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 That was in 2010

[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.

[highplainsdem]

23. Alfalfa-based rabbit food pellets can be used as litter. Similar to the original Litter Green.

[UpInArms]

32. We have a pellet stove for heat

I have used pellets as litter … it worked quite well

[highplainsdem]

34. The alfalfa pellets reduce odor, though, and they're flushable, if you don't flush too much at a time, and

give them a few seconds to dissolve in water.

[PikaBlue]

35. I was so desperate

that during the February 11th and 12th sleet and ice storm, I sprinkled dry Quaker Oats on top of the newspaper strips just to provide the cats with something to use for "cover". My daughter joked that it was an extension of s ### on a shingle.

[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.

[retread]

37. Wait a second! You shouldn't wash jeans with whites? Dosn't matter, I have no whites they're all a light blue.

[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. 🤪

[debm55]

24. HAHAHHAHAHAH. that's funny. When he does the shopping, there are even more snacks.

[KS Toronado]

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

[debm55]

25. HAHAHAHAHAH. OMG, That's what he says.

[Keepthesoulalive]

26. Costco Tempura Shrimp

[debm55]

28. Yummy, Enjoy, Keepthesoulalive. Be warm and safe.

[Xavier Breath]

27. Kroger had Ben & Jerry's on sale today.

I took the necessary action to sustain myself throughout the storm.

[debm55]

29. Yummy, Thank you Xavier Breath .Enjoy .I was going to ask how many bought.

[highplainsdem]

30. I didn't even think in terms of snacks for the storm when I was at the store last, a few days ago. Was

feeling sorry for myself reading this thread, thinking I had no snacks on hand, then remembered a large box of Orville Redenbacher Movie Theater Butter microwave popcorn I'd bought over a year ago and shoved to the back of the cabinet and forgotten about. Half of the dozen bags are still left, and the only reason six are gone is that I realized it was a ridiculous amount of popcorn and gave half the box to my sister and brother-in-law before putting it away and forgetting about it.

It's a few months past the "Best by" date but according to this Reddit thread should still be okay:

https://www.reddit.com/r/popcorn/comments/1d1cnf6/can_i_eat_old_microwave_popcorn/

[debm55]

31. Thank you very much highplainsdem. I loved his popcorn. Stay warm and safe. And enjoy your popcorn.

[SWBTATTReg]

33. 26 inches!

Last time we had that much snow in STLMO, it was in the 1980s and it took us ages to dig out. We were even stuck at a business for a bit, the snow storm hit so suddenly and massively that we literally had to run to the car, jump in, and slowly make our way home. Ended up w/ a massive amount of snow and I had a couple of friends w/ me that ended up crashing overnight, until they could safely travel. A good thing that I had extra bedrooms, extra couches.

You never know when you might need it, couches, salt, etc. They didn't even predict this snow either.

[debm55]

36. Yes, the came down the street with constuction vehicles to put the snow in a truck to haul it away. It was a heavy snow.

I lost a Cherry tree that blocked the garage entrance so I could not get the car out.The odd thing was the day before was very nice, to nice, as my son and I were out in the back yard playing with spring jackets on.

[ProfessorGAC]

38. The '67 Chicago Was Like That

3 then 2 days before the snow started falling it was in the high 50s then mid 60s.
The day before the temperature fell all day. It was probably 60 when I went to school, but 30 when I came home.
The next day it started snowing and didn't stop for 30 hours.
My dad left on his truck route in snow flurries than took 3 hours to get back to the dairy. from 35 miles away.
He didn't get home until after 9pm.
Pretty sure that was a Thursday, so only one snow day. Things were close to normal by Monday, aside from the snow mountains in the parking lots.
We're only looking at 1-3" tonight. Given how it looks now, I'm guessing closer to 1"