Increase in Grocery Prices

I have one question-how are we going to survive? I lay awake at night trying to think of how I can save some money so we can live our lives

as close to normal as possible. How can we save money during these hard times?

I think so hard my mind spins out of control. Am I the only person who does this? Am I totally insane? We don’t have new cars, fancy clothes, new furiture, or fancy cell phones. We are plain, simple people. I haven’t bought myself a new pair of pants in over a year. Trying to keep my kids in clothes and shoes is hard enough today. We hardly ever eat out anymore. We eat all leftovers. We take sack lunches to work everyday. Yet, I still don’t have enough money at the end of the month to pay all the bills.

I am getting scared to think of what may come during the next year. I can’t talk to my husband about anything money related because he always has the same question-”Where does all your money go?”. I always get the check book and tell him to look through it and show all the receipts with them. It doesn’t connect in his brain. The answer is always the same-it goes to the grocery store. Yesterday I spent $250 at Wal-Mart and maybe spent $50 of it on things to actually eat. The non food items are a killer. Cat food, dog food, toilet paper, laundry soap, bar soap, shampoo, dish soap. etc. Everything is sky high. I try not to get mad at the store instead I get mad at myself. Why am I not a thrifty shopper. I never go shopping hungry or impulse buy. I need to take a free class to learn to spend more wisely when it comes to the greocery store.

How can I earn a little to help my family? My husband owns his own business. I help him everyday as much as I can. I answer the phone do the bookkeeping, and go get him whatever he needs from parts stores. If I want to earn extra money it can not interfere with my time helping him at the business. That leaves nights-and that is the time I take care of our kids and the house. My options are limited. I have few options like giving plasma, a garage sale, selling items on e bay, and of course trying out the jobs on the internet. Why should I have to pay someone to work for them? These scams are unreal. We are honest people really concerned with our families and really want to earn a little extra cash but thse scamers ruin it for us. It hurts we can not trust people anymore when all we want is a little extra cash.

My dream would be to discover a way I could make a few extra dollars and help others do the same. I am always think of some sort of business to start from home but someone will burst my bubble before I can take it to the next level. I will still try to think of something to help but by the time I can actually get something going and make a little extra at it I’ll be old and ready to retire, that is if I am able to retire. For the meantime I will keep looking into the classified ads and internet jobs. If I ever find anything I will be sure to tell people so I hope I could help others out too.