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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