Where inflation is getting me..

Housing - I'm waiting to make a move that I want to make because inventory is scant and prices are insane.

Gas - Just sucking it up. We're not driving less. We will be going EV as soon as something like that Equinox EV with 300 mile range for ~$30K becomes a reality.

Food - Same as gas, but we don't eat out much and always shop sales.

Luxury Items - When nobody else is buying, it's actually a great time to buy this sort of stuff. You can buy a 77" LG OLED for just under $2K now. I'm not going to, but I'm tempted.

We've got businesses scooping up blocks of 1st-time-buyer homes, driving up prices and renting them out to those folks who should be buying them. People shouldn't have to compete with business to buy a home. It's disruptive and in many ways the system is broken. We're not supposed to be a nation of renters.

Observations from Sam's Club yesterday...

Had to wait in line for a $5 rottisserie chicken. The week prior they were just totally out.

They are grinding prime rib into hamburger and selling it for a couple bucks more than regular hamburger. Lack of demand?

Just keep in mind you are paying for a high % of bone with drumsticks and wings.

Had to buy CVT fluid today. I used to get a 6 pack of Castrol Transmax CVT for just less than $36. It is more than double now. Oil hasn't gone up like that. Anyway, found Valvoline CVT for $8/quart. I'm gonna try that.

Replacing CV axles sucks!

McDonalds will get ya. But they want us cheapskates too. Download the app. The 50% off entire purchase coupon that lasts all month is really nice when travelling. I got it in May, then my wife got it in June.

Well I was going to bet on the Washington Football Team a few times last year, but he convinced me not to. Thanks Levi!

I made a comment about my "synthetic" transmission fluid being so much more expensive. The clerk tells me "he shut down the pipeline and sells all our reserves, that's why". It's gonna be the morons vs the abortion rights folks this next go around. There's a reason authoritarian regimes purge the educated. They question things...