And it is about time. As recently as 2 weeks ago, I paid $2.17 a gallon to fill up my car. I have a great, gas-efficient older model BMW, but even that did little to help the fact that a huge chunk of my paycheck was going towards keeping Citgo and BP in Armani. I know, I know, take the train or bus, blah blah blah, killing the world, fumes, blah blah blah. Truth be told, I am usually very concientous of being environmentally conservative and did nothing but use public transportation for the last 4 years to get everywhere. But my job now requires a commute, so a gas-guzzling I go.

So you can image that I nearly shit myself when I found a gas station in the suburbs this weekend with regular unleaded for $1.79 a gallon!!! $1.79. That’s hottt. I wish my car had 50 reserve tanks so I could have stocked up. But it turns out that gas prices are on a national decline, which may be the greatest trend since slap bracelets. Even better, chicagogasprices.com keeps an updated and current list of all the gas stations in the city and surrounding areas so you can make sure to only get bent over a little bit next time that needle appraches “E”.