Price of Gas Slowing You Down?
Posted by cassie on Wednesday, 28 May, 2008 @ 8:38 pm
I’m not one to normally go on and on about gas prices and we feel the pinch like everyone else. Although since Nick works from home our gas bill is pretty much all me and my driving. But dang! I haven’t filled up for a week since my car was in the shop and today for premium gas it was a whopping 4.29$ a gallon! Holy smokes!
Luckily I already do pretty smart driving by combining errands, plotting my trips, etc. but this is getting out of hand. I’ve already been hit by the dementia that is spreading across America from the increase in prices on everything.
You see, about 2 weeks ago I posted a free curb alert ad on Craigslist and made it very obvious it was first come, first serve and that everything was located in front of the garage so my community couldn’t get upset that it was at the curb. The result? Someone had the nerve to come back later that day or days later - not sure on that - and STEAL my brand-new to me double bike trailer that we had just purchase for $45 on craigslist about a week prior to that. Now you say - “why was it outside” and “why was it near the stuff you were giving away”. Well, it was outside because the stuff I was giving away needed to leave before it could go in the garage and Nick needed to move his car so I could pull the bike trailer in. And it was no-where near the stuff given away. It was on the side of my house, far away from the free items. And frankly, it wasn’t noted as a free item in the post so WTH did someone have to come and steal from me for my good deed?!
I’m still peeved that it happened and makes me realize that doing good deeds for other people just winds up biting me in the butt. From now on, I’ll donate all my stuff to Goodwill or put it in the trash. That way Goodwill can over price my items and sell them to people or it can just fill up a landfill that much faster 
Sucks, huh?