Bad economy
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Cowgirl
Well-Known Member
Go back and read my post. It's pretty clear what I said.
mAlice
professional daydreamer
I said it costs me about the same to cook at home as it does to eat out. You said "Not us. We shop smart, buy stuff on sale, and don't buy name brand items".
Cowgirl
Well-Known Member
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kris31280
Guest
Why? He didn't say "bunch of (insert race/gender/sexual orientation) thieves" :shrug:....you have been reported........
Unless it was that he was implying Waldorfians are thieves, and therefore THAT warrants a reporting of the post...
migtig
aka Mrs. Giant
We've cut back on going out - our "entertainment" fund is being siphoned off for other expenses.
I took a pay cut last year to work closer to home. I'm thankful I did. My car that cost $25 to fill up now costs me over $50 to fill up. So instead of $75 a week in gas it would be $150. I can't imagine still driving to DC.
I'm also cutting coupons. This is not something I ever did before. I watch for sales and combine my shopping trips so I don't have to be running up and down the road. It was nothing to me before to run out real quick to get something. I've stopped shopping over the internet because of delivery costs making it even more expensive.
I have started a veggie garden as well to assist in offsetting the cost of groceries. And of course I've been buying what I can in bulk.
The bills are being paid and nobody is starving. However, I truly think twice about buying anything and going anywhere. I also am a worrier. My biggest fear is that one or both of us loses our job. Right now that is a very scary thought. Before, we could have "made do", but now...:shrug:
I took a pay cut last year to work closer to home. I'm thankful I did. My car that cost $25 to fill up now costs me over $50 to fill up. So instead of $75 a week in gas it would be $150. I can't imagine still driving to DC.
I'm also cutting coupons. This is not something I ever did before. I watch for sales and combine my shopping trips so I don't have to be running up and down the road. It was nothing to me before to run out real quick to get something. I've stopped shopping over the internet because of delivery costs making it even more expensive.
I have started a veggie garden as well to assist in offsetting the cost of groceries. And of course I've been buying what I can in bulk.
The bills are being paid and nobody is starving. However, I truly think twice about buying anything and going anywhere. I also am a worrier. My biggest fear is that one or both of us loses our job. Right now that is a very scary thought. Before, we could have "made do", but now...:shrug:
jetmonkey
New Member
You made the dog get a job?
desertrat
0_0
$2.94 last I filled up.
Cowgirl
Well-Known Member
Crap, I just missed this post.
There is a local station that sells off-road diesel out of the pumps. I just asked my coworker what the price was, so maybe he told me the regular diesel price. Either way, I know when we filled our tank this year, it was a little cheaper than heating oil, but not MUCH cheaper.
ETA: Nope...it's $4.39. I just called the station. That's the same price (from the pump) as getting it delivered.
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AndyMarquisLIVE
New Member
Eating out less often? I'm not. I've noticed that it costs me just as much to cook in as it does to eat out.
I've noticed that, too. But a lot of the chain restaurants and fast-food places are starting to lower their prices because they know that people will cut back on eating out and stuff. With food prices rising, they really are about the same.
AndyMarquisLIVE
New Member
:shrug:Meaning it's cheaper for us to cook and eat at home.
Not for me. :shrug:
I buy generic stuff, make sure I buy it on sale, and it still costs about the same to go out. :shrug:
Larry Gude
Strung Out
Well...
...how do you like your gouge?
42,000 gallons is about $3.86 right now. If I pay a tanker, 7,000 gallons, I'm looking at about $4.10 or so.
Bloomberg.com: Energy Prices
...how do you like your gouge?
42,000 gallons is about $3.86 right now. If I pay a tanker, 7,000 gallons, I'm looking at about $4.10 or so.
Bloomberg.com: Energy Prices
jetmonkey
New Member
I wish your signature was longer. See what you can do, m'kay?
Cowgirl
Well-Known Member
:shrug: Not for us. But we're a family. Still, when I was single I didnt' even eat out that much. When you factor in tip and all that, it was more expensive. Besides, I'd rather know what's going in my food. :shrug:
mAlice
professional daydreamer
See, this is where we probably differ. I don't buy generic because I don't buy "that stuff". I mostly shop the outside isle of the store...meat, dairy, produce, because that's what I eat. I rarely eat cereal, bread, "boxed" stuff, pasta, or anything like that. To use a coupon would pretty much mean buying something I wouldn't typically purchase.
mAlice
professional daydreamer
The economy is killing me. Just today I had to use a coupon at Lonestar.I felt like everyone was staring at me and judging me. It was really awful.
That was pretty embarrassing.
AndyMarquisLIVE
New Member
Xaquin44
New Member
ya really.
mAlice
professional daydreamer
I buy all my meats and deli stuff at Nick's of Clinton.
Since it's not really close, whatever I saved on the cost of the meat, I'd make up for in gas. :shrug: If I'm in the area I'll grab something from them, but I won't go out of my way.