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Two years ago, my groceries cost about, eh, $150 to $175 every 4 to 6 weeks, depending on what I ate, how busy I was, etc.

Today, for 3 to 4 weeks, my grocery bill is anywhere from $300 to $400. This does not include pet food and meat for the pets (I have a puppy and a cat and both get meat and high quality food daily).

Fuck. That.

I have enough groceries to last me a year, give or take, and have been building my stock for the last 4 years with the help of my garden (at 1600 sq. feet). I originally stocked up in case of unemployment and topped that up in the event of a collapse. I'm firmly of the opinion that we're now watching a global collapse in slow motion and that in a year I will have far more pressing concerns than whether or not I should get more groceries.

So, after I came back from visiting family over Christmas, I ordered my final batch of groceries, topping everything up and stocking up pet supplies like a motherfucker. Close to $600. Two years ago, it might have hit $400 and that was only if I added some expensive "luxury" items.

By the way, nearly every store where I live is out of canned cat food of any quality and it's starting to be completely out of stock on chewy.com as well. Sure, they have stock but it's easier to find "out of stock" than "in stock." At least this past week anyway.

Being the time efficient moron that I am, I have my groceries delivered. The first shopper who went for just cat food said they were out. This was Costco. She went asking around and the replies were "We've been waiting and waiting but it's still sitting out in the middle of the ocean!" Cue Biden "I did that" sticker.

If you've been thinking of stocking up your pantry, it's not too late but it will now cost you dearly.

Edit: I've also gone ahead and ordered a few expensive things I've been putting off including a replacement phone (the one I'm using is 6 years old and starting to have hardware problems).