Life is getting expensive. Gas prices are skyrocketing and I can't go to the grocery store for a week's supplies without spending at least $100 anymore. Fuel prices have me paying at least $70 to fill up my tank and a couple of weeks ago my wife and I went out to eat and I ended up spending $85 for just the two of us to have dinner, an appetizer and dessert.
Well, it appears I'm not the only one feeling the crunch nowadays. Apparently this whole expensive life thing is trickling down to people all over the nation and it's impacting the way we eat, shop and live in general. Because of the massive hits our wallets take when shopping, people are having to come up with ways to try to save a dollar here and there including buying milk from a gas station, eating at food banks and discontinuing visits to fast food places and restaurants in general.
One thing that's interesting is that even though these cutbacks are taking place, people continue to visit places like Whole Foods and others like it. In fact, count me in as one of them because I'm still drawn to the exotic types of foods they offer as well as the arguably healthier selections they can offer, including organic items, eggs from chickens that aren't kept in cages, or "free range", and so on. Because somehow in the midst of all this money-saving, people are still expected to maintain a healthy diet and spend more on allegedly higher quality foods. While it'd be cheaper for me to go to McDonald's and get a $.79 cheeseburger, or however much they cost, and eat that for a meal, it'd cause havoc on my system.
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