Grateful for food storage

I am so very grateful for food storage. Now I am not talking about 50 pounds of wheat, beans etc I am talking about storing everyday items that your family already enjoys! Anytime I am at the store I stock up on some of our favorite things. With us all being a little sick and not feeling up for a trip to the store (besides its the end of the month and we are really tight right now) I just walked to our garage opened our pantry and this great feeling came over me as I "grocery" shopped in our own storage with my grocery bag! Brandon's Irish Spring Soap, V-