Self Reliant Saturday

Quite a while ago, my Mother-in-Law gave me a list that I thought was I great thing!  Then I promptly lost it! In cleaning things out, I found it again!  I'm so excited!  We are going to start the $5/week food storage! 

The idea is that you set aside $5 each week to buy the items on the list.  Some weeks, you don't buy anything, but still put that $5 aside so that you can buy something a little more expensive the next week.  If you have any change left, put it back in your jar (or envelope or whatever you're using!) to put towards other purchases!

Here is the list:

Week 1:	Two cans tuna fish, 2 boxes salt
Week 2:	5 boxes of Macaroni and Cheese, 4 cans tomato soup
Week 3:	3 cans mushroom soup, 1 2.5 lb peanut butter
Week 4:	1 bottle vitamins
Week 5:	4 cans tomato soup, 1 10 lb powdered milk
Week 6:	1 bottle aspirin (500 tablets)
Week 7:	1 100 lb container wheat
Week 8:	1 5 lb powdered milk
Week 9:	1 5 lb honey
Week 10:	4 cans tuna, 4 boxes macaroni and cheese
Week 11:	1 10 lb sugar, 1 box salt
Week 12:	4 cans mushroom soup
Week 13:	1 bottle vitamins
Week 14:	1 100 lb wheat
Week 15:	1 box macaroni and cheese
Week 16:	1 5 lb honey
Week 17:	2 cans tuna, 4 can tomato soup
Week 18:	1 10 lbs sugar
Week 19:	1 100 lbs of wheat
Week 20:	2 10lbs of sugar
Week 21:	10lb powdered milk
Week 22:	1 can mushroom soup, 1 10 lb sugar
Week 23:	1 can tuna, 4 cans tomato soup, 1 10 lbs sugar
Week 24:	1 10 lbs sugar
Week 25:	2 cans tuna, 2 cans mushroom soup
Week 26:	1 100 lb wheat
Week 27:	3 10 lbs sugar
Week 28:	1 10 lb sugar
Week 29:	1 10 lb powdered milk
Week 30:	2 10 lb sugar
Week 31:	1 can tuna, 3 cans mushroom soup
Week 32:	1 can tuna, 4 cans tomato soup
Week 33:	1 100 lb wheat
Week 34:	2 cans tuna, 1 box salt
Week 35:	1 10 lb powdered milk
Week 36:	2 10 lb sugar
Week 37:	4 cans tomato soup, 2 boxes salt
Week 38:
Week 39:	1 100 lb wheat
Week 40:	1 10 lb powdered milk
Week 41:	3 10 lb sugar
Week 42:	2 cans tomato soup, 1 10 lb sugar
Week 43:	2 cans tomato soup, 2 cans mushroom soup
Week 44:
Week 45:	1 10 lb powdered milk
Week 46:	4 cans tomato soup, 4 cans mushroom soup
Week 47:	1 10 lb powdered milk
Week 48:	4 cans mushroom soup, 1 10 lb powdered milk
Week 49:	7 cans of tomato soup
Week 50:	7 cans of mushroom soup
Week 51:	2 10 lbs sugar, 1 box salt

I kind of think the list is a little outdated, because I don't really know where you can get 100 lbs of wheat for $5. However, the thought is good an its a good starting place! Keep in mind, this list is meant for 2 people. Also, adapt it to your families likes/abilities. For example, I don't have a wheat grinder (yet) so I'm not sure how practical buying wheat would be.  But thats a subject for another day!