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            <description><![CDATA[Gas used to be 1/6 of my monthly budget.&nbsp; That was just four months ago.&nbsp; Even then I was trying to figure out how to take care of all the bills and eat.&nbsp; There are a lot of bills.&nbsp; Gas moved to 1/4 of my monthly budget in mid June and has stayed there, fluctuating only slightly as I've curtailed driving some places and consolidated shopping to necessities.

The shopping reduction was necessary, not only for the saving cost of gas, but because the budget simply had no room for buying books, another outfit for work, new shoes, that camera I've been looking at and a few other purchases that did not fall into &quot;necessity&quot;.&nbsp; Even &quot;necessity&quot; began to look different.&nbsp; ]]></description>
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