Gas prices!
 

I was filling my car this morning and the gas truck came to fill the underground tanks. The driver was talking to the owner. The driver said before you use this gas up the price will be at least $2 a gallon more. The gas is now $3.85 for regular and that will be $5.85 per gallon really soon! It won't effect me that much because I don't have everyday driving I have to do and can easily combine my trips. The gas price is just the tip of it. Everything will be more expensive following a gas price increase. I am shocked the cost increase of food in just a few weeks. I noticed a bag of Doritos were $4.89 yesterday at the local grocery. I have a bag that has been in my pantry since before Christmas (grands left them here) the bag price was $2.79. ??? Who will pay $5 for a bag of chips? I feel really worried about all this for so many that are not and cannot get prepared for the drastic increase of prices.

Not sure if it will jump that much that soon but it is going up. The business I work in deals with petroleum products to make things and everyone is raising prices and average of 7% March 5. That is only the first of many yet to come.

Yes everything will be effected by higher fuel costs and as the majority on products and foods are shipped by trucks!

Every time I go to shop the prices are higher, I know it is because of the gas prices. My station had gone up from 3.35 last week to 3.48 yesterday. Like you I do not have to drive a lot, however it hits us all in so many different ways.

I worked for Spartan Foods so it's no surprise to me prices go up. I don't really complain because we'll still pay for items. Just like gas!!!!!

MY DIL just posted on Facebook that prices were up 40 cents from this morning for gas.

Another reason to retire sooner than later. I think it gets closer every day.

My husband wants me to to find another job but minimum wage and living so far from everything it would cost more in gas than I would make!!

Well, we're in Dallas and you can get out on the freeways and every car has only one person in it. Until people realize they could carpool they will still pay the price. They all drive up in new suv's and trucks. Our cars are 12 years old. Or more.

i used to not take the car out unless there were two stops to go to. now i wait for 3-4 stops per trip. just have to plan better and make do with what is in the house.

We live 55 miles south of Ft Worth and our neighbors commute mostly to Dallas to work. However, none of them work in the same part of the city so they can't carpool. I'll bet that's true of most folk. Not only do you have to live close together you have to work close together.

My son just gave me a small freezer for my birthday gift so my trips to the grocery store (50 miles round trip) could be less. Thank you, Mark.

Both Glenn and I have 70+ mile per day commutes in completely opposite directions. My only co-worker that even lives remotely close to me works a totally different schedule than I do and our company is not flexible. I wish there was public transportation or someone to commute with to share expenses. The only public transportation available would be 3 hours each way-no thank you. I'd like to see Glenn and the hounds occasionally.

I think its getting out of hand, I have no idea what the solution is but something has to be happen ..

Im out in the country so ALL my trips are done in one trip.. Its going to get worse and yes most will still pay because they have to get to point A to point B to put food on the table and a roof over their heads..

Doomsday Preppers (the show) comes to mind... has anyone seen it?? .. OMGosh... scary scary thought

Yes gas prices will continue to rise and so will every product delivered to stores. Over the past couple of years, the profits that many companies have posted were due to increased costs they passed along to their suppliers or directly to consumers. When the price of any product goes up in a store, we often don't go to that store as often- But that store still has to pay its employees and keep the lights on.... Just like your LQS who have had to raise the price of fabric, cost of classes or needed to find creative ways to get us in more often. It can be a domino effect. Let's hope folks prepared for hard times. My grandmother always said to be prepared- a dime in your shoe to call home, extra food on the shelves, car filled up, the Good Book by your bed, and plenty of scraps (she only used scraps for quilting) to keep your hands busy. The older I get, the smarter that woman was.

I also live in the Dallas area. The last time that prices were that high, more folks started taking the light rail trains and/or buses. It will be that way again. I'm going to keep doing what I do.

Funny I made the same comparison that you did. I too had a bag of Doritos on my counter and wondered at what point would I stop buying them. I would have to wonder if $5.00 for a bag is not that far off.
They have been predicting the highest gas prices on record will be not that far off, and in just a few months my area will hit the $5.00 mark. My consumption is small since I office from my home , and only use my vehicle about once a week for grocery shopping and errands. I am thinking about letting my close neighbors know when I am going so its more than just me going to the grocery store.
I am so concerned that this bit of hope we have seen that the economy is on the mend may all vanish.
On another note there have been some great on line fabric sales with free or greatly reduced shipping, so I am doing some stocking up.... like I needed an excuse.

Thankfully DH only works about 10 mins from our house and wow I can't imagine paying those prices, today here our gas prices are $1.22 a litre don't know how that translates to gallons. I paid almost $3 for a head of lettuce yesterday, our milk prices has gone through the roof here, my mom said where she is they pay $6 for milk and it's about $4 here. Our local food cupboard is being overloaded with requests for staple items. I do an online search every week of every grocery store in the city and plan our shopping based on that. Since we are so close to the US border we also check out the Price Chopper ads down there and go maybe once a month to just buy groceries it doesn't cost us anything in duty.

I am a prepper. I don't think for doomsday. I won't need preps if that day comes. I do it to not pay a big price later on so I will have money to pay for other needed things. Like gas!

I was just thinking today while taking the dogs to the vet that the amount of SUVs and large vehicles still on the road is kinda surprising, but to purchase a small car for truly good gas milage is very costly, too. I know I could drive less and will be doing that with these kind of predicted prices.

