how "bad" is it to have a decent stockpile already?

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well it came in handy for the emergency type visit i just had from family! (see general vent thread). im loving it so far.

[lamer]

omg dh is in love with the fusions now too..

My world doesn't have Fusion handles with two carts in them. I don't know why. Teaching DH to stop throwing high priced, multiple blade pkg into the cart AND buying them up only when I have Qs for them are going to drive me to an early grave.

DH: I need razor blades.
Me: Here... I have a few $4/1 razor q... go get the cheapest Fusion razor.
DH: I already have the razor. I need the blades.
Me: The razors have blades. They even have an extra AAA battery in the power one.
DH: Yeah, that is the one I have at home -- I need blades for it.
Me: Trust me, go get the razors with the q. It will be cheaper than buying the blades.

DH finally gives in, goes to where they have the razors, and brings back carts instead of razors. I go put them back after sending him to the deli counter or something, and get the razors.

Fast forward a few weeks...

Me: I have Qs for your Fusion. Go get some carts and you get free shaving cream with them too, just make sure it says Fusion on the can.
DH: I don't need blades or razors.
Me: But there is a deal. You will go through the stuff you have in a month and the sale and my Qs won't be around to use then, and this is the cheapest I saw them in 5 months.
DH: Okay. (you can see him start to do math in his head)

DH returns back with the highest count refills he can find that he wants me to use a $4/1 coupon when the thing is like $40.

This is usually where I facepalm and resolve not to bring him shopping with me.

the mayo i just bought, and we go through a lot in the summer so i doubt ill have trouble with it. the stuff is still terribly expensive. i have 4 that i paid $1 each for.

That is a good deal. Sorry, I'm still recovering from the memory of food poisoning from bad mayo and my comment was probably an unnecessary knee jerk response. I'm paranoid about mayo expiration dates now.

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here is some more. i didnt get the big tubs of fem products int eh pic. i know the house needs leaning but im trying to avoid that now, so give me some slack



top shelf mens deo and body spray(what could fit) shave gel and a basket with my special toothpaste to keep it from kids

middle shelf is all shampoo with a small box on the end with mismatch pharmacy items which i have yet to deal with where im putting my actual meds and stuff

bottom shelf is all body wash mens( keep bonus packs together), then regular. the little black bin at the end has dial trial sz.


yes i live in a crappy place we are trying to make last for a few more yrs. we got sick of pipes exploding and freezing every winter( hes gone all the time and i get left with the probs) so we hung our water above our heads. this is where it comes through the wall from the mudroom. i know its super classy :D



i just bought 3 packs of 24 angel soft, i havent put them away yet. i think they will just sit on the floor LOL. so anyways, there is TP, in the plastic bin is womens full sz deodorants and febreze to gos, a few odds and ends, some mouthwashm a brown basket filled with toothpaste that the kids can have at, a basket full of trial size deodorants( my kids ruin a LOT of deodorants and weve gone through some already , so this was a super smart move getting these)
hanging toothbrushes, shavers galore, purex and tide trial sizes, cascade trial tide 2 go and anything that could hang, honestly.

Under that shelf is two large tubs, one has a ton of carefree liners in it with my tampons and the other is jammed pack with stayfree maxipads.




this is under the white shelf on the wall from the first pic....self explanatory, i think. god i need to sweep and mop. sorry!





This is in my mudroom(washroom).. the top shelf is mostly things in use right now.


i hope youve enjoyed looking at my "hoard"!... i have to add to the food one. maybe there will be new pics of that soon.

[belinda2]

You have a wonderful stash. Wish mine was more unitified instead of the top of closets, top of cabinets, etc. Don't worry about the cleaning/leaning? house. You have 3 children and they will not remember because it isn't important. They will have memories of you and times with you. And I don't see your dust. Looks good to me.

An older lady once told me that a house only becomes clean when it is empty so enjoy your fullness. She was right. My house is much cleaner even with 3 dogs. Dogs are less messy than kids. Grandkids where over Sunday afternoon and they demoed the house. Everything is sticky.

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Thanks :)


Here is the food at this moment-- not sure if much has changed. the ragu is under the box at the bottom( which is old el paso taco dinner kits, as well as teh case box on top. the bugles box has more of the little bugles bags that are next to the cereal. I still have a basket of cookbooks that can be moved for overflow, but so far, there has been no need, and i also have anotehr place in the kitchen i could transfer allt he cereal and cereal bars to and the pancake mix and breakfasty things like that. the second pic shows the bottom better, i had to move my little rolly coupon clipping/ organising station thing :)

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and the chest freezer. the kids have been eating way too many hot dogs, but this is what it is right now. lots and lots of bar s hot dogs.. .25 per pack-- cant beat it really, the right section is nothing but butterball turkey pkges i got for .35 each. under the hot dogs is the remaining amount of our home grown chickens, whole and butchered.

[ari'smom]

Ugh. This is my problem, I guess. My husband is sooooo brand picky about certain things. Like hot dogs, ketchup, mayonnaise, peanut butter, even jarred sauce. Even my daughter is getting like him as she too will only eat a certain kind of hot dog, which is of course different from the one her dad will eat. And of course both of them are high priced ones. They both drive me crazy. And though DD and I both like the turkey bacon my husband complains complains complains any time we get it. He's just as bad with the HBA stuff he likes, but not as bad with the cleaning products as he is just happy that I am getting any lol.

Looking at your stash I am wishing I got more Suddenly Salad though - we all seem to like that lol. That and the Sweet Baby Rays barbecue sauce - that's been our favorite for a couple of years now. But we never got any coupons for it in any of the papers I get flyers from. Is it new to certain areas and that's why they got them? I was pretty disappointed about that.

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i can look and see if i have coupons for it, everyone here is picky on that, and FD has some printable coupons for it. their regular price is $1.85 and i think its .25 off one coupon and the coupons i have is $1 of 4. let me know if youre interested and ill try to find them

[ari'smom]

The turkey bacon? I saw from the database that there were some tearpad coupons for Francesco Rinaldi sauce, which DH definitely likes. They have it 10 for $10 this week at Shaws, so a Q for that would have been awesome. But I bought it anyway lol. I still save 50 cents over what they have it for at our regular supermarket so... I also got some Vitamin Water, which they had for 88 cents, and that I love. I did have a couple of tearpad coupons, buy 4 get 2 free. There are probably better Q's out there but that's what I had. Maybe not free but still a decent deal so I got a dozen or so.