Inflations Little Parts

[Shamrock1121]

What an interesting pie chart.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/05/03/business/20080403_SPENDING_GRAPHIC.html

Want to know what's gone up, and how much? What percentage of your household budget it is? Be sure to zoom in on the chart for more information.

It didn't take me long to figure out why we are out of debt and have money in the bank - there's a long list of things we never spend money on, and it showed me some areas we can make improvement.

Have fun running the numbers.

-Karen

[pinetreefarm]

Thanks Karen. Lots of food for thought. Count your pennies for they will turn into dollars.

Pine

[madmac]

Well I seen first hand what is going up. My wife was down a couple of weeks with her back so I did the shopping. Man what a shock. She is so frugul it is amazing. The price of food is through the roof. I usually go shopping with her but don't pay much attention to prices like she does. I bought a new battery for my truck just last week and even they have gone up. Guess we better dig in for some hard times folks. Anyway thanks for the chart and as usual it is always good to hear from you.