Comment on the January 28 posting:  Two days after that posting, some places hiked to $1.95, others didn’t, which I think reflected my ambivalence.  Eventually, everyone went to $1.95, but then prices started going back down.

Saturday, February 7, 2009, 9:30PM:  I have a program on my computer called Kana Reminder that I can set different reminder messages.  An annual message that comes up on February 1 is "Expect two months of gas price hikes", because that is what seems to happen every year.  I am pretty sure we have a price hike coming on Monday, to at least $1.99, but maybe over $2, as NYMEX climbed at the end of the week, and AXXIS did even more, despite a calming of labor tensions with the refineries.  Fill up late Sunday or early Monday if you can.