Here is our initial draft of a $100 per month buying plan for 1 year.
Month | Food / Food Storage | Item(s) | Save | Account |
1 | $20 Cans Pasta / Fruit | $30 Katadyne Micro | $ 50.00 | $ 50.00 |
2 | $20 Pkg Pasta / Rice | $30 Leatherman Blast | $ 50.00 | $ 100.00 |
3 | $20 Candy Bars / Energy Bars | $30 Camp Stove | $ 50.00 | $ 150.00 |
4 | $20 Peanut Butter & Bottled Water | $30 Flaslight / Fire Starters | $ 50.00 | $ 200.00 |
5 | $20 Gatorade Powder Packs | $20 First Aid Kit / $10 Mess Kit | $ 50.00 | $ 250.00 |
6 | $20 Cans Pasta / Veggies | $20 Folding Utility Knife | $ 60.00 | $ 310.00 |
7 | $10 Ziplock & Garbage Bags | $90 Hand Gun + Ammo | $(310.00) | $ – |
8 | $30 Multivitimins & Tuna Cans | $60 Pack / $10 Gun Cleaning | $ – | $ – |
9 | $20 Plastic Storage Bins | $50 Radio / $30 LED Lantern | $ – | $ – |
10 | $10 Cans Choice | $30 Batteries / $20 Hygiene / | $ – | $ – |
$30 Candles / $10 Rope & Tape | $ – | $ – | ||
11 | $10 Pkg Choice | $50 Gas Cans / $40 Specific | $ – | $ – |
weather apparel needs | $ – | $ – | ||
12 | $10 Bottled Water | $20 Binoculars / $20 Camp Ax | $ – | $ – |
$20 Pocket Saw / $30 Stove Fuel | $ – | $ – |
If you complete this plan you would have a pretty well equipped G.O.O.D. Pack, about a month’s worth of food for one person depending on shopping frugality, some self defense, and some other basic survival and bug out items. Not a bad start for $100 a month. Perhaps most important, it would get you thinking about preparedness on a regular basis…
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