This is a question I get asked a lot. And it’s no surprise – when people see me pushing a shopping cart entirely filled with bottles of Sprite, they wonder what on earth I’m going to do with it. So what do my cupboards look like? Are they bursting at the seams?
Pasta, Ragu and Rice-a-Roni! I’m glad to have a little stockpile of these things, since they’re practical pantry staples to have on hand.
Plenty of meat marinade, drinks, and power bars.
I’m in the middle of a huge remodel, so my stockpile isn’t quite as organized as I’d like it to be, because the cabinets are still under construction! My boyfriend built this one just a few days ago, which is why it doesn’t have a door yet.
Mmm, peanuts!
Why yes, those are boxes of Kleenex next to the frosting. The bathroom is taking the brunt of the remodeling at the moment, and most of the bathroom stuff has been shuffled into other rooms in the meantime. I didn’t have anywhere else to put it, but trust me, you can’t have too much Kleenex around here.
Canned stuff. Tuna is another staple, so I’m glad to have a lot of it.
The truth is, I’m not a packrat, although it may sometimes appear that way. I don’t want to buy things simply for the sake of having more stuff – I hate clutter! I am big on stockpiling, but only if it’s actually useful to me. A pantry full of food is useful. 60 bottles of Windex? Not so much. That being said, if I’m going to get overage on an item, I’ll take as much as I can haul away. If the Windex is going to pay for my produce, I’d be a fool not to take it.
So the question is, what do you do with the excess? I’m planning on selling as much of the surplus as I can, either at a yard sale, an auction on Hot Coupon World, or even Ebay. It’s worth a try, and at the very worst, I can give it all away and will still have made a profit in the groceries that it paid for. In fact, I do plan on giving some of it away – to you, my readers! Next week, I’m going to start a series of blog giveaways. Each week will feature different, brand new items from my stockpile, along with a coordinating set of coupons. So keep checking back, you won’t want to miss it!
