What in the world is up with gas prices??!!
I found a couple of receipts in my car and was just doing some comparison. I have cut down, number one, on the amount that I am driving. I cut out any unnecessary or extra driving if I could avoid it. Thus, this has gotten me down to one fill-up a week for my normal driving habits (not including business). Before I was filling up about every 5 days due to commuting, etc. My normal fill-up day is Wednesday.
Looking back two weeks ago on the 9th of April, I spent $3.21/gallon on gas. The following week on the 16th of April, I filled up for $3.35/gallon. This past Wednesday, I filled up for $3.54/gallon!
What in the world???
The increase each week is staggering. I just don't get it. Exxon posted profits in the billions and the only flimsy excuse they could give the government is that their profit margins were in line with other companies. What other companies?
Do these crack heads have any idea how they are affecting the little guy... us? Not only is it costing us more to fill up, but these high prices are pushing up all the other prices in our economy too! Golly gee, we can't get eggs for less than $1.75 anymore hardly! What is that?
I was looking forwards to the economic stimulus check, which our government really couldn't afford to give in the first place thus lowering the US dollar's value even more by printing money to make up for it, but now it looks as though we will spend it in gas and/or food. How sad is that? We can only "stimulate" the economy with stuff we need and can't afford anymore anyways. Ugh.
Sadly, Rodney and I are spending probably close to $500 minimum on gas every month. Having two cars and being separated during the week doesn't help!
I have a picture of me standing in front of a gas sign in the snow holding my parents' dog Sophie in my coat in the winter storm of 2000. The gas prices, if I recall correctly, weren't more than $1.15/gallon. Oh, the good ole' days!
I guess when we get old, we will tell "our children" how we used to be able to fill up for so cheap at $8.00/gallon. LOL. Not really funny though. But there is no other way to really respond because anger just makes us old. Hmm.
About Me
- Tamara
- Currently, I own a part-time online E-Bird Store and am an independent consultant for weightloss/healthy-living coaching, success mentorship, and skincare. I used to be a certified Emergency Medical Technician. I am very involved with my church. I enjoy speaking Spanish as I am fluent. I have gone through a major weightloss journey since 2008 which includes 75lbs and 14 numeric sizes lost. I can only hope that I can be an inspiration to those around me in all aspects of my life. I don't where I am going exactly or where I'll end up, but I just know that I want to live a fulfilled and happy life.
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1 comment:
I know what you mean! When I started driving 10 yrs ago (wow, that was a long time ago!) I could fill up at one gas station for 75 cents a gallon!! 7 eleven gas was expensive at a whopping 1.03 per gallon!! When I was visiting my family last year I about had a heart attack when I saw a gas station that said 1.80 a gallon. turns out the gas station had shut down. I keep telling my husband it would be cheaper to get a belgian horse and a wagon to do my errands around town! I think the last time I filled up (last week) gas was $3.64. They said prices would top out at $4 this summer... maybe they meant something else, but I wish that it didnt cost us almost $20 for 5 gallons of gas for our lawn mower. We even bought a 3rd car because the car payment, insurance and gas costs less than filling up the truck for my husband to drive to work. I guess that there isn't anything we can do about it. Maybe we should all buy stock in oil, since oil prices keep going up we would probably make a fortune.
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