I tried www.gasbuddy.com, and it seems like a good site to check when you are planning to get gas. I put in the township where I live and the township where I work and found a good range of gas prices, from $2.07 to $2.25 (I paid $2.19 yesterday).

And wouldn't you know, they are doing road repairs and are closing a road on my usual route to work, which will add about 4 miles to my daily round trip (and about 15 minutes because of two slow sections at a right turn then left turn elbow. Great timing - NOT.

By Trina~moderator on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 - 06:36 am:

I paid 2.23 for gas last week and noticed it's now up to 2.32. YIKES! I'll have to check gasbuddy. Thanks! However, I'm not like my Dad, who will drive extra miles just to get gas a little cheaper. LOL!

Isn't commuting fun?! I commuted 40 miles to work for 7 yrs. before kids. I was SO glad to give that up. DH has a 30-45 minute commute to work and sometimes it really stinks.

By Trina~moderator on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 - 06:40 am:

Just checked gasbuddy.com. Bummer. Nothing close enough that I'm willing to drive just to get a few cents cheaper.

By Kernkate on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 - 07:58 am:

I also checked gasbuddy nothing really close to me either. The cheapest I can get it is $2.19 a gal.
I am so glad that DH only works about a 1/2 mile from our house and there is not to much traveling that we do.
The prices are only going to get worse they are saying

By Karen~moderator on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 - 09:01 am:

It is $2.19 on the corner by my house. Near my office this morning it was $2.09 at the Spur, but that will probably be higher by this afternoon. Gas has never been this high here. We are usually cheaper than *most* other places.

By Melanie on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 - 09:54 am:

Nothing near me on gasbuddy either. I paid $2.43 at Costco yesterday, which is easily the cheapest gas near me.

By Missmudd on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 - 10:37 am:

$2.37 at the station day before yesterday. I am leaving my car parked and walking alot. Luckily I live in a small town and can reach most things like the library and store on foot. I am really worried about returning to school next fall, the commute is 36 miles each direction, tuition will be close to $1100 and probably another $500 for books, then daycare, and now the worry about gas, and that's per term.

By My2cuties on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 - 10:44 am:

2.09 in a nearing city (which we always travel to) I will be going there today, I guess I will fill up. It is 2.17 most places here..still not too bad but bad enough. I sure hope this ends soon.

By Reds9298 on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 - 11:06 am:

It's 2.39 here, at least yesterday it was. I don't really think about it other than-yuck, gas is high. We all have to have it so I just try not to think about it. Missmudd- are there any outreach classes at your college? Like distance education where they have classes close to you or online? Sometimes the online classes can be more expensive though.

By Missmudd on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 - 11:42 am:

$2.37 at the station day before yesterday. I am leaving my car parked and walking alot. Luckily I live in a small town and can reach most things like the library and store on foot. I am really worried about returning to school next fall, the commute is 36 miles each direction, tuition will be close to $1100 and probably another $500 for books, then daycare, and now the worry about gas, and that's per term.

By Missmudd on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 - 11:54 am:

Wow, dont know why it posted twice.

Yes I have an outreach at the college. I am currently taking chemistry online. The tuition was about $50 higher than if I had gone on campus but w/ gas and daycare I figure it was worth the extra money. I would have taken math that way too except they didnt offer the course I needed this term. I wanted to start working up to college since I havent been in school for 10 years. If I had decided to take math at the college this term it would have been 4 days a week for 50 minutes a day. Daycare would have had to have been for probably at least 2 1/2 hours a day and then my littlest is developmentally delayed so he goes to school twice a week. The schedualing and finding daycare would have been a nightmare for just that one class. I hope to get alot of the prerequisite stuff done before the fall, this summer I can take more classes and at least make it worth the drive because my eldest is 16 and can hold the fort while I am at school. Next fall my 4 yo will go to school more often and the following year will be in kindergarden which will give me more time for school w/out all the schedualing nightmares. Guess school first, than kids might have been a better bet . It will be totally worth it in the end however.

By Palmbchprincess on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 - 12:40 pm:

The grocery store here has gas for $1.99, much cheaper than any other stations, but diesel is $2.19 or more everywhere.

By Tink on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 - 01:11 pm:

Wow, Crystal! I haven't seen gas for under $2.00 in over a year. I guess everything is more expensive in CA. One of the cheapest gas stations is the one I regularly go to and it is still $2.39! There is no way we could walk anywhere to save gas money so I just look at it as an annoyance but nothing I can do anything about.

By Kay on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 - 01:11 pm:

The station that I have a gas card for is 2.14 for the lowest grade here in my part of Central Texas.

By Palmbchprincess on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 - 01:26 pm:

LOL Cori, come on now, you know how much less salaries in TX are though, we'd live like fat cats on R's salary! Kay, have you checked HEB? That's where we see $1.99 gas, everything else is well above $2

By Dawnk777 on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 - 03:40 pm:

Ouch. $2.29 here today! And my car needs gas, too!

By Cat on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 - 04:09 pm:

I think the gas station up the street is $2.19 (minus a 3cent discount per gallon for having the grocery's preferred customer card). The cheapest in town is $2.08, and I drive by there at least once a week on my way to church anyway. According to that site, there are some places around here that are $2.29. I wish this was one of those things that's cheaper on base, but it's not. Oh well.

By Kay on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 - 05:49 pm:

Crystal, I just looked out my office window (HEB is next door to my building), and they're up to $2.14 a gallon.

By Palmbchprincess on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 - 06:00 pm:

Of course, I must have jinxed it! I went into town today and it was $2.13, but I swear it was $1.99 a couple days ago!!

By Kateg on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 - 06:06 pm:

$2.22 here! I can't believe it. I drive for work ALL the time...the gas prices are eating me up alive.

By Melanie on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 - 09:43 pm:

LOL Crystal. Don't feel bad. Costco was up to $2.49 today.

By Boxzgrl on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 - 11:13 pm:

It's between $2.32 and $2.77 here.

By Colette on Wednesday, April 6, 2005 - 06:41 am:

$2.07 in Ma.for regular. Dh's car needs premium and that's up to 2.17