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Living on Food Storage
Today, I love food storage, and that somewhere in the last year or so I was smart enough (I like to think it was inspiration) to stock up on things we eat all the time. For the past month, we've been living on a lot of what was already in the pantry/freezer/in boxes and cans on the shelves in the garage. The only things I bought at the store were basically milk, bread, apples, eggs, and ground beef. No fluff. No treats (okay, I did go to Maverick last Saturday and buy 5 candy bars for $2 because I was dying for chocolate, but I shared with my Quiet Man and my girl). This morning, I was finally able to do a normal round of grocery shopping and buy shampoo and paper towels and t.p., along with things like "normal" mayo, yogurt, bananas, and chip dip for the Big Game this weekend. It didn't hurt us at all to go without for a while, and we may have even shed a few pounds. I may not ever have to delve into my 72-hour kit, but it's nice to know that those cases of chili & tuna & rice & soup & fruit cocktail & potato pearls & peanut butter were all well worth it. (PS - that is NOT a picture of my pantry above...yeah, I wish)
Today, I love food storage, and that somewhere in the last year or so I was smart enough (I like to think it was inspiration) to stock up on things we eat all the time. For the past month, we've been living on a lot of what was already in the pantry/freezer/in boxes and cans on the shelves in the garage. The only things I bought at the store were basically milk, bread, apples, eggs, and ground beef. No fluff. No treats (okay, I did go to Maverick last Saturday and buy 5 candy bars for $2 because I was dying for chocolate, but I shared with my Quiet Man and my girl). This morning, I was finally able to do a normal round of grocery shopping and buy shampoo and paper towels and t.p., along with things like "normal" mayo, yogurt, bananas, and chip dip for the Big Game this weekend. It didn't hurt us at all to go without for a while, and we may have even shed a few pounds. I may not ever have to delve into my 72-hour kit, but it's nice to know that those cases of chili & tuna & rice & soup & fruit cocktail & potato pearls & peanut butter were all well worth it. (PS - that is NOT a picture of my pantry above...yeah, I wish)
2 comments:
Heehee!!!! yeah, don't we all wish our pantry looked like that! I really need to buckle down and start getting our storage going...I think we're pretty good on canned stuff and pantry stuff, but things like t.p, diapers, toothpaste and those kind of stuff I really need to get stocked up on. Thanks for the reminder, Mom!!!
We used to live off of food storage for at least one pay period in Decembers so I'd have extra money for Christmas shopping.
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