The Value of a Dollar

I believe it is not until you are standing in a grocery store with only $10 or maybe $20 in your pocket and nothing in your bank that you finally feel the real value of a dollar bill. You are forced to budget and choose carefully. You finally realize that while that quart of ice cream maybe be only $2.95, that is about 1/3 or 1/6 of the money in your pocket, so is it something that is really necessary to have. Is that quart of ice cream worth sacrificing the purchasing of staple goods that will provide nourishment longer. Bread, milk, eggs, sugar, flour, cereal, pasta, etc.

It is the same when trying to keep the animals fed on a budget. Trying to balance between economy and nutrition. Do I really need a broom for the rabbitry floor or would it be better to wait and use that money for feed instead. Then also, trying to decide whether it would be more economical to try and find baled hay to purchase instead of feeding hay cubes and straw bales. Things like these decisions can make all the difference.

I know for myself, I have really come to appreciate the value of the dollar through these trying times.