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My car needs a vacation!

GAS PRICES are killin' us right now. With my driving routine right now we easily fill up the tank every 5 days and with the price at $3.50 right now ... OUCH!

Hopefully the summer months will give my car (Yukon XL) a little bit of a break. Of course we will start off the summer with a big road trip to FL and I know that will be very pricey.

For now I am trying to make every car trip worthwhile ... combining shopping and errands so that there is not the constant go out, go home, and go out again. This doesn't necessarily make my little ones happy when they are stuck waiting for their sisters to finish up activities. After yesterday, I really need to be better prepared with snacks, books, coloring materials, etc. to keep us occupied while we wait.

Another challenge is DINNER. Because I am not home in the afternoon I really need to prepare dinner before lunch. WHY? ... so that we can actually eat dinner at a normal hour and not at 7:30pm when my grumpy children have complained of starvation.

I know the gas prices will go up some more, but hopefully there will be some relief in sight. We have already downsized my husband's car to help save $$$$, but I really can't do that with my car ... I need the space. Besides I don't think that used Yukon XL's are getting good resale at all.
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Anonymous said…
Yes this summer should be interesting if it hits $4 as some predict. And no I don't think you'd get many buyers for a Yukon with the way things are going right now. We are combining trips too and thankfully we are very close to town where we can walk things like the grocery, movie store and library. Oh and the ever important ice cream shop!
10:25 AM
Philippa said…
Ouch yes we are being hit hard too! We are trying to order in supermarket shopping and combine trips. It really does make a huge difference to our outgoings! We get hit twice as well because we have oil heating too!
We are paying £1.20 a litre for diesel! It cost me £80 to fill my car. That is just not funny!!
3:41 PM
Unknown said…
UGH. It really is a downer, isn't it? I spent $68.84 to fill my mini-van today...$3.41/gallon. I used to spend less than that with a wash. Sigh.

{W}
4:04 PM
Anonymous said…
Pretty sure you could get some takers for your Yukon around here. "The bigger the better" is the motto for cars and houses. A much different mindset than I'm used to.
We used to think that driving was much cheaper than flying, but these days they can be pretty comparable.
12:19 AM
Rob said…
I hear ya. we have 4 cars. My little commuter car that does good on the gas mileage, my daughters car...she pays for that gas. My wife has a 15 passenger van. And we also have a Suburban - our spare car. We use that instead of the van when only hauling around a smaller number of kids. The Suburban actually gets better mileage than the van. 15mpg vs 12mpg

The crockpot is your friend.
8:55 AM
Hen Jen said…
I hear you! I paid $3.89 a gallon yesterday in Orange County, Ca. Yikes! I really, really miss my old, small car...but I need to haul 5 kids around most days, and sometimes hubby. Right now I am planning all my outings and lining up all errands to do together.
6:29 PM
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