$100 used to be the total, when we really stocked up or picked some extras.
Prices started climbing and we trimmed the extras, it hit $120-130.
At $150 we started bitching.
A month ago it hit $180. Hell it may have only been two weeks since we hit $180.
Today it was $250 and we didn’t even get everything.
All through the list above, we weren’t buying any meat except a pound of deli ham. We’ve been getting beef from a farm because grocery store meats are horrible.
My wife is a frugal shopper, she doesn’t just grab top brand stuff, if she knows where the price is lower she’ll wait and pick it up there. We don’t get a cart full of junk food, a bag of chips will go stale before they’re gone.
Over the past two weeks I’ve noticed some hardware and building supplies have gone up sharply. I shouldn’t have waited. But the grocery bill this evening is the coup de grace.
FJB and FU Libs