if your all stocking up for the future, what about money? Aren't you laying out a lot of money on things you may or may not need? I really don't understand. Today is a gift , tomorrow is someting I try not to worrie about because it may not be mine.. Just asking , what are we stocking up for?

Hear, hear

Hear, hear!

Sorry, didn't mean to repeat myself! Looks like not all the glitches are out yet.

i understand what you are saying, but i stock up on coffee when it is on sale - tho my stock up gets used pretty fast!!! if i die before i get to use it, suppose i really won't care then.

I'm going at my life as usual. Sometimes shortages are only fear activated. I have always had to watch my spending....nothing has changed:)I am currently making fabric. What many quilters throw away, sewn together makes beautiful quilts:)

They are talking about prices of many items increasing 5 to 10 times in the next couple of years. It's scarey-wages arent going up. Doesn't really stretch the budget to turn your discretionary money into foodstocks, in my opinion. (in other words, instead of going to a movie or to a casino, buying staples isn't abad idea, imho).

food stocks get old too, even if they are canned. they all have expiration dates on them. Only 2 here and we don't eat that much. I am trying to lose weight and I have lost 7 lb in the last 2 weeks.

My daughter stocks up on whatever she will use for her family of 5 - if she can get a deal she shares with others.

Last week she got 12 boxes of cereal, 5 gallons of milk for $1.50 at a local grocery store. They had a deal - buy 3 boxes of cereal and get milk free...she had coupons and there was a rebate. She can't use all 12 in a reasonable time so she took some to her church food pantry. The milk she froze.

You never know when the roof will leak!

We have been saving $ and still stocking up but we will rotate through the stored food before it expires. It's better to be prepared.

Using that logic, why save cash either?

I try to balance saving cash with stocking up on things I love or anticipate using within a reasonable amount of time, when the price is right. To do otherwise means spending MORE money on those same things later, which doesn't seem very smart to me.

I was a Girl Scout. I suppose I just like to be prepared. :)