Gas Prices - Look What We Found It For Today!!!

 

We had to go to the big city today. With our trusty list in hand and our travel essentials like water and hats we headed out. We had to return to the house two times, because we forgot something and then we forgot to put some things back in the car that we took out when Number One went to the dump last Sunday.

Since we run all of our errands in one trip Number One also put the gas cans for the genny in the car. I am really grateful that he did. We passed this station and really didn't trust the price of gas that we saw, so we called when we got to the first town. We usually can get fuel for a lot less in town or in the city, but not this time. We saved almost $1 a gallon. It was still $108 to fill everything up. Last time it was $162.75. That is a huge difference. 

It took a long time to get fuel. People were everywhere in every direction trying to fill up. Even the most expensive store for gas on the way to the city was way cheaper than the city price, but not as cheap where we filled up. I feel like we had a big win on fuel today. Groceries were a different story. 

We did not do our regularly scheduled shopping trip. That happens next month sometime, but we did pick up some items that we knew were going up in price. At some point I am going to have to adjust our budget. It was a big shock how little we bought for the money we spent.

The store seemed bigger. I think it was because they did not have as much inventory, so they widened the isles to disguise their inventory issues. We had to actually go into a regular grocery store to purchase basic goods that were not available this time nor the last time we were there. Pasta was up 25%. It was also neatly disguised in a buy 4 for $5 scheme. Flour was up over $1 a bag. Every time we go most items are up an additional 15% to 50%. Ramen was up from $6.77 to $13.98. That is a huge increase. They had limited cooking oil. They did not have the type of cooking oil we use.  

I do not see how these price increases can continue. Who will be able to pay such prices? I have some future posts coming out soon with tried and true Depression era recipes that I hope will ease our suffering wallets.

Stay safe and be blessed,

Mrs. Smith