You Tell Me: Dealing With High Prices

You see it everywhere.  How the Cost of Living Has Increased Over the Last Two Years. Gas Prices Straining Budgets.  Higher Prices for Essentials Like Food and Gas Hit Consumers.

I know I’m feeling the crunch.  In my town gas prices have topped $3.50 a gallon, and I paid $2.25 for a half-dozen eggs earlier this week.  Not a dozen.  A half dozen.  I went to the YMCA yesterday to cancel my membership.  The form I had to fill out asked for a reason, so I wrote, "It’s not in the budget anymore."  The lady at the desk looked at me, sighed, and said, "There are a lot of things that aren’t in the budget anymore."

With the price of necessities like food and gas going up, a recession looking more an more like a good possibility, and the crunch in the housing industry right now, we could be in for some tough times.  What’s a person to do when faced with the threat of recession?

A few things I’ve been doing lately to save money are not driving as much, making my own cleaning products, and growing my own produce.  But I could use more ideas.

What I’d like to do is compile a big list of things people can do to save money when times are tight.  And I need your help.  I would love it if you all would leave comments with your ideas.  In a week or two, I will take your ideas, and compile them into one big, organized list that people can refer to when looking for ways to save money.  I’ll link back to those of you with blogs, of course.

So let me have it.  What are your favorite money saving tips?  I’d love to here everything from the little things you do to the extreme things you do and everything in-between!

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