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What's in your stockpile?
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But stockpiling is an OS thing, surely? My question was about the stash, not where/how much you buy it
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Mines in the house and i keep a small plastic cup in the sack for measuring.
mines kept in cupboard and i just lift it out when i need some.Ds2 born 3/4/12 8lbs 8.5:j
Ds1 born 28/4/07 9lb 8 :j
Frugal, thrifty, tight mum & wife and proud of it lol
:rotfl::j
Make money for Xmas challenge 2014 £0/£2700 -
Wine and Lager.Liverpool is one of the wonders of Britain,
What it may grow to in time, I know not what.
Daniel Defoe: 1725.
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Ohhhh lots: (I've been quite bad for worrying about stockpiling recently - a sign OCD is taking over - honestly, I had a mini panic when I counted the loo rolls and I was down to 114:o)
Loo rolls (now only 112):eek:
12 washing up liquid
4 Dettol spray
2 Dettol floor cleaner
4 fabric conditioners
6 washing gel
2 x 4 packs kitchen roll
6 hand wash
10 shampoo / conditioner
6 deodorant
8 shower gel
4 bubble bath
4 toothbrushes
6 toothpaste
30 tinned tomatoes
12 baked beans
8 kidney beans
12 various other beans (haricot, butter etc)
8 rice pudding
6 custard
10 jam
2 golden syrup (large)
3 maple syrup
4 kg rice
2 boxes Lasagne sheets
8 kg pasta
6 bolognaise sauce (add toms etc to make these go further)
6 white sauce
8 boxes porridge
4 bags plain flour
4 bags self raising flour
stock cubes, cornflour etc
240 teabags
3 x 200g coffee
3 x 2kg white sugar
5 x 1kg brown sugar
3 x caster sugar
2 x hot chocolate
40 sachet hot choc (have been on offer)
Matches
Spare cooker gas lighter
6 Dicer
6 1kg salt + 8 tubs
1 freezer (full) = picked fruit & veg, raw meats (chicken, mince etc)
1 freezer (full) = HM meals in portions, fish, bread
Pets
Dry cat food 1 = 5 months
Dry cat food 2 = 6 months
Tinned cat food = 4 months
Cat litter = 3 months
Fish food
Emergency winter stash - separate from the above & only for use if totally snowed in!
4 - 6 weeks supply of all toiletries (42 loo rolls:))
4 weeks meds
1 month supply of food - on a worst case scenario of cooking on camping stove: tinned soup, baked beans, pasta & sauces, savoury rice, pasta n sauce, porridge, rice pudding, custard, dried veg, instant noodles, tea, coffee, hot chocolate, sugar, powdered/long life milk, biccies, chewing gum, chocs etc
4 - 6 weeks supply of household cleaning & laundry products
12 bottles sparkling water
8 bottles still water (need more!!!!)
8 x 1.5L cartons concentrated apple juice
8 x 1.5L cartons concentrated (various) juice
4 bottles blackcurrant hi-juice
6 packs bread flour
2 packs plain flour
2 packs self raising flour
Olive oil
Batteries (lots!)
Camping stove x 2
Gas x 6
Matches
Torches
Kettle to use on hob
Cat litter = 100 litres
Def more but can't think atm!
Need to pluck up courage to open the winter stash cupboard ...... :eek: Hoping I'll not need to use it which will help keep the grocery bill down next year!:D
*slinking away before you all think I've lost the plot!*:oGrocery Challenge £211/£455 (01/01-31/03)
2016 Sell: £125/£250
£1,000 Emergency Fund Challenge #78 £3.96 / £1,000Vet Fund: £410.93 / £1,000
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But stockpiling is an OS thing, surely? My question was about the stash, not where/how much you buy it

I have to agree - stockpiling / buying in bulk when things are cheap / on offer saves money.
Also, the stash isn't all about groceries .....Grocery Challenge £211/£455 (01/01-31/03)
2016 Sell: £125/£250
£1,000 Emergency Fund Challenge #78 £3.96 / £1,000Vet Fund: £410.93 / £1,000
Debt free & determined to stay that way!0 -
I'm new here , could someone tell me what DTD means please ? I bet its something really obvious.0
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HI andrewsmum
DTD means Double the Difference.
