One of my good friends was traveling to Texas this week so I asked him to snap a gas price photo for me. Here is his iphone pic. Do you think Texas is doing something that the rest of us don’t know about?

One of my Facebook’s 15,000,000 for lower gas prices group member just posted this interesting message. It just so happen that on my home today I saw a gas station with a 3.99 a gallon sign… and this is in California! I am telling you folks, it is all up to us now.
THIS IS NOT THE ‘DON’T BUY’ GAS FOR ONE DAY, BUT IT WILL SHOW YOU HOW WE CAN GET GAS BACK DOWN TO $1.30 PER GALLON.
I hear we are going to hit close to $ 4.00 a gallon by next summer and it might go higher!! Want gasoline prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent, united action. The oil companies just laughed at us when we tried to unite to not buy gas for a day because they knew we wouldn’t continue to ‘hurt’ ourselves by continuing it any longer.
Phillip Hollsworth offered this good idea, and this idea make much more sense than the ‘don’t buy gas on a certain day’ campaign that was going around last April or May! It’s worth your consideration.

The only way we are going to see the price of gas come down is if we hit someone in the pocketbook by not purchasing their gas! And,
WE CAN DO IT WITHOUT HURTING OURSELVES.
How? Since we all rely on our cars, we can’t just stop buying gas.
But we CAN have an impact on gas prices if we all act together to force a price war.
Here’s the idea: For the rest of this year, DON’T purchase ANY gasoline from the two biggest companies (which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL.
If they are not selling any gas, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit.

But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of Exxon and Mobil gas buyers. It’s really simple to do! Now, don’t wimp out on me at this point…keep reading and I’ll explain how simple it is to reach millions of people!!

If this makes sense to you, please pass this message on. I suggest that we not buy from EXXON/MOBIL UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $2.00 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK.

What do you guys think?

I grew up in a small, midwestern town where everyone went to public school. Perhaps it was because it was the only option…perhaps it’s because the average median income was $40,750. (Thank you, Wikipedia) The point being, I grew up relatively simple. We didn’t have much, but I didn’t realize that until years later.

After graduating high school, I headed to Chicago, then New York City and most recently in Los Angeles. Life has…..well, it’s sped up a bit. Things aren’t quite as simple as they used to be. Despite the drastic change of environment, now that I have a child of my own, I try to keep my priorities in focus and not pay too much attention to all the bells, whistles and Rodeo Drive all around me.

I’ve never felt the need to give my son everything. He has the necessities—and then some. But, let’s talk shoes. His first, second and third pair of shoes were from Payless Shoe Source. I figured their shoes would be just as good as the more expensive ones. As he got older, and started school, I was astonished by the number of mothers that purchased their children’s shoes at expensive boutiques. These mothers were convinced that premium shoes were better for their child’s growing feet and were a bit oddly passionate about it. I didn’t give it much thought, until my son turned 3 and started wearing through a pair of shoes every 2 weeks. That’s when I caved. I went to my local Stride Rite and purchased him a “good” pair of shoes. One month later, they looked just about as bad as the last pair from Target. Somewhat begrudgingly, I went back to the store and purchased another pair. And one month later….well, let’s just say that will be the last time.

While not controversial (unless you’re at the Prospect Park 9th Street playground on a Saturday morning), as a parent, and consumer, I’d like to ask you to vote yes or no to the following questions:

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