That's how much it cost to fill up my Honda Odyssey. No joke, in less than 48 hours - the price went up 18 cents. I am so very angry about this. And on the news, and in articles, all you hear is "walk more, take the bus more"... perhaps in other parts of the country, that might be possible. But, I live in a city outside of Phoenix... Our transit system sucks, I work 30 miles from home,I have kids to get to summer school and daycare and it's 115* during the summer.
We have been so good about cutting the fat out of our budget... but that was to save money and pay debt. All I have been able to do is keep up with the gas prices.
Oh, and the electric? $97 last month... $237.00 this month (and we are being careful).
My dad said "they" are predicting $7/gallon for gas by the end of the year. It's unreal.
I am at 100% (debt to income)... with no real EF. If one of us loses our job, or something else comes up - we would get behind faster than a blink of an eye. And mind you - while we have made A LOT OF MISTAKES, we have also worked very hard to fix things. We are working twice as hard - than if we would have learned about finances and would have done it right from the start.
I am just not sure what to do...