Reply #75: I am right there with you .. single mom of 3 here! [View All]

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I have already seen that the basic costs of rice, pasta, beans etc is over the top. I can no longer even pretend to shop at the big supermarkets, because the cost is double the Grocery Outlet. Though I sometimes have to go there to find specifics... like this week, I couldn't find bananas to save my life!

I'm worried too, lonemom... I am grateful for my community of helping folks that I have close to me. they bring us hambruger helper and such and try to help out (church folks, etc)..but otherwise I am isolated in the mountains with not much more than my ingenuity and my willpower!

Wish we could have chickens, but the coyotes would get them if the cold weather didn't... let me know how it goes. Organic eggs were actually cheaper than the crappy bleached ones at Raley's today...wow, I wish I could have a layer or two!