Well, that’s depressing.
I used a single credit card to pay for all my gas expenses from June 30 to July 28. The total, counting tolls: $376.64.
The Catmage Chronicles
Andy thought he was going crazy when a talking cat showed up at his front door. He couldn’t have been more wrong.Goldeneyes is a Catmage – a cat with human intelligence and magical abilities. Andy is an eighth grader who is smart, impulsive, and trying to avoid the school bully at all costs. A prophecy threw them together. There’s just one problem: Goldeneyes can’t stand humans.The Catmage world is heading toward war. Goldeneyes and Andy must try to stop the enemy from getting stronger. And they must save a powerful Catmage who’s been kidnapped. For Goldeneyes, it’s personal. That Catmage is her grandmother.Andy and Goldeneyes must try to put aside their differences. If they can’t, the enemy will soon be too powerful to defeat…
Barack Obama says we can save a bundle if we just inflate our tires. (Stupid me, driving around on the rims. I can hardly wait for him to become president so he can correct all my other stupid habits.)
Well, a couple of weeks ago it finally happened–it cost me more to fill my Prizm than what I paid for my first car.
We’re currently paying the equivalent of about US$5 per US gallon in central Ontario. I have to drive about 60 miles a day, but fortunately it’s almost all on the highway. Needless to say, I’ve slowed down.
And gas is still far too high. It was $2.73 in Richmond a year ago. It’s at $3.71 today (but you can find it for about $3.59 without having to look too far).
This is greatly affecting my budget. I was toying with giving up my Jeep. I may not have to toy with it anymore. I just did a budget and I’m worried that I’ll have almost no discretionary income after I buy the condo. I can’t afford to pay for a crappy gas mileage vehicle, no matter how much I love it.
And now, more than ever, I am glad my home is only 4 miles from my office.