How are current gas and grocery prices affecting your normal way of life ? class project economics?

yes im broke... i buy no name brand food anymore, all store brand... gas is 4.09 for regular where i live... its terrible. it cost so much to get work and back... i hate it and its really dampering my mood!!! i am one of the nost obsessive people with clothes and shoes and purses and i havnt gone to the mall in like 2 monthes becuase i already no the outcome... i stopped buying coffee at starbucks and now go to the gas station for coffee or make my own... i hate bush!

i walk for groceries, movies, pretty much any errands i can run on weekends when i have the time to walk and get stuff, also by walking it limits how much i can buy because i have to carry it all back home

The price of gas and groceries, are what they are. If you don't like it then drive less, and eat less expensive meals. We north Americans waste way too much, I read that if China was to waste what we do, the world could not produce enough food for one year.

yes, i feel like i am workin and all my money is goin towards gas, food, and bills. i dont remember the last time i treated myself to something special.

I'm moving about 5 minutes away from my work. Which is currently half an hour away. All because of gas prices. Also I have a F150 truck that's a gas hog, I'm considering trading it in.

It completely affects us. We are suddenly broke! Gas tanks are now always empty. $4 a gallon?! Psh. Grocery prices have doubled. Half of the homes on my street are in foreclosure. This is absolutly ridiculous. We need a new president NOW!!!

I have quit driving except when absolutely necessary. No weekend trips, no running around to visit people. I also have quit eating out, the money has to go into my gas tank to get to work. At the grocery story I watch what I buy and have to really budget, where I was comfortable a year ago, the same paycheck doesn't go as far now, I'm really having to budget. Too bad the paychecks don't go up as often as the gas prices.

I try to combine trips & I'm seriously thinking about buying a scooter ($2000), because they get about 80 miles to the gallon! Other than this, nothing has really changed. Maybe you should make your own coffee at home & bring it in a thermos.

I currently work in dc and live near baltimore. I have to turn down a new job because it cost too much to drive there, i currently take the train into work. now that sucks. I also started a small herb and pepper garden so that I adjust some of my food cost. I definitely need to go shopping and unfortunately I cant. I am currently on a diet so that I can wear some old clothes of mine that are in good shape. This economy is sad. Great question.