That's high. In Ohio it went up to $3.69 today. I had gone to JoAnn's and saw some bird fabric for $12.49/yd. Awful.

And yet I STILL see people leaving their BIG trucks running while they go into the post office - just saw one the other day. Gas prices are not high enough yet for some people I guess.

If food prices go up we will cut back to just essentials (not Doritos). We have so much abundance in this country there is a lot that most people could cut from their budget. Cable TV, $100 a month cell phones, etc., shopping for new clothes when you have a closet full....

When the economy is affected so much that the fat cats who own the big companies see problems with their bottom line, THEN maybe something will be done.

Gas here is already a little over $4 a gallon, up about 40 cents a gallon since the last time I filled up. I am buying everything I can at the various dollar stores and like everyone else combining stops on one trip. I am retired now but still do a bit of driving to quilting shops and events.

[QUOTE=ptquilts;4998840]And yet I STILL see people leaving their BIG trucks running while they go into the post office - just saw one the other day. Gas prices are not high enough yet for some people I guess.

If food prices go up we will cut back to just essentials (not Doritos). We have so much abundance in this country there is a lot that most people could cut from their budget. Cable TV, $100 a month cell phones, etc., shopping for new clothes when you have a closet full....

When the economy is affected so much that the fat cats who own the big companies see problems with their bottom line, THEN maybe something will be done.[/QUOTE

People will budget their money to meet their own needs. Maybe some will stop cable Tv but still go to a movie. Some will cut out going to movies. Some will keep cable or internet to stay on QB and stop eating anything but salads when eating out. It's hard to criticize when you don't know the particulars. Some may have full closets but perhaps have lost weight and nothing fits. Are you buying clothes, eating out or watching TV or just griping about those who are?

[QUOTE=TanyaL;4999533]TanyaL I may be misunderstanding but I think she was just giving an example. Yes there are many things than we can cut out including shopping for fabric, new machines, meals out, food, cable, Internet and extra cloths, not everyone has to give those things up but some may have to due to the cost of gas, If I get a minimum wage job. 7.35 per hour and have to drive 40 miles round trip or in most cases 100 miles how much will I actually have after gas and taxes?

I understand the cost of living. We live 25 miles one way from the nearest grocery. We live on a fixed income which isn't enough. We're in our 70's. however, no one should criticize someone else if you see them spending money. Perhaps they aren't having to cut expenses. The answer to the world's economic problems won't be made by everyone making their own budget bare bones. It is an international monetary problem. Resenting people driving new cars or buying new clothes does not help or change the situation.

I drive a Sivlerado Z21 to and from work everyday of the work week, 16 miles one way. My Husband rides with me, so we do carpool. We saved money and cut corners for 25 years while raising 3 kids. I refuse to do without anything I want. The high gas prices are to get people to vote for certain politicans, who will be promising everything will be roses. They also want everyone to buy the little death trap cars. I call that thinning the population. I will drive a 4 WD truck or SUV until the day I can not drive anymore. I have lots of fabrics that will out live me, so I can spend that money on gas for my truck.
Being jealous of those that can afford to buy whatever they want and enjoy is not very god like.

Gasoline is still cheaper than bottled water...........

lucky you[know it's relative] we pay approx £5.72 a gallon, lots more, it is killing along with all else increasing in price even funerals!!

I am with you .I live in the country and drive my 4 wheel drive Avalanche everyday to work (28 miles one way). This truck has made it possible for me many times to get home when the weather gets bad, and nothing else was moving.
As long as I don't ask anybody to make my truck payment and pay for the gas for my truck, it is my business.

I thought the best example of the prices going up was on ABC tv's evening news last night. The reporter was standing in front of a gas station in California and in the 2 minutes she was giving her report, the price went up ten cents!

I'm 69 and thinking about a 3 wheel motorcycle to get to work. but, they are expensive to buy so not sure that would even out.

I have 2 stations within a block of my house at 10a.m/one was 319 the other was 329 3hrs later they both went up 40 cents I may be moving my departure date up. I reserved a moving trk for march 5th for my move from Ohio to Missouri

I think many of us are taken back everytime we get gas, Charlotte Nc $3.75 regular. now, it's scary. Food , my husband said we're eating less and the food bill is still going up. We've given up alot of things we enjoyed to eat ,like steak. I eat so much chicken I cluck now. Unfortunately we can complain, but nothings going to change. I have no idea what's going to happen down the road.

I eat so much chicken I cluck now.

LOL, there are just so many ways you can cook it too !!! I am tired of trying to make it taste different all the time.

My husband recently bought a motorcycle - but its still too cold for him to drive everyday. I have the next cheapest to run vehicle and I find myself doing the hauling to the dump/recycling center ( where I can pick up coupons) and the storage unit instead of using his truck. I worry that I will have to cut way down on my driving cause prices are ridiculous. AT least I have enough UFOs and a stash to hold me for a long time!

I'm trying to stay positive and think of increased prices as an insentive to eat healthier and eliminate high priced, fattening snacks.

Northern Cal. prices
 

I live in Northern California, west of Sacramento. Yesterday morning on way to work the gas was $4.15 gal. On the way home from work it was $4.39! What the heck? No extra driving for me.

I hope everyone knows about this website

www.gasbuddy.com

put in your zip code and find the lowest price in your area. We were on a trip and found this ONE exit on the interstate where the prices were about 10-20% lower than other areas. And there were 4 stations there, all with the same low price.