Over the past several days many states have experienced unusually bad wintry weather. Here in our area we experienced a blizzard.
I made my first trip to the store in anticipation last Saturday evening. I know how people get around here in anticipation of wintry weather and I wanted to beat the rush. I did, however, forget a few items so when I dropped my husband at work on Monday morning I went directly to the store. The parking lot was only half filled so I thought I had outsmarted everyone. To my dismay, the store hadn't planned for the early run on the store and didn't have enough cashiers to handle the increased shopping so I DID have to stand in a long line anyway. :-(
We do have plenty of food stored, but we do like certain fresh things: dairy, produce, and a few other comfort items. So we really do okay, but this was a good experience to experiment.
It's been five days since I went to the store before the blizzard. The roads are still not good. The kids missed four days of school. And to top it off with insult, it's snowing lightly today.
Tonight we ventured off to the store to get a couple of items, hopefully to last us another week. The shelves still were practically empty! I was amazed! The trucks haven't been able to get out and about for several days. Stock at the stores is dismal.
As I walked down the aisles I couldn't help but notice: no flour, no cake mixes, no Poptarts, no baking mixes, no cheese, no yogurt, no lettuce, and no bread. Now when I say "no", there might be a little. We picked up the last "Peaches and Cream" oatmeal. We picked up the last "Vanilla" yogurt. I need more Bisquick for Nathan's waffles and they were out. I guess he'll have to eat homemade.
What if...
What if that was it for several weeks? What if when the stock came in it was double or triple the cost? What if you had to live on what you have for a month? Or two? Or three?
What if it were also gasoline and you could only walk to the store? It's 1 1/2 miles one way to my closest store. Do you have the boots and other necessary items to get there without freezing to death? Do you have any cash? If you could only carry two bags of groceries at a time, what would you buy?
It makes you think, doesn't it?
What can you do better?
JCPenney Failed
13 years ago
1 comment:
I'm actually doing a Live Out of Your Food Storage Challenge with a couple of other bloggers. So far, my biggest issue is that I didn't have enough butter. Frustrating, but not the end of the world.
Although the Challenge is for a month, I think - with the exception of dairy and eggs - we could go for at least three months. For next year, I'd like to plan to go all winter.
Winter gear is certainly not an issue. We're Canadian - I have my "light winter" coat and my "heavy winter" coat and my "long winter coat". LOL Same for boots - dressy winter boots, heavy winter boots, light winter boots. Plus, of course, we have undershirts, long underwear, hats, scarfs, mittens, gloves, ear wraps.
We keep cash on hand, too.
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