Thread: What do You Stockpile?

You should do a youtube.com search on ideas of how to stash your food storage in small places! they have a lot of great videos on how people use their boxes of food to build furniture, ect. You can start by just picking up one or two extra items you can tuck away. maybe you can get a extra can of veggies and an extra bag of beans. Not much but a little each time adds up without hurting your budget. I tell people to think small to start. just work toward getting a weeks worth of stables first, then work toward a month supply. You may only want to do a month or 3 month worth if you are really short of space but it's always nice to have something set aside for when hard times hit. You sleep better when you know no matter what your family will at least have something to eat.

I don't really stockpile food. We live in an apartment & there isn't much room to stockpile food. But I do stockpile cleaning supplies & toiletries - mostly that I buy at Kmart. I always go when they are doubling coupons & get tons of stuff for free or almost free. I have tons of toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo, lotion, cleaning supplies, etc.

Originally Posted by starsinnight

I use a plastic three drawer container to store them: shower products, hair products, and lotions.

That is so funny that you said that!!!! That is EXACTLY what I do!!! I have a four drawer plastic bin under my bathroom sink. One drawer has stockpile medicine. One drawer has stockpile toothpaste and toothbrushes. One drawer has stockpile deoderant. The last drawer has first aid & misc. items.

Just in the last year it has hit me that I need to start paying attention to what I spend (being laid off does that to ya). So now I watch what I spend very carefully. I realized that when I come across a great deal that I need to grab it and lots of it. Even if it we don't need it right now. I shop the clearance racks (coupons for clearance rack stuff make them an even better deal) at Target for great deals. I also hit Big Lots, the dollar store, Wal-mart, EBay, Craigslist, after holiday sales, etc. You can find some great deals on large amounts of stuff on EBay. Replacement razor heads, dental floss, tooth brushes, socks, coupons, hair stuff, etc. are sold wholesale and even with shipping is still way less than what you would pay at the store.

I have started off slow with my stockpiling. I am waiting on my DH to get time to add shelves to the laundry room so I can make it into a pantry. I may have to resort to asking my Bro if it takes much longer.

So far we have on the floor in the soon to be pantry tea in little cans (4 small cases) and paper towels (10 rolls). I don't have any more room on the "pantry" floor for anything else. So until then that is all I have. But, I spent $9 on tea that so far has lasted almost a year and we still have enough to get us through another 2 years. The paper towels will last us until January.