The world is going crazy, y’all. That is the long and short of it. History has shown us good and bad times. It has given us clues about what happens when the world is about to do a 180 and I think the indications are here now. If you don’t see the signs of something happening soon, I don’t know what to tell you. Prices are getting worse by the day at the stores. Building materials climbing in price again….
The holiday season can be a dream season for the prepper. The sales are usually pretty good during this time which makes it an excellent time to stockpile. This becomes especially true for baking supplies. One of the keys to stockpiling for your food storage is to use the sales to your advantage. During the holiday season, you can count on a few things being on sale: canned vegetables instant mashed potatoes stuffing mixes gravy baking supplies We will be…
Saving money seems to be the name of the game lately. With rising inflation, increasing costs in stores, and generally higher cost of living, people are looking for any way possible to cut corners and trim costs. The problem is that most people don’t want to sacrifice any comforts to really save money when they need to really buckle down. Then the consequences of not buckling down to save a lot of money hit them really hard and they end…
Being frugal souls, throwing away something that you can reuse again practically seems like a waste. However, sometimes those old clothes are worn so much that they cannot be passed down or donated to the thrift store. What are you to do then? In the spirit of “use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without,” you figure out a way to reuse or recycle the old clothing. With so much just being thrown away and filling…
After nearly a year since the last “What This Prepper Buys” article, I am back. I wasn’t doing anything crazy or fantastic in prepping, so I didn’t know where to go with the next article in this series. However, an acquaintance of mine said something that struck me. They asked how to get started with food storage when food prices were going up at the stores. I immediately decided to help them and any new/experienced prepper out in the…
If you have been shopping lately, you have probably noticed an uptick in the prices. Grocery stores have been no exception to this. Even though it seems like prices have gone up more lately, I would argue that they have been gradually increasing over the last two years. The pandemic-created shortages have made things worse at all stores, but grocery stores in particular. You might be asking what inflation means and why it is happening now. Inflation is simply the…