I didn't want to buy tires for one of my cars yet, but this sort of pushed my hand along with the tire plant closures. It took me about seven or eight weeks 5 months ago to get REGULAR PRODUCTION tires for one of my cars so I am once bitten twice shy here.
The price of meat, flour, and oil has skyrocketed. I can still get some lux items like pure vanilla extract at a much lower price than 2 years ago, but almost everything else is more expensive. I bought 50lbs of black beans in 2020 and they were 35% less than what they are selling for now. I could get organic (not that I cared) AP flour at Costco for $10 for 20lbs at the start of the 2020 coof. Now it is $15 for the same amount. Canned chicken was $8.49. Now $12.99. I used to get 2 gallons of canola oil from Costco for $6.49. Now it is $11.99. Wet cat food is now hard to find...just what? And now it is $3.79 a gallon for 87 unleaded here and $4.39 for diesel at the cheapest stations. I have seen some as high as $4.99 87 and $5.99 diesel.
I am trying to get my kid in college in the high school, but the community college has completely checked out due to my muh covid and no one is available to address problems for muh safety (STILL, DESPITE IT ALL BEING DROPPED NEXT WEEK!). It is fucking ridiculous and I hate this timeline.