January Stock Up Update

January had a big list to start out the year. (you can find the original list here ) The goal of the stock up lists isn’t to convince you to go buy everything, but a compilation of things that are likely on sale to stretch your budget; if its something you need, you may as well get it cheaper, right?

You also don’t need to go to the big box store and buy the largest case of whatever. For example, I took one 6-pack of toilet paper out of the Costco pack and put it aside. You could put a single roll aside, or one bar of soap. Putting anything up is better than putting nothing up.

On the subject of soap, I got some toiletry sets for the holidays so I put some of that aside instead of spending additional money (’cause who has that in January?). A lot of stores also have left over gift sets from Christmas and you can pick them up for way less money than buying the same separate products off the shelf.

I didn’t personally get everything on the list. I dehydrated citrus left over from the holidays. A friend is buying bulk flour and yeast so I’m waiting on that to come in. Unfortunately hard wheat is out of my budget right now (#10 cans etc are pricey in Canada), and I didn’t find any great deals on health foods that my family likes. So know that you don’t have to be perfect, you don’t have to buy anything from anyone’s lists. Being prepared is a personal journey and you have to do what works best for you and your family otherwise you will just throw away money when things go bad or no one will use the items you bought.

Ready for February’s stock up list? It will be posted tomorrow!