+ $5.00 SUPPLEMENT TO THE $20.00 WEEKLY STORAGE PLAN Options

[Nana View Member Profile]

Originally posted on 03/26/06 10:56 PM

This is a list of extras to supplement the $20 per week storage plan that I created. For an additional $5, you can add a lot of things you might need in a quarantine situation.

Everything on this list is available at a dollar store. In some cases, you may find on or two items that are actually 2/$1. If that's the case you may want to double your items.

These lists are merely suggestions but, if you're clueless, they will certainly jumpstart your thought processes. Remember, if there is something on the list that you don't buy or don't need, don't buy it! Nothing here is set in stone...

Add $5.00 to the $20.00 plan and shop at your local dollar store;

Week 1; 5 bottles of vitamin C
Week 2; 5 bottles cough syrup- expectorant not cough suppressor
Week 3; 5 bags hard candies
Week 4; 5 containers of disinfecting wipes
Week 5; 5 boxes daytime cold medicine
Week 6; 5 packs kid toys, or books - or adult equivalent of fun stuff
Week 7; 5 packs ‘AA’ batteries
Week 8; 5 packs baby wipes
Week 9; 5 packs incense or scented candles
Week 10; 5 bottles hand soap
Week 11; 5 toothbrushes
Week 12; 5 books for fun reading
Week 13; 5 bottles pain reliever
Week 14; 5 tubes toothpaste
Week 15; 5 bags cookies or candies
Week 16; 5 packs napkins
Week 17; 5 bottles multi- vitamins
Week 18; 5 waterless hand cleaners
Week 19; 5 packs disposable drinking cups
Week 20; 5 fun items
Week 21; 5 packs ‘D’ batteries
Week 22; 5 packs disinfecting wipes
Week 23; 5 bottles antiseptic mouthwash
Week 24; 5 boxes bandages
Week 25; 5 books or other fun stuff
Week 26; 2 packs cotton swabs, 2 bags cotton balls,
1 bottle alcohol & 1 hydrogen peroxide (.50 each)
Week 27; 5 rolls asst. tape (duct, masking, etc.)
Week 28; 5 packs disposable gloves
Week 29; 5 packs trash bags
Week 30; 5 packs disposable forks/ spoons
Week 31; 5 packs ‘C’ batteries
Week 32; 5 packs tea light candles
Week 33; 5 packs hard candies
Week 34; 5 cans disinfecting spray
Week 35; 5 bottles dish soap
Week 36; 5 packs kids stuff
Week 37; 5 bottles vitamin C
Week 38; 5 packs napkins
Week 39; 5 bottles mouthwash
Week 40; 5 tubes toothpaste
Week 41; 5 miscellaneous ointments (diaper rash, burn, etc.)
Week 42; 5 pest control items- your choice
Week 43; 5 bottles shampoo
Week 44; 5 bottles conditioner
Week 45; 5 bottles lotion
Week 46; 5 bottles body wash
Week 47; 5 packs of multi-pack gum or breath mints
Week 48; 5 packs baby wipes
Week 49; 5 asst. cleaners (floor, window, etc.)
Week 50; 5 packs disposable razors
Week 51; 5 packs cough drops
Week 52; 5 bags candy

[Nana View Member Profile]

Here are the totals for this list;

10 bottles of vitamin C
5 bottles multi- vitamins

5 packs cough drops
5 bottles pain reliever
5 boxes daytime cold medicine
5 bottles cough syrup- expectorant not cough suppressor

5 bottles hand soap
5 waterless hand cleaners
5 toothbrushes
10 tubes toothpaste
10 packs baby wipes
5 bottles antiseptic mouthwash, 5 bottles mint mouthwash
5 packs disposable razors
5 bottles shampoo & 5 bottles conditioner
5 bottles lotion & 5 bottles body wash

5 boxes bandages
2 packs cotton swabs, 2 bags cotton balls,
1 bottle alcohol & 1 hydrogen peroxide (.50 each)
5 miscellaneous ointments (diaper rash, burn, etc.)

5 packs ‘AA’ batteries, 5 packs ‘D’ batteries, 5 packs ‘C’ batteries
5 packs incense or scented candles
5 packs tea light candles

10 bags cookies or candies
10 bags hard candies
5 packs of multi-pack gum or breath mints

10 packs napkins
5 packs disposable drinking cups
5 packs disposable gloves
5 packs trash bags
5 packs disposable forks/ spoons

25 books, kids toys or other fun stuff or adult equivalent

5 rolls asst. tape (duct, masking, etc.)
5 cans disinfecting spray
5 bottles dish soap
10 containers of disinfecting wipes
5 pest control items- your choice
5 asst. cleaners (floor, window, etc.)

Again, these lists are to add to your preps or give you ideas of things you may have overlooked.

Some things I didn't list because I had to make choices according to budget, and thought it a bit simplistic to add in the obvious. These lists are not meant to be all encompassing to anyone who is starting out with nothing. This is pre-supposing there are already basics and regular shopping items in the home.

There is absolutely no way to stock up on every item needed for a household on $25.00 per week. I can barely buy bread, milk, juice, eggs and butter with that! Now before you think I'm crazy, you need to understand that my family consists of 5 people, including a 14 yo boy who's 6' 4" tall wears a size 14 shoe and only weighs 145 lbs! To look at him you wouldn't guess that he eats as much as the rest of us combined!

We go through;
4-5 gallons of milk @ $1.99= $9.95
2 lbs butter @ $2.49 = $4.98
3-4 loaves of bread @ $1.25 = $5.00
1 1/2 doz eggs @ $1.39 = $2.10
1 - 1 1/2 gallons of juice @ $2.00 = $3.00
For a total cost of $25.03... and those are sale prices!

My point is, if you use commercially canned foods, you know you need a manual can opener or three, if you home can you need jars, rings and lids... If you have oil lamps, you need fuel and fire, if you use candles you need a way to light them...if you eat you need plates, tp, etc., so if there's something you feel should have been on these lists, adjust it to suit your personal needs, but don't tell me I need to change them because I won't.

These are my lists and I spent hours compiling them out of love and concern for my online family, not because I needed to have my thought processes challenged.

My real time family will fare well because I make sure of it. I'm just trying to help you do the same.

Of course, your mileage may vary...

[Dora View Member Profile]

Thank you. The lists are a big help.