending I haven't cut is buying lunch...and I don't even like the food in the cafeteria all that much most days.  On my old job I used to go to lunch with a friend almost every day so I got in the habit of buying. I can definitely cut this down to one or two days now and bring my lunch the other days and that will save me a few bucks.

My dog passed away and I have held off getting another one. I was thinking about that today because I would have been going to the vet for heartworm and all that.  I miss my dog and would rather have her with us still but I have to say it is nice to think all I have to do is take kitty up to the free rabies clinic and I am done.

This time last year I know I didn't spend this much time thinking about driving, eating out or vet bills. It's hard for me to believe it will, but I HOPE this economic stimulus plan WORKS!

 

Thank God I have given up MK. With these gas prices I would not like driving around to deliver $20 worh of product anymore or to give a class where only one person shows up! 

Oops I meant "made it TO one." My one and only meeting. I was so overcome with the memory I could hardly type ~* NOT*~

Oh my cats, surrender! That is horrible! There is no way I would go to a meeting if my Rams were in the Superbowl or on my birthday. I hated the stupid songs and stuff so I wouldn't go if it was raining, or sunny, or after dinner.... I am glad you are not doing that to yourself anymore and I hope you have a super great birthday this year that makes up for that! 

Up to $ 3.65 gallon.  Our "country store" was almost out today & called, they are buying it for $ 3.55 and that was todays price, said it could be more by tomorrow when they can actually get the order placed. 

Ooops no, I meant $3.67. I guess my brain just can't handle it and would only type the 2 and not the 3.  Now if I really believed in the Secret then maybe my subconscious is bringing about lower gas prices. That would be sweet. 

I remember when it got to $2.99 a gallon and I was flipping. LOL Now we are at $3.75 for the cheapest.

Yes, I heard about this when it first happened. I thought the person who told me was messing with me because I hate the Whiners. Now I gotta watch em if I wanna see Ike....he's my favorite.

I am glad he's still playing but fie on them for letting him go!

Let us raise a salute to the last of the Los Angeles Rams (and the last of my Dream Team...Warner, Faulk, Bruce). Thanks for the memories and super bowl win.  BRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCE

 

p.s. LJ I could not find the crying icon. We might need it when football season starts.

sorry for hijacking...well, not really just trying to be polite about it 

My trouble is that besides the gas prices, food prices are skyrocketing.

I've decided that I need to start growing vegetables in my backyard. We need to start a thread for gardening, so I can figure out how to do this. I'm dead serious. The cost of most produce is so high I no longer buy much. I've got 3 kids to feed and I think if I could grow lots of potatoes in my backyard, it would help out a lot.

Never thought I would see this day, but there you are!