Small Home Stockpiling: Two Things I Purchase in Larger Quantities (When the Price is Right!)

This is a sponsored conversation for Walmart/SheSpeaks. All thoughts and opinions are my own, as always. 

Several years ago I got a lot of joy out of finding super good deals on products and stockpiling them. It is worth noting that at this time in my life I had no kids to contend with, so we were a family of just 2, and we also lived in a home that was close to twice the size as the home we live in now as a family of 4.

In short, I had the time and definitely the space to buy whatever the heck I wanted to stockpile.

I have neither of those things, now, though perhaps I have more of a need for the actual items because my family has doubled in size and we go through products at a faster clip. But in this small home (around 1,300 square feet) I absolutely have to make choices about what to stockpile when the price is great and what to purchase on demand, even if I won’t save as much.

I recently had to make that very choice when I learned about the April Stock Up & Save Event at Walmart. I very quickly knew which products were the best choice for me to scoop up right now, and I knew the best way for me to buy them, too. I did my shopping online, friends, as that is such a great time saver. Since I didn’t have to have any of the products right this instant, I could wait a few days for them to arrive. They were slated to arrive on April 15th and I was pleasantly surprised to see them actually arrive on April 9th. Way to delight the customer, Walmart.com! 

Are you curious to see which items made this cut in our small space? Here they are!

For me, two things to make space for in our home are extra toilet paper and extra razors.

I wonder if you are surprised that toilet paper is something I buy large packages of since it does take up quite a bit of space? My kids are 6 and 3, though, and we are still working hard on learning just how much toilet paper we actually need per bathroom session. The littlest one, in particular, seems to think that 1/4 of a roll is sufficient. So…yeah….we go through A LOT of toilet paper these days, and running out of toilet paper is pretty much the worst.

I have also learned that one great thing about toilet paper is that if you buy just one brand at a time in a large amount, it will stack for you like Tetris pieces. This is 36 rolls of Charmin Ultra Strong toilet paper. It’s taking up just over half a shelf in a tiny little linen closet. Totally worth that space allocation to not have to think about toilet paper for a while.

As for the razors, they fit perfectly in a shoe caddy, which is something that hangs on the inside of the door of this linen closet to allow for extra toiletry storage space. That’s 18 Gillette and Venus razors taking up just one of the pockets. If you take them out of their packaging as soon as you buy them, the amount of space they require is next to nothing, and I won’t have to borrow my husband’s razor in pinch for quite some time, now. 😉

If you’ve got plenty of storage space in your home, then now certainly is a great time to get your everyday essentials for less at Walmart or Walmart.com. But even if you are in a small house, like me, that doesn’t mean that you can’t strategically stock up on something right now, too! I hope I gave you some good ideas to help you save more without having to let go of too much storage space!