I went shopping for groceries this morning. What a
horrible experience. $100 dollars went no where. My budget in stretched
tight and I cannot buy name brand stuff and expensive cuts of meats. I
honestly do not see how people that have lower incomes can buy
anything. Milk is $5 a gallon, eggs $1.75, a loaf of bread is $2.50.
Every time I go to the store I feel as if I have been violated. Where
does it end? I hear people saying well I guess I will lose weight now.
I don't think so. The price of junk food is not going up as fast as
food that is good for you. That is something else. Why is organic food
so high? They do not have the expense of fertilizers and pesticides.
Angus beef is something else I have a problem with. It really does not
taste any different then any other beef.
Gas is $3.69 cents here today. We now pay more a month for gas than we do on our house payments. Where will it end? Never. Some friends of mine are taking their son on a cross country trip this summer. I asked them how could they consider it with gas so high. The answer was that when their son is old enough to do ithis own on he will not be able to. Can you imagine what the price of gas will be 10 -20 years from now?
I don't know, I just don't know.
well celeste...gas here in KY is 3.86 a gallon....next week it will reach four dollars for sure...and milk here is 3.86 a gallon...and that is the cheapest....fruit is out of sight....even a bag of good old substantial 5 lbs of potatoes is 5.00.....sheesh....like you...it is no fun shopping...and I don't buy name brands anymore...stopped long ago....and you can bet...I have cooking down to just how much will be eaten...cause none of us like left overs LOLOL...!!! God Bless...hang tough...hugs..Ora
ReplyDeleteVote wisely. What the past eight years has torn apart, the next four years will attempt to put back to normal. It will take time.
ReplyDeleteIts sooo depressing isnt it.
ReplyDeleteYeah, gas here is $3.63 today. Crazy. I can hardly afford to go to work to make money to buy gas to go to work to make money to buy....oh, never mind. *sigh*
ReplyDeleteCliff and I are doing OK because we've paid off our debts and have very small house payments thanks to a home equity loan. But there's no way the lower middle class people with kids (that's the majority) can keep going like this. Oh, we'll all survive. But many of us are going to go backwards. God help us all.
ReplyDeleteSomeone has a birthday tomorrow, but I can't remember who. Do you know? LOL
ReplyDeleteHAPPY BIRTHDAY (A day late) Luv your Journal.
ReplyDeleteMarlene
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Gas is 3.87 cents a gallon here. Food prices have gone through the roof!!! My husband doesnt have a job because the factory he worked for closed down. Things are tough all over.I hope thinsg get better soon....Christine
ReplyDeleteYes, it is getting very expensive to live. I can forsee food hoarding in the near future. I may start stocking up on canned goods myself. Gas is $3.89 here. I have to work overtime to afford to go to work! :) Linda
ReplyDeleteI've been so frustrated lately trying to budget and still get good food for good meals! Gas here is $3.99/gal., and I expect to raise more this weekend. At least some produce is going down in price since it's the growing season here and we can buy locally grown. I guess I just may have to get a lot of whatever is in season and can or freeze as much as I can so maybe I'll save a bit this winter.
ReplyDeleteLori
Gas is over $4 a gallon here now - what are we supposed to do - buy generic?
ReplyDeletexoxo
I've noticed this, too, and it seems crazy, and yes, the price of junk food stays "affordable," ugh ugh ugh, oh, and that's what's put out so readily in our faces.
ReplyDeleteBtw, happy belated birthday to you. Your mother would send a card to you, if she could.