I think the national average is not quite $3 per gallon.

In any event, it's about a 25 minute drive, one way to the gardening store and even though I know exactly what I am getting and it is a very small number of items and I would be paying cash...I invariably get stuck behind some yuppie fuck or or geezer who can't get their head out of their ass long enough to pay for the 23,396 things they are buying and keep an eye on their kids and talk on their cell phone. THEN, they pull out their credit card and have difficulty getting the machine to read the card. THEN, the cashier has to check their ID, wait for the machine to approve the sale, and get the customer to sign their receipt, put it in their wallet/purse, gather their 23,396 things they just bought and gather their little hellspawn who are running and screaming through the store. THEN, I walk up pay for the one or two items it took me 45 second to get, I pay in cash, grab them and go. I'm in my car and out of the parking lot before yuppie shithead/old geezer even gets to their car.

Then, I have to fight traffic for another 25 minutes to get back home.

GAAAA!!!

So, do you see why I would not want to go to the garden supply store if I don't have to?