Gas is $4.09....

I went into town a couple hours ago. I just needed to pick up a couple things from the grocery store and drop off some mail at the post office. I looked at the gas station on my way to Wal-Mart and did a double take. It truly said that regular unleaded is $4.09 a gallon. I guess that because we celebrate Memorial Day weekend by driving to the beach or where ever, they drive the price of gas up. So, I continue down the road to Wal-Mart which of course is NOT my favorite store, but my only other choice is Safeway. Safeway is so ridiculously expensive that I don't go in there unless I am buying their artisan bread. At Wal-Mart, I am literally sicken at the cost of food. For the Wal-Mart brand cheese, it is $4 a block (hmmmm, running neck and neck with gas), the smallest box of powdered milk (Wal-Mart brand) is $7. I just bought what I needed. I couldn't bring my self to pay what they were asking for mozzarella. I am so grateful that I can shop at the commissary. Food prices are rising there too. I felt the pinch when I saw soy milk had gone up over a dollar per half gallon. I don't know how people are making ends meet. I saw these people at Wal-Mart looking so sad and almost desperate with their shopping carts trying to compare the best deal. I think we are all headed for a very rude awakening. Things are only going to get worse. The rest of the world has been feeling it for some time. Look at the bread lines in Egypt. People spend hours waiting in line to buy the bread. Some major changes need to take place.