Can You Give Up Gas Or Start Saving?

[Janet]

With gas prices going all over the place are any of you bothered by it? Willing to stay home, willing to pay $4.50 or more per gallon? It hasn't gotten quite that high, but it could.

I don't use a lot of gas the way it is...maybe $20 a week. I try to only go to town once a week so that doesn't give me a whole lot of fun time I am trying to save as most of you know and the thought of putting it in a gas tank just doesn't thrill me.

How are you all going to handle it?

[DianaB]

I've cut back on my driving......of course, I'm such a home body that I really don't drive anywhere very much anyway during the week. I tend to stay home with Dean. I know that we're not driving out of town to eat as much as we used to do and trips to Wal-mart are combined usually with one of the kids. And we're not driving to Wichita unless it's really needed. I'm doing more of my shopping from the department stores on line instead of driving.

With Glen being a farmer we use a lot of fuel in the tractors, trucks, and combines anyway. You can't conserve when it comes to the equipment.

[Janet]

I'm with you about staying home even more than I did. I try to make the one trip and there are times I have to run back to town. Sometimes I wish we lived just a tad bit closer to town, but still in the country.

[Marilyn]

Thankfully I drive a company truck so my gas is provided, and I can use it for reasonable personal use. I try not to abuse it. My husband however has changed from driving his big diesel F350 to driving my old 1500 Chevy truck. It gets much better gas mileage. Our poor children are being much more careful with trips out of town. We are buying more online now too rather than driving to another city for items. I really don't understand what drives the price of gasoline. We don't have a shortage at all. Please, I'm not trying to turn this political. I really don't understand and don't see that who's in charge makes much difference in gasoline anyway.

[2tiredmom]

I live 6 miles from work but it takes me 15 minutes to get there. So i take my lunch and stay at work. Then i only go to the store once a week if that much depending on if i need anything i had forgotten.
Also Hubby will not be coming home on the weekends.

[Janet]

If Gary doesn't come home on the weekends, when will you get to see each other? Maybe get a vehcile that uses much less gas? Hopefully you guys can work something out.

Marilyn, I feel the same way. I just don't understand how the gas pricing works, maybe we're not suppose to, but the fluctuation in price all the time is crazy.