Making a lifestyle change: Losing a job, becoming a full time homemaker and learning to live frugally.
Showing posts with label Gasoline. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gasoline. Show all posts
April 22, 2011
Dealing with the High Cost of Gasoline
Being as I live in a small community, I find that the way to save on gasoline is to give up driving and walk or ride a bike (as the weather gets warmer). Until then I fill my car up to a smidge above 1/4 of a tank. Lately this has cost around $13.00. Then I do my best to make that 1/4 tank last as long as I can. If you have a 1/4 tank of gas in your car, you begin to re-think your driving routes and how much you actually need to drive.
My husband had to fill up his truck today. He has a Ford Ranger. It cost close to $60 to fill it up and we live where gas isn't as high as other areas of the country. We have had a considerable amount of expenses over the last 6 weeks and now with gasoline creeping up higher and higher, it is getting a little bit scarey.
I don't throw in the towel and give up. Instead I "soldier" on, reading the Tightwad Gazette books and looking at several blogs that I follow for any tips that will save me additional money to counter what we are now paying for gasoline.
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