The high cost of living
 

Possible trigger, money and finances...








As we're getting ready to move I can't help but to feel a little depressed about how much it's going to cost to move and how much things cost in general. On a fixed income it's so hard to meet ends with the cost of gas climbing with no end in sight. I wish I could just turn off the sadness I feel about this but I can't. How do you deal with the ever increasing high cost of living? I swear it seems like I am always borrowing from tomorrow you know?

I wish I could forsee how expensive or reasonable the new place is going to be but we have no real way to gauge it yet as we're still not quite there. I am not crying about it or anything, but it's definitely getting me down...I already buy meats when they are reduced, and I buy generic everything I can, but I wish I had more money so we could add to our barely there savings so we could get the car fixed sooner. I hate that ten dollars only gets you just about 3 gallons of gas these days, I remember when ten bucks was half a tank. :(

You are right Pamster.
It is very expensive to live these days.
Food costs are tremendous if you want to eat well.
Fruits and vegatables are so expensive.
WE never get enough of the right foods...that is why I take multivitamins.
Things like insurances are very high here.
WE are in the process of switching agents/companies...huge difference in prices.
I think we will save about $100 a month by switching our car and homeowners. Have you ever shopped around for prices?
(((HUGS)))
bizi:hug:

I get the cheapest on everything I can find from car insurance to food. Yet it always seems like we're having to borrow from tomorrow. It's so hard to make it with gas and food costs skyrocketing. I wish there was more we could do besides making sure we don't waste power or water. :p

Thanks for the hug bizi. :) :hug:

"borrow from tomorrow"
I like that quote......:D
Todd and I are also on the verge of moving as well....just 100 feet away to another part of the complex but it is more money a month because of the bigger apartment but a bonus is we don't have to pay electric because it is included and every appliance is electric. It seems like the moment we feel as if we get ahead, some bill or other comes in the mail and sets us back.
Sometimes I feel so useless because my income is so limited and the weight is on Todd to pull in the money. This is partially why I am thinking of going back to work.
We need new living room furnature too don't know what backside I am going to pull that money from.:D
Sigh......freedom ain't free....that's the truth!

It's a term I got from my Mother but I think it's true because I end up spending my entire income on neccessities and still end up with more that we need then we've got funds to cover. It's so depressing to not have any real savings account to speak of. I hope you can get through the move okay Wendy, I know how stressed I am over this move, but it's almost done with, we've got a lot to get done yet but still I am ready to just fall in bed and sleep until it's over. :p

Oh man major anxiety attack! I almost forgot the gas deposit! :eek: I am sitting here freaking out trying to regain my calm because I remembered it in time, I am going tomorrow to the new place and will leave a check with the manager for the gas to be turned on with, but DAMN! I nearly forgot it! *sob* I feel so darn incompetent. :( This is all so stressful, I am so worried about the gas as it is how could I forget that I needed to get a check to them? :(

Okay Pam, listen to me now......BREATHE!!!!!!
Everything will be fine. Its a good thing you remembered.;)

I am having trouble breathing, that's just the thing, it's like I have a vice around my middle and I want to sit here and cry, but because of the two other people who live here i can't give into that urge thank goodness. I wish things were easier. It's so hard to get everything done right. I am so glad I remembered today about that 80 deposit, it could have really been a disaster for us to have them come out and not have the check there waiting on them. :p

Thanks Wendy, I needed a little comfort. :hug:

Oh pamster...
I am so glad that you remembered the deposit....
Just what you did not need another stressor to your day.
Just keep taking it a day at a time.
Go in your bathroom and give yourself a good cry if you need to.
((((HUGS))))
bizi

I think I have to go to the store one last time and get a few things, but this will be my last trip there from this house. Kinda sad. But at least the anxiety let up after I took 1/2 a pill. :p Thanks for the support bizi, and for the hug. :) :hug: