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General Discussion / Knock, Knock, anybody home/how are you dealing with inflation ?
« Last post by Moe M. on January 26, 2023, 06:32:58 AM »Every day along with my morning brew I check my e-mail and my favorite forums and every day this forum shows No New Entries, and every day I wonder, is this the day it ends.
Well, I guess if I'm still able to type on it there must be some one else on the other end to read my musings, so I'm posing this question, How are you dealing with inflation ?
In our home I do all the cooking and my wonderful bride does all the household business like keeping the books, paying the bills and managing our financial resources, it's been like that ever since I retired and it's working wonderfully, as the camp cook I also do all the grocery shopping, and for the first time since I took over these duties these last six months or so have been a source of concern.
We more or less live on a fixed income so budgeting is a major concern, one that doesn't allow for much wiggle room when it comes to any fixed spending like insurance, taxes, housekeeping, and groceries, when the pandemic forced social distancing, masks, the fear of infection I went from weekly shopping to twice a month, our budget allowed for $125.00 a week for all of our grocery needs (food, paper goods, cleaning and laundry supplies), and I managed quite well to stay within our budget, until this new round of inflation set in.
For the last few months the grocery bill has gone up by about $50.00 a week on average and every shopping trip becomes a nightmare, when I get home my wife looks at me like she's in pain, mostly because she's constantly shuffling the budget to pay for the increases in home heating fuel, the electric bill, increases in insurance, and the dreaded grocery bill.
We've worked together to make cuts in our living expenses and so far we are still managing but we're really scared that it won't be enough if this recession gets much worse.
I'm curious as to how some of you guys are dealing with the increasing cost of living.
