Our Stockpile Storage Journey

One of the questions that I often get asked when I teach one-on-one coupon tutoring or teach one of my coupon classes is "where do you put everything?"  Well, if I told you where I keep my food now, you'd throw up your hands and say, "Well, there you go.  I can't do what she does.  I have no where to put my food."


So I want to tell you a little about my storage journey.  After coming home from my first few 'real' couponing trips, I realized that I was going to have to find a place to stash my goodies.  I have a 'pantry' which is six shelves about ten inches deep. 

I started by filling my pantry.  Unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on how you look at it, it took little time to fill up that little pantry.   I was left with a dilemma.  Where do I go next?  I considered my options.  Then it dawned on me that I have a lone cabinet in our garage.  I don't know if it was left over from when the cabinets were installed in the house, so they just put it in the garage, or something else.  We used to store some banners of some sort in there.  I moved the banners and commandeered my cabinet.

(Like the kids scissors in the hose holder?) This gave me a good start. Being in my garage, I couldn't put any jarred or canned goods out there in the winter, but it was great for storing pastas, potato mixes, chips, jellos, etc.  As you other couponers can imagine, that cupboard didn't last me long, so I was soon on my journey to find the next place that my stash would overthrow.

(To Be Continued)