We went to the store yesterday to buy "essentials" --milk, bread, bread, kitty litter.My husband disappears and shows up

[debm55]

with his ""essentials" cookies, popcorn, and chips. What "nonessentials" do you get for a snowstorm.? :


One year, my husband was in Florida for a conference. We had a 3 year old toddler at home. We were supposed to get 6 inches of snow. The storm stalled and stopped over Pittsburgh and we got 26 inches of snow. No school for a week, Next week, Arctic blast for a week. No school for a week

[niyad]

1. Essentials always on hand: kitty food and litter, coffee, cream, chocolate, wine.

[PikaBlue]

4. I always keep a 5-month supply of litter and cat food.

I learned the hard way in January/February of 1994. There was no ice melt, sand, or kitty litter to be had in my area between January and late February 1994 due to multiple ice, sleet, and heavy snow storms. I was cutting newspaper into strips to put in the litter box. The cats took umbrage and the resulting battle of the cat pan resistance faction almost broke me. Since then, I always have enough litter on hand to last from December through April.

[niyad]

5. I generally have at least a month's worth of kitty essentials. Fortunately,

we have never experienced what you did. That had to have been ghastly for all of you.

[debm55]

8. Great Idea. PikaBlue. Thank you for sharing.

[PikaBlue]

2. The only time I buy junk food

Is in advance of a major snow or ice storm. In the past, I would have tackled an elderly lady in a walker for the last package of Oreo cookies. This time around, it's cheese danish and UTZ potato chips. I have no sweet tooth whatsoever. I do like salty foods such as pretzels and chips, but rarely if ever purchase them.

[debm55]

9. Thanks, PikaBlue for sharing with us.I can't eat salty foods. I do like unsalted chips when I can find them.

[Polly Hennessey]

3. I once took my husband to the grocery store. Once is the key word.

He had his own cart. After checkout, I discovered he had bought eight quarts of ice cream 🍨 Yep, you are right, grocery shopping no more, honey.

[calguy]

7. A lot of us guys will do that on purpose

just so our wives will ban us and we don’t have to go grocery shopping anymore. Just like doing the laundry and throwing a pair of jeans in with the delicate whites so that we’ll be banned and be free from ever having to do laundry again. Ever.
Sometimes there’s a method to our madness. lol

[debm55]

12. I agree with you calguy. And it works.

[debm55]

10. HAHAHAHHAHHAH. I love it. Thank you very much for your post. Polly Hennessey.

[House of Roberts]

6. Tuesday was Social Security deposit day, so I was out of a lot.

We were coming off a five week month, and my funds were depleted.
Needed cat food and cat litter whether it snowed Sunday or not. Also bought popcorn chicken at Publix on B1G1 free, and chips, dip and peanut butter, mostly from Kroger. We have a quickie trip planned for Saturday morning to get some more from Kroger's Saturday-Sunday-Monday sale, which will surely only be a Saturday sale this weekend.
I have been splitting firewood this past week to get extra wood ready for the cold also.

[debm55]

11. Thank you House of Roberts for your post. State safe and warm. It is very cold and windy in Pittsburgh. No snow yet--

coming Sunday.

[greatauntoftriplets]

13. After the 1967 blizzard when Chicago had 26 inches of snow in a day...

Family friends called my parents to make certain they had enough booze on hand to get them through the aftermath. They did.

[debm55]

19. HAHAHAHHAAH. Thank you very much greatauntoftriplets.

[Americanme]

14. We try to stay stocked up at all times

but absolute essentials are coffee, milk, microwave popcorn, bathroom tissue. Close behind are ice cream (several varieties), meats, cheeses, breads.

[debm55]

20. Thank you very much, Americanme, for sharing with us.

[justaprogressive]

15. Enough whole milk

for twice daily Hot Chocolate!!!

[debm55]

21. Excellent, justaprogressive.enjoy, And stay warm and safe.

[twodogsbarking]

16. During Christmas break in high school and college I hauled manure from the barns. It was steaming in the cold.

Tractor muffler doubled as a hand warmer. Snow was annoying. Tractors went through most everything. Stay warm.

[debm55]

22. Thank you very much for sharing with us, twodogsbarking. Be warm and safe.

[littlemissmartypants]

17. In this case, you can send your husband with his selections and I'm done. 🤔🤓😆

J/K obviously

You can keep the chips. 🤪

[KS Toronado]

18. Cookies, popcorn, and chips are "essentials", get used to it