Today is your day Boomer! Up, up and away....that is the theme of this spring, starting In April. It means this: gas up 18% on the carbon tax, BC hydro up 2.3%, natural gas up 2%, BC Ferries 3.2%, beer and alcohol 2%, propane 2%....and many more! That's a lot of increases all at once Boomers. Have you got this in your budget? It means travelling, camping, home heating, drinking is going to cost you more. And then there is the rebound effect. Think about one thing only: groceries. Don't you think food prices will rise again because trucking company rates will go up again with the increased cost of gas and diesel? Sure...Okay, so how do we deal with all this Boomers? Well, we will possibly have to access more savings to pay our bills. We will have to cut back on certain luxury items that we had before: less dining out, fewer bottles of expensive wine, fewer weekend getaways, and maybe camping locally instead of far away. We have to adjust....it is a new, more expensive world, and I can't see prices coming back down again. Good luck.