It's been a tough, grinding year for millions of American households. Consumers feel squeezed by the cost of groceries as prices rise on household staples like beef, coffee and chocolate. U.S.-based employers announced 153,000 job cuts in October, according to research firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas . And more than seven million people remain unemployed, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics . These financial stressors are having an impact on how Americans live — and even on the