In September I paid $4.15 a gallon for gasoline and was glad to do it. In the first of November gas had fallen to $2.19 a gallon, and I wrote that as a result of this I now had a hoarder's mentality, feeling like I should purchase all the gas I could while it was at such a low price.Gas prices have kept falling, however, and I now have the opposite mentality: I don't want to buy gas because I keep thinking, "If I wait another day, gas will probably be cheaper tomorrow!" And the thing is, so far I've pretty much been correct. I finally broke down and HAD to buy gas yesterday, the first time since I bought that gas back at the first of November (a benefit of my work and my home being so close together and having a fairly fuel efficient car). I pulled into a gas station that was charging $1.51 a gallon. Amazing! That's a 73% drop in the price of gas in 3 months. I've never seen anything like it. I couldn't believe that I filled up my gas tank, which was almost completely empty, for less than $20. What is this? 1986?
And guess what? That gas station was charging $1.49 a gallon this morning!
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