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rising_from_the_ashes wrote: »Ohhhh lots: (I've been quite bad for worrying about stockpiling recently - a sign OCD is taking over - honestly, I had a mini panic when I counted the loo rolls and I was down to 114:o)
Loo rolls (now only 112):eek:
12 washing up liquid
4 Dettol spray
2 Dettol floor cleaner
4 fabric conditioners
6 washing gel
2 x 4 packs kitchen roll
6 hand wash
10 shampoo / conditioner
6 deodorant
8 shower gel
4 bubble bath
4 toothbrushes
6 toothpaste
30 tinned tomatoes
12 baked beans
8 kidney beans
12 various other beans (haricot, butter etc)
8 rice pudding
6 custard
10 jam
2 golden syrup (large)
3 maple syrup
4 kg rice
2 boxes Lasagne sheets
8 kg pasta
6 bolognaise sauce (add toms etc to make these go further)
6 white sauce
8 boxes porridge
4 bags plain flour
4 bags self raising flour
stock cubes, cornflour etc
240 teabags
3 x 200g coffee
3 x 2kg white sugar
5 x 1kg brown sugar
3 x caster sugar
2 x hot chocolate
40 sachet hot choc (have been on offer)
Matches
Spare cooker gas lighter
6 Dicer
6 1kg salt + 8 tubs
1 freezer (full) = picked fruit & veg, raw meats (chicken, mince etc)
1 freezer (full) = HM meals in portions, fish, bread
Pets
Dry cat food 1 = 5 months
Dry cat food 2 = 6 months
Tinned cat food = 4 months
Cat litter = 3 months
Fish food
Emergency winter stash - separate from the above & only for use if totally snowed in!
4 - 6 weeks supply of all toiletries (42 loo rolls:))
4 weeks meds
1 month supply of food - on a worst case scenario of cooking on camping stove: tinned soup, baked beans, pasta & sauces, savoury rice, pasta n sauce, porridge, rice pudding, custard, dried veg, instant noodles, tea, coffee, hot chocolate, sugar, powdered/long life milk, biccies, chewing gum, chocs etc
4 - 6 weeks supply of household cleaning & laundry products
12 bottles sparkling water
8 bottles still water (need more!!!!)
8 x 1.5L cartons concentrated apple juice
8 x 1.5L cartons concentrated (various) juice
4 bottles blackcurrant hi-juice
6 packs bread flour
2 packs plain flour
2 packs self raising flour
Olive oil
Batteries (lots!)
Camping stove x 2
Gas x 6
Matches
Torches
Kettle to use on hob
Cat litter = 100 litres
Def more but can't think atm!
Need to pluck up courage to open the winter stash cupboard ...... :eek: Hoping I'll not need to use it which will help keep the grocery bill down next year!:D
*slinking away before you all think I've lost the plot!*:o
OMG - I feel like a total amateur! Have you got room for a little'un and two kitties at yours?
I think I am going to have a little section of the trolley for stash and spend xx amount on it each week.0 -
Our stockpile is huge
Food items (including chinchilla)
Flour - plain, self raising, wholewheat and self raising wholemeal
Rice - white, wholegrain, sushi, rissoto and pudding
Pasta - white, wholewheat, spaghetti and lasagne sheets
Lentils - red and green
Quinoa - white and red
Spring roll wrappers
Cereal
Oats
Tinned beans - baked beans and kidney beans
Tinned tomatoes
Tinned potatoes
Yeast
Sugar
Salt
Chickpeas
Vegetable noodles
Rice noodles
Instant mash
Dry onions
Dried vegetable mix
Dried mix fruit
Couscous
Soya mince
Soya chunks
Soya beans
Soya sauce
Soya milk
Cinnimon
Nut meg
Rice cakes
Crakers
Jam (home made)
Peanut butter
Yeast extract
Nutritional yeast
Nuts and seeds
Vegetable oil
Tea
Green tea
Coffee
Apple juice
Orange juice
Spices - curry powder, chilli powder, chilli flakes, cayene powder etc
Sweet and sour sauce
Tinned spaghetti
Soups - tomato, ox tail, chicken etc
Mac and cheese
Raviolli
Chinchilla food - 6 months worth
Chinchilla hay and hay cookies
Frozen - fruit, vegetables, bread, pizzas, meats, home made ready meals etc.
Non food items
Deoderant - mine and partners
Shampoo - mine and partners
Conditioner - mine and partners
Shower gel - mine and partners
Toothpaste - mine and partners
Toothbrush heads
Soap
Toilet roll
Kitchen roll
Razor blades - mine (no need for partner as he has a straight razor)
Candles
Pain killers (for partner I don't use them)
Plasters
Matches
Chinchilla sand
Chinchilla gnaw sticks
Cage cleaner
I am sure there is loads more but I can't remember
(used to have a list on my laptop but no longer do. Need to do another list).
All stashed in our 1 bedroom place :rotfl:. Some of it is just incase of snow as it will be difficult to get stuff.I am a vegan woman. My OH is a lovely omni guy
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