a little bit greedy

So I am really having a problem with how greedy I have become in my hunt for the cheapest gas. Let me start out by saying how excited I was when gas prices started to fall....I would constantly call Chris and give him a heads up as to where the cheapest prices were (when you drive a big Yukon you're constantly bargain hunting). So you can only imagine how thrilled I was when gas went below $3 and then below $2 and hit the bottom of the barrel last weekend at $1.33 right by our house and held there for the weekend! I filled up Chris' volvo for him before he went to Kentucky and it only cost $27.00-I can;t remember the last time that happened...the only problem was I didn't get smart and fill up my Yukon. So guess what, prices are back up-and I shouldn't be mad but I am. Yesterday, being the smarty pants I am, while out doin g my errands, watched my gas light come on to remind me that my tank was low...well I just didn;t find the best bargain on gas(it was up to $1.59) so I thought I'd wait till this morning-after all I only drive like 2-3 miles a day (brentwood just isn't that big)...so this morning I have Bradley go start the car-it was frigid outside-to let it warm up. As I was loading the troops in, y car died. Surely there was something wrong with the engine-and then it hit me-I had run out of gas for the first time in my life. I grabbed the gas can from the side of the house in attempt to get to the gas station-but no such luck-not even enough to start the car. Bradley (being the mature young man that he is) volunteered to walk Lainie and Tristan to school and then walk himself to school as I was trying to get into Chris' truck (our 3rd car...its always nice to have a spare in an emergency)..but came to realize it was filled with his hunting stuff and the back seat was out-this wasn't getting us anywhere fast. I let Bradley walk the kids to school and ran in to call my friends to see if they would casually drive by and offer Bradley a ride to the middle school-cindy's husband craig came to the rescue! i knew lainie and tristan had made it safely to school and bradley was well on his way in a warm friendly car. I called Chris to let him know what was going on and he calmly said he would be home to take care of it...prolly 30-40 minutes later he came in the door and let me know my car was up and running and I would need to go put gas in it. Did I?...I ran and got a workout in and then ran some errands and that light came on again...as I approached the first gas station the sign said $1.59-no way-i knew the station by my house was $1.55 so on I drove to pay $1.55 (I know I shouldn't complain) but guess what-not 3 hours later when I left to pick the kids up from school it had come down to $1.51! I know, can you even believe I am complaining, much less blogging about it-when I told Chris I couldn't believe that gas had gone up so much he just started laughing and put it all into perspective for me!