Man oh man. What a day.

Today was quite the eventful one. I had a private Jiu Jitsu lesson this morning. I always enjoy that because any one on one time with a Jiu Jitsu instructor is good to get. I’ll take it.

After that, we had to head to the vet and pick up some dog and cat food.

Even after that, we went grocery shopping at Costco in Enfield, CT.

Okay, let me get to the meat of this whole thing. The pet food cost over $100. We got a 30lb bag and a 17.5lb bag. That’s right, over $100. I got gas at Costco. It cost over $50 to fill ‘er up. When I started pumping, it was just under a quarter tank. I think the price was $2.92 per gallon. Costco’s groceries cost about $450. Sure, we haven’t gone up there in over a month, but $450 for grocery shopping? Granted Costco isn’t the regular grocery store, but still.

So that’s about a $600 day. What’s the deal with that?

I remember back in the day when I was a kid, my mother had a $125 budget for grocery shopping. That still sounds like a lot today. At that time, we had six mouths to feed. Today, we just have two. Something sound strange here?

I remember back when I lived in Atlanta, GA in 1999. Gas was $.89 per gallon. Now, it’s over $3. The only reason I got it for less is because Costco has great prices.

Oh, but wages and salaries go up with inflation? Do they? When I graduated college in 1998, my first real job paid me $29,900 per year. How many people do you know today who are making less than that? Quite a few I bet.

If you haven’t figured it out by now, inflation isn’t your friend unless you know what you are doing. If you are sitting around letting your money become devalued, you are going to have big problems in the future. Gee, if there were only a way to beat inflation, or at least store your wealth somehow. Hmmm…maybe I will cover that in another post.

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