Went for a little shopping trip for necessities upon returning home. Ended up $66 for that little bit of miscellaneous! Missing was lettuce! Ended up buying a 6 pack of skinny romaines for $8.
It's getting bad out there!
Went for a little shopping trip for necessities upon returning home. Ended up $66 for that little bit of miscellaneous! Missing was lettuce! Ended up buying a 6 pack of skinny romaines for $8.
It's getting bad out there!
To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer." Mahatma Gandhi
Be nice whenever possible. It's always possible. HH Dalai Lama
In a world where you can be anything - be kind. Unknown
Not first hand/personal information, but my next door neighbor told me today that the "dollar store" is now the "$1.25" store.
Something has GOT to give soon!!!
To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer." Mahatma Gandhi
Be nice whenever possible. It's always possible. HH Dalai Lama
In a world where you can be anything - be kind. Unknown
I've got first hand knowledge of this, all Dollar Tree stores are transitioning to $1.25 per item. My wife, being a long time Dollar Tree aficionado is incensed.Originally Posted by happystuff
"Things should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler." ~ Albert Einstein
Oh, man. It seems the week I was gone, everything has just escalated! Gas, food, oil, etc. I was actually optimistic about adding more money to savings at the beginning of the year, but those hopes are slowing dissolving. And I consider myself as someone who is "doing okay". I can't imagine how some people are managing!
Edited to add: I just turned the heat down 4 more degrees. (February oil bill was MORE than a paycheck!)
To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer." Mahatma Gandhi
Be nice whenever possible. It's always possible. HH Dalai Lama
In a world where you can be anything - be kind. Unknown
Luckily, I think we'll manage just fine too. She says the store's biggest appeal for her is that you never know what you'll find, especially if you visit stores outside your home market. Unfortunately for me, that means when we're roaming the country over the summer and on her winter break, she makes me stop at every highly recognizable green sign she sees.
I'm hoping inflation of cheap products means I won't spend as much time visiting them going forward.
"Things should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler." ~ Albert Einstein
My dollar store was actually the best source for beans, rice and a few other basic foods on which the grocery store prices were getting high. I'll now have to watch prices carefully between the Dollar Store, Aldi's and my local grocery store.
To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer." Mahatma Gandhi
Be nice whenever possible. It's always possible. HH Dalai Lama
In a world where you can be anything - be kind. Unknown
It’s going to hit families harder because they have more mouths to feed. Being single I will be fine.
If oil keeps going up prices will keep going up. Everything has energy costs associated. Factories use energy, food processing uses energy. Transportation uses energy. As long as putin's war keeps driving up oil those follow on price increases will keep happening.
Thankfully none of us are extremely poor people in Africa. I was reading today that a lot of folks in Africa depend on wheat from Russia/Ukraine for survival. Aside from the war, various weather issues around the world have also resulted in lower yields/higher prices in the past couple of years. Hunger there will be going up. Keeping that in mind makes the $40ish I spent to buy half a tank of gas the other day seem so unimportant that it probably wasn't worth the electrons I used to mention it on the other thread.
Reports of stone fruits and nuts hit hard by climate chaos in California this year (too hot then too cold), many farms crops failed entirely. Now I know neither nuts or stone fruits are absolute necessities, but expect them to be even less affordable this coming season.
Trees don't grow on money
Now you're concerned but when I wrote about covid lockdowns leading to starvation in Africa and an increase in the sale of child brides in India because their families couldn't feed them you weren't too concerned.
I saw a tweet the other day that it's sad it took a war in Ukraine to get the government off people's backs regarding covid (for the most part - toddlers must still wear masks in NYC for instance). We now have a new crisis the government can use to try to scare and control us with.
There are currently 2 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 2 guests)
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote