As gas prices went up and to fill our gas tank easily went over 50 bucks, going to the gas station was not fun at all. Thankfully for us, we were able to very easily change our lifestyle and even with having a gas-guzzling SUV we were able to go through 1 month with only filling up the tank once. The first time that happened was in August and it was the best. And what made it even better was the fact that we didn't have to try all that hard to not drive. We just made a conscious effort to stop wasting trips to the store or to and from work. That was the biggest one, stop wasting trips to and from work when we had another mode of transportation to and from work and school. Once we started actually thinking about how much gas was wasted on trips that weren't needed and we cut those out, it was fairly easy to cut back on driving so that we only had to fill our gas tank once a month.
Another great thing is our grocery store... Giant Eagle. We earn fuel perks... basically every $50 you spend you get 10 cents off a gallon of gas. Well those can really add up and make a difference when you go buy gas. Which was the case this past weekend. We had accumulated 50 cents off per gallon of gas... so with the price of gas going down to $2.79 and then having 50 cents off, we only paid $2.29 per gallon. We were able to fill up and it only cost us 30 bucks! You know how long its been since 30 bucks has filled our gas tank??? And I mean it filled it, we had no gas in the car.
So that was one of our highlights of the weekend. We can only hope that the gas prices continue to go down... and now with having a car with better gas mileage its going to get even farther between fill ups!