And now fuel prices are creeping back up, just when people were thinking it might be safe to take a vacation.
Gas prices always go up during holidays and summer vacations.
What is unexpected to me is that people have spent less on gardening supplies. Of course the numbers probably include all the high priced outdoor items like patio furniture, lawn equipment and decorative container plants. I would bet the basic gardening sales like vegetable seeds and spades have increased. It's also interesting that even with people still buying graduation gifts, June wedding gifts, cars for teens and packing your kid off to college expenses have not offset the overall spending numbers.