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Yes! Also. Set up subscriptions to stuff like toothpaste.

Toothpaste subscriptions? Why I cam buy a high flouride toothpaste for $2 just buy five of those and then buy another five when on the last one.

Grocery subscriptions are a rip off.

I keep telling my GF I'm only dating that other girl for this exact reason, but who am I kidding I don't have a GF...

This really works.

Next level!!! 😂

Please do not use the girlfriend

I was just telling my bf we need to do this with chicken broth because when I need some, we don’t have any plus the shelf life is long

most certainly when it's on sale!!! as with non-perishables

I triple/quadruple down on nonperishable stuff that I use all the time that are on sale.

No point in stocking up unless it’s on sale, imo, since I have a smallish living space.

I'd recommend trying Better Than Bouillon, much longer shelf life and you'll always have broth on demand.

Yeah they don't particularly enjoy having a mop handle screwed in and shoved around the house

We really teaching ppl how to walk and breathe now, huh?

I've even done this with sports bras because I was afraid they'd stop producing them by the time the ones I use daily are worn out. Lmaoo

Thank you, I will try it next time😊

I started doing this with all my nonperishables after the first pandemic shortages. It's made it a lot easier to deal with shortages or lack of funds.

I tentoupled down on my favorite ice cream but I forgot to notice they were expired

Also applicable to shoes/clothing. If you find a great sale on an expensive brand and item you know you’ll always wear and is a pretty timeless style, double down if you can.

For example, I always wear Red Wing boots. They’re expensive but generally worth it in my opinion; they will always be useful to have, last a long time, and the basic styles won’t expire. There was a shoe store going out of business and was selling them for more than half off. I bought two pairs and rotate them each year. Now I have boots that will last me for more than a decade and only essentially paid for less than one pair. This holds true for other items like quality jeans, sport coats, etc.

Stocking up on items you use regularly when they’re on sale is a better LPT. That way you’re not running out of products you use regularly AND you’re saving money.

If you have 2 you have one if you have one you have none.

Awesome addition!

Don't kink shame.

I 'try' to keep my kitchen stocked in such a way that I don't 'have' to go shopping for 3 months.

Besides the ability to divert food budget for a couple months at a time to help out with some other emergency, or the ability to not be fully fucked whenever there is the slightest cashflow problem is nice.

Seriously. LPT: when you need to shit try and use the toilet, it will cut down your clean up time significantly.

Three months seems like a lot. I keep enough food to eat around a week, maybe two without going to the shops. A reserve of actual money seems more useful than being prepared to eat canned beans for months.

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I do this. And I tell my wife to tell me as soon as she has opened the last container of something so that I can buy 2 more of whatever it is. She forgets though. And we run out of something once in a while. But, for the most part, we do not. I didn't start doing this until I saw shortages during the early part of the coronavirus shutdowns and stuff. Been doing it ever since.

i do these with shoes now. bought a pair of dark olive green suede chelsea boots a while back and now they no longer make it in that color

It does, except when crap happens. And yeah keep a financial savings as well but keep in mind it can take 2-6 months right now between dropping off a resume and getting that first paycheck.

And then factor in things such as covid and social political turmoil and even a 90 day supply of food does seem a bit small in that big picture.