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chewyspaghetti

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I've been putting off the grocery shopping, but I have to run to the store for a few items that we just can't live without- apples, flavored de-caf coffee, and popcorn (loose, not microwave) being among them. Yesterday I picked up cereal and mouthwash- more items that we can't live without.
What are your 'can't live without it' items?

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Angie

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Tea, milk, bread, cheese and dog food.

chewyspaghetti

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We are always running out of animal food! and paper towels! Milk, too.
I buy bread (and butter) in bulk when it's cheap and stuff the freezer with them.

DragonflyJane

Husband - he does the shopping!

Vani

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Haha, ditto Angie! Oh and moisturizing also. I am an inveterate constant moisturizer/lotion applier. Did I say constantly? Yes, constantly, all the time...And finally, because I am from the land of rice, rice, always need to have some uncooked rice at home.

Jjsloane

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Things I would run out to the store for if we were out: coffee, milk, yogurt, cat food and WINE. I'm sure DH's list would be slightly different.

Queen Mum

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I make a special trip to the store if we are out of.... milk, bread, coffee or toilet paper. I can't think of anything else that sends me to the store on a non-shopping day, either because we manage without or never seem to run out during the week.

Anonymous

Coffee, nonfat milk, half-and-half, pistachios, dark chocolate, red wine

Mo

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Coffee, milk for it, eggs, toilet paper, wine, Blistex.

NK

It's horrible, but Diet Coke. I panic when my supply is getting low.

We're out of eggs? Big deal. No milk in the house? We'll manage. No Diet Coke? Holy cow, somebody better run to the store NOW!!

jayne

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milk, bread, blue cheese to put on bread, espresso to flavor the milk, and Joey insists that cat food, the good stuff, is next

nancylee

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coffee, green tea, cheese, angel hair pasta, and almonds

Makrame

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Frozen or canned veggies of some kind (need to have at least green peas or beans for my work lunch), milk, toilet paper, paper towels, dishwasher detergent. I make my own yogurt so as long as we have milk, I can manage to make yogurt. I would also make a special trip to the grocery store for coffee and soda for DH, although I can drink tea instead of coffee, if needed.

lynn

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Coffee, beer (dh), milk, bread, lemon icees, peanut butter, dog food

Jonesy

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Decaf coffee beans, English muffins, graham crackers, half and half, butter (these first five are essentially my breakfast every morning), bread, milk (currently going through about 2 gallons per week, compliments of my 13 year old!). We buy our pup's food online, so I don't have to get that at the store.

Parsley

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Coffee!
There are other things that I'd make a special trip to the store for, but coffee would be the one emergency item.

rachylou

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Diet coke. That is THE most critical item, the only thing I buy every week.

A distant second is chicken sticks for the dog. But we can fake it for a few days. Not so with diet coke.

My "essential" pantry, though, consists of: sweet butter, I can't believe it's not butter (TM) (haha) (buttery spread of Fabio), eggs, cheddar cheese, bread (which I usually freeze for keeping), 2-3 *emergency* Lean Cuisine meals; Campbell's chicken noodle, tomato, and mushroom soups; tin fish/chicken, evaporated milk, powdered milk, powdered buttermilk, dried leek, flour/baking soda/baking powder/salt, vanilla, pumpkin pie spice, garlic powder, paprika, pepper, frozen waffles

Sona

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goat's milk ( lactose intolerant), bananas and peanut butter. My husband calls me a monkey because lunch/dinner can often be a banana or two with liberal peanut butter.

lyn*

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Loose tea (orange pekoe); lactose-free milk; gummy cola bottles; edename (frozen), Activia

Aida

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Hmmm I'm terrible at keeping food supplies up, but since the grocery is just a few minutes away if we need something we just go buy it. To be fair, either my husband or myself stops by the grocery store anywhere from 1-4 times a week (we buy in very small quantities) on the way home, so if any supplies are running low there's a very good chance it'll get replenished within a day or two. However if there is ever no coffee, hubby will purchase immediately

taylor

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We have completely switched from coffee to tea this past yr. so...
Tea
potatoe chips
dry beans

Di

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Tea. Pasta. Cat food. And bizarrely, this fall: Swiss chard.

Amy

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Coffee.

annagybe

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Coffee, half & half, & protein bars. Basically my workday breakfast.

chewyspaghetti

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Apparently, there were many ore things that I could not live without, because I ended up with a whole cart full (and yet still nothing for dinners!)
It's very interesting hearing everyone's can't live without items.
Sona- my son used to be a banana freak (now it's apples!). When he was about a year and a half old, he woke up in the middle of the night and wanted a banana. We drove to the closest 24 hour grocery store to get some, and they were closed for inventory! I drove another half hour away to get him some bananas at 2 in the morning because he was NOT going back to bed without his nana!

Girl X

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Cheese! I can work around the absence of most other things, but as soon as we run out of cheese we HAVE to go for groceries, otherwise I am not a happy girl.

Sally

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coffee and wine although I am trying to have at least one day a week when I dont have a wine.

AJ

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Milk (Jonesy, we are a 3 gal a week family), bread, butter, eggs, cheese, and hot cocoa.

Deborah

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Hmm bet hubby and my lists would be different Milk, Decaf Tea, Rice, Tinned Salmon, and Rice

Anonymous

Coffee, half and half, sugar in the raw, and/or British tea and milk. If I get a decent cup of coffee or tea under my belt, I can get to the nearby market for other breakfast items. I won't go to bed if we are out of coffee or tea and its accompanying accoutrements.

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