Okay I know this applies to everyone and not just diabetics. But has anyone
else noticed extreme changes in prices in the past few months? One example.
At Winco, I bought some Ragu Cheddar Cheese Sauce for $1.48. Angela liked
it so I bought another jar. Same price. I won't buy it again because I got
sick both times after eating it. Not sure why.

Anyway... I had noticed that the price of that had gone up a bit maybe 2 or
3 weeks ago. We bought two jars of Ragu Alfredo Sauce at that time and they
were the same as the cheese sauce.

And now today? $2.68 for the same stuff!

I don't know if it's just the dairy or what. I bought some other canned
cheese sauce for nachos and I could have sworn when I first bought it, it
was just over a dollar a can. But now the price is waaaay higher. I didn't
buy any today or even go down that aisle so I don't know what today's price
was.

I also noticed at Albertsons, their Shopper's Value chips (all kinds) went
from $1.50 a bag up to $1.78.

Most of the time I don't really pay much mind to prices. I just buy what I
want. But we are having to tighten our belts since my husband bought that
new car. I have to make up for the payment somewhere. And that means
cutting back on food because pretty much all of our other expenses are
fixed. We don't take vacations, we don't do a lot of fun stuff that would
cost money. So I can't cut back there.

I did notice the first few times we went to Winco the prices were so cheap I
told Angela she could put whatever she wanted in the shopping cart. And the
last couple of times we went, I spent about twice what I thought the total
would be! Guess I really need to pay attention to the prices from now on.

The good thing is, QFC sent me a ton of coupons for their store and several
of them are for free things. So the next time we need groceries, we will go
there and just make do with what we can get.