6 week countdown - can't wait

We have decided to head south just after New Years so the Countdown is On!  The weather here has been wet and cold.  Yesterday we had the loudest thunder storm and then the rain came down in buckets.  Hubby and I were asking ourselves "why are we still here and not down south"? 

Big savings by shopping in the US.

Yesterday we did our regular run across the border for groceries and gas and were pleased that the price of gas was down again.  We filled up for $3.29 a gallon which is = to 69¢ a litre in Canada.  That is a savings of over $18 to fill up which was down to about 1/4 tank.  I just wish diesel wasn't so much more than gas as the price of diesel was $3.89 a gallon.  We don't go through much diesel until we start traveling so hopefully by January, the prices will come down even more.  It is always much cheaper to do our traveling in the US than Canada.

Other big savings are found in the price of groceries.  We bought a 15 lb. turkey for less than $9 and up here it would probably be about $22.  Although we must buy our produce in Canada and some items are NOT less expensive - we do find the trip worthwhile.  When we started calculating our savings for the groceries and gas - we guess that we saved well over $100.

We also find big savings in shopping for our hobby supplies.  I do most of my fabric/craft shopping in the US and probably save at least 50% off retail prices in Canada.   

Note:  Not everything is less expensive in the US.  You need to know your prices before you head south.