In the ongoing effort to save money on gas, I came across the website Fuelfrog.com. How Fuel Frog works is you create your account, log in, record how many miles you drove since you last filled up (I personally reset my trip odometer each time I fill up), price per gallon, and how many gallons you filled up with. After two recorded fill ups, you will have a nice little chart that tracks your fuel efficiency history. They have also allowed you to integrate your twitter account to Fuel Frog.

After 30 days, Fuel Frog tells you your average mile per gallon you are getting for your car. Pretty neat, isn’t it? Not only am I saving 4% back on each gallon of gas I buy, but I also know how much gas I am consuming so I can figure that into my budget a little better.  Fuel Frog is free, so give it a try!

What else are you doing to help save yourself money on gas? 

With all the problems I’ve been having lately, I’ve been considering moving back home, or picking up and moving somewhere else. Anywhere else. Of course, this isn’t the smartest financial decision, but it sure feels like a good fix for the problem- momentarily. I’ve considered Colorado; Las Vegas, Nevada; Maui, Hawaii; and even other islands of Hawaii. When we went there for our honeymoon, I absolutely loved it. I have been wanting to go back there ever since we left!

Unfortunately, all this talk about having a baby and real life has put my plans on hold. While I’d love to have a tropical vacation, it’s just not doable right now. Maybe in a few years.  Lately I’ve become the queen of rash decisions, and thankfully I haven’t been fully acting on them.  Good thing!

A couple of my friends are suggesting that I look into selling our house and just picking up and moving back to Colorado. While I agree that would be wonderfully amazing, I can’t help but think logically about the financial crunch it would put on us.  Sometimes I wish I didn’t have responsibility!  I think our best bet is to stay put, ride out the economy, and maybe when things get better, seriously look into moving back home.  While we should have done that before we bought this house, you live and you learn.  And right now I’m just doing a lot of learning!