The store where we live just raised the prices again on everything. It's the only store our town has and we are over 15 miles away from the next one. No one can afford to shop there anymore, they raise the prices now even when they don't need to, just because they want to price gouge us some more. My family was on food stamps up until a few months ago. They kept cutting the money on the cards until there was nothing left.
The prices are horrible! Everyone says there going to get worse too.
Luckily we still have some dry food that we stocked up in the basement. No one knows about it and we intend to keep it that way. Without it we wouldn't last until the first vegetables could be harvested. I'm sick of rice mixed with whatever canned food we have lying around. I hate being allergic to eggs as well, everyone in my family gets to eat fresh eggs but me; from our chickens. We ordered more before they stopped selling them last year and i'm grateful that at least we have them. They may come in useful for trading later, or for food.
The meals we eat are usually small, we've had to cut back so much on everything. Now we have to cut back on food. Today we split a can of corn with rice and whatever sparse seasonings we have left. It will be a while until i can dry more herbs. The meal is lifeless, bland, gooey, my sister made it for lunch/breakfast. We are only allowed two meals a day but my mom said we might cut it back to one if things get any worse. We sit here in the living room of my house. The windows blocked out so no can break in, we leave the upstairs windows open though during the day for fresh air. My family all sit in a circle around each other, quiet, trying to think what our next move should be. ...
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