Every day, the price of gas seems to be going up a little bit more. Currently, gas is hovering at just below $4 a gallon, and with peak summer prices just around the corner, I’m not sure how high the price is going to go before we are through.

Like a lot of people around this area, the price of gas is having a serious effect on my bank account. In an average week, I put hundreds of miles on my car just traveling back and forth to work every day. (Compared to what other people travel, I know my small commute isn’t much, but it does add up at the end of the week.) In addition there are trips for groceries, driving to my relatives’ houses on the weekend, picking up my nieces and nephews from school or the babysitter and countless other trips for one thing or another that all add up with the ever-rising cost of fuel.

The cost of gas is driving up prices throughout the country for many different products. The cost of groceries has increased substantially in the last few months, as the distributors have to pay more and more money to ship their products, and with prices rising at the pump and in the store, many people are being doubly hit with the increasing costs.