I don't go to the grocery store much and yesterday was probably the first time I've been in about a month. I wouldn't have gone then except I had run out of French Vanilla coffee creamer and I simply can't start my day without it.
My bill was $110!!!!!!! That doesn't count the $22 I spent at the farmer's market. I looked at the woman running the register and said without thinking "what the fuck did I buy?" I quickly apologized for cursing. She took my receipt and circled the savings I had reaped by using my PLUS card....$14. I said "Thank you. I can drive across the parking lot and get 3.5 gallons of gas with it!" Good grief.......I can't believe how expensive food has gotten. I bought a steak to grill outdoors......$15.00. When did steak get so high? That better be the best damn steak on the planet. My sisters and I ate at a really good steak house a couple of weeks ago and the porterhouse was the special of the night and I had a huge porterhouse (I took it home it was so big) with salad, bread, potato........$17.95. Needless to say, if I want steak again, I will be ordering from the "TO GO" line at the steak house.
I feel so bad for folks with these prices. I don't have to spend money on gas so at least I am not paying both high fuel costs AND high food costs. Unbelievable. I was talking to a lady on the phone today who started crying when we were talking about prices....she said she didn't think things would ever be good again.
Something has to change.
2 comments:
not to be too cynical but wait until you get your heating bill this winter :) or your water bill. maybe it's just new york- but utilities, food, gas, and everything else has gone up. the word 'inflation' is being bandied about in the economic sectors. i tend to agree with your phone friend- stuff is going to change- for the worst.
well my house is all electric and i just got my bill with the AC on 24/7 and it was $150. BUT I'm the only one here using the utilities. My water/sewer/trash bill is about $75 every three months...BUT I will not water my lawn either. I do water the plants but I refuse to water grass :)
I felt so bad for the woman I was talking to...she was an elderly woman who was talking about the price of cauliflower. I don't know many folks who will cry over cauliflower :)
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