Ok, this is the last post covering three month supply-at least for awhile.
I thought I'd share a couple more tips....
A three month supply is suppose to include more than just food. You will want to include all personal care products, cleaning products, paper products etc in your list. The easiest way to see how much you need to to write the date on a package that you open. For instance, if you pull out a new shampoo today, write today's date on that with a permanent marker. Then, when you go to throw it away in a month when it's empty, you'll know that your family uses about 1 shampoo each month. That means you need 3, for a 3 month supply.
For toilet paper, you can do it two ways. We have a cabinet above each toilet where I keep the extra rolls. I could either put "X" amount of rolls (6 rolls for example) in each cabinet, and then at the end of the month count how many I have left and subtract from 6. Or, you can save the cardboard rolls, every time you empty a roll, and total them up at the end of the month. This is the one I thought I would try because I figured if I did the first one, by the time I got to the end of the month, I would have forgotten how many we started with! ROFl Yes, my memory is THAT BAD! However, my husband was right when he told me that collecting a bunch of tubes wasn't the smartest way to do it. Let's just say that your bathroom begins to become a stock pile of cardboard tubes that seem to roll everywhere, or your kids think that they could recycle them and make something cool so they end up walking off with them. If I had to do it over again, I'll go for the first example, put a sticky note on the inside of the cabinet telling me how many I began with, and call it good!
Another thing, if you're working with TP. Maybe it's just me, but it totally bugs me that TP comes in at least 3 sizes-large, big, and mega, at least in my brand, Charmin. This is important to take note of if you just buy whatever size is on sale, ladies! For instance, if you purchased 6 mega rolls and stash them in your cabinet and track your consumption for the month, let's say you find that you use 4 a month. Well, that doesn't mean that you can then stock your food storage with 4 rolls of large, or big. You'd have to double that 4, for big rolls, and quadruple it for large. I think I'm going to eventually give up the battle and just purchase 1 size for the rest of my life because I don't have to have to double and quadruple rolls to figure out how many I need!
Last, I'll give one more tip if you're trying to save money. If you don't want to store the "good" TP (as it's not the cheapest thing out there), you can always stock up on the really cheap stuff, stash it away and don't worry about rotating it as it's not going to go bad (unless you get it wet). Then buy whatever brand you want for your daily use. Totally up to you!
Here's something for you to laugh about...Way back when, I having a conversation with my mom about this very thing, TP. We decided that in a time of crisis, we didn't want to be using the paper thin, sandpaper-esk toilet paper! We wanted something that brought a little comfort (seriously, was I really thinking that TP could be comforting!!!) Anyways, I decided to stock what I was used to using (and it's soft enough that it could double for kleenex!, or I could stuff my clothes with it, if I needed insulation, etc). Makes me wonder, could I use it as a strainer?!?! JUST KIDDING! If you go for the cheap stuff, stock some rash ointment too, in case you get a rug burn from it!!!
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