Stockpile Update

My dream of getting a grocery stockpile started is finally starting to come together! I went shopping at Shaw's with a bunch of coupons yesterday and got Hamburger Helper (not a frequent meal in our house, but a nice quick supper to have on hand), cereal, snacks for the kids, and a few other items that were on sale. I used their sale paper, some good coupons that doubled, and took my total from 183.00 to 128.00 after coupons!!! I actually saved 94.00 according to my receipt, but that was including their "sale prices", which were pretty close to, if not more than Walmart's regular prices. But after those coupons doubled, a lot of that stuff was SUPER cheap! Hunt's Snack Pack Puddings for 25 cents each, Success Rice for 69 cents for a box of 4 Boil in Bag (reg 2.69 but after a fortunate peelie that the cashier scanned in WITH my own coupon, I got $2.00 per box off!), and Bar S franks for 50 cents a package (not my favorite brand, but it pays NOT to be brand specific).

I also got a chance to go to Super Walmart and Target yesterday and got a BUNCH of free stuff. At Walmart, I got Post Its for a 92 cent (total) overage on 4 packages, two more packages of Kotex for FREE, a 2.00 (total) overage on two trial size packages of Dove Shampoo, and 2 packages of Huggies Cleanteam for 18 cents per package. Then at Target, I got 5 trial size bottles of Tresemme Hairspray for 3 cents overage on each one, and 5 packages of Durex with a 1.00 overage on EACH package! I've never shopped for overage, but I used it as an experiment this time, and it actually worked.

I reorganized my "stockpile" today and I figured I would post some pictures. I'm hoping in the next few weeks, I can start putting things in the basement and stocking my freezer. I have to buy a couple of shelves, and they have some good ones at Target and Sam's. I really hope to get them so I can get things put away a little better. The cabinets in my kitchen are not made to STORE food. They're only made for temporary storage, and very small quantities.

Here's what I did so far:

17 Kotex, 3 Durex Rings, 5 Durex 2 Pack, 2 Dove Trial Shampoo, 1 Carefree Thong

3 Airborn, 3 Triaminic, 5 degree Deodorants , 5 TresEmme Hairspray, 4 Skintimate, 4 Edge Gel, 2 Gillette Series, 1 package Schick Basic Razors, Trial Scope.

2 Cleanteam Softpacks, 2 Cleanteam Refills, 2 Cottonelle Tubs, 1 Kandoo Refill, 1 WetOnes Travel, 37 Buddies, Arm & Hammer Tooth Paste, Gum Toothbrush

6 Glade Flameless Candles, 2 Febreze Noticeables, 6 Sudacare Shower Soothers, 2 Vivarin, 1 Sudacare Vapor Plug Unit, 3 Vapor Plug Refills

Kitchen Pantry: 8 Au Gratin Potatoes, 6 Barilla Pasta, 7 HB Helper, 2 Suddenly Salad, 9 Libby's Whole Kernel Corn, 9 Libby's French Style Green Beans, 10 Campbell's Tomato Soup, 4 Cream Soups, 2 Success Rice, 4 Kraft Macaroni and Cheese, 4 Easy Mac Cups, 1 HB Helper Singles, 4 Knorr Rice Sides