Ouch!

Gasoline has become cheaper — NewMexiKen paid just $2.099 for regular Friday in Virginia. (So why is it 40-50 cents more a gallon in New Mexico?)

However, and it’s a big however, my October natural gas bill has arrived. I used 2.6 percent less gas than a year ago, but the cost was 50 percent more.

With gasoline cheaper and natural gas up, when it gets really cold I may have to sit in the heated car in the garage.