Where is your family making cuts to pay for gas?
Eating out less, less clothing purchases and fewer trips everywhere!!!
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Three years ago, I remember complaining to a friend about how the cost of a box of smokes had doubled in the last year. The standard answer I recieved was “Stop crying, and quit smoking:
Last week that same friend mentioned the rising cost of gas. As I lit up a smoke, I replied, “stop crying, and quit driving”
I spend no more for gas now then I did two years ago. I drive a lot less, but I spend the same per week as I used to.
Look at where you go, and why. combine trips.
After work, hit the grocery store, book store, whatever.
Use each trip to it’s fullest. I no longer go shopping because we need out of the house. Unless it is required, or life or death, the car sits.
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Well, my husband’s employer pays for his gas(thank god because he does a lot of driving). And I don’t work so basically I just don’t go as many places as I used to. If I do have to run errands or something I just group them all together and do everything in one trip. I’ve had to make a few sacrifices but nothing big.
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we walk to places that are close and combine trips (I grocery shop on my way home from work). Before I started this job, I also carpooled regularly at my last job. This is a minor savings, but we also got rid of our gas mower for a manual lawn mower.