Gas prices bring on new ways to cut corners

High gas prices are forcing some consumers to make changes in their lifestyles and buying habits.

As she folds clothes at a Laundromat near her home in San Pablo, Calif., Thamara Morales, 30, counts up the ways high gas prices have changed her life.
There are no more pizza outings on Friday nights. “It’s cheaper to cook at home,” says the $12-an-hour clerical worker and mother of two.

Her 6-year-old daughter, Audreanna, isn’t going to the local theme park on weekends. “Last summer, she had a season pass,” says Morales, who lives with her boyfriend.

Trips to Wal-Mart are out. The closest one is about 15 miles away. Just to get there and back costs more than she might save by going.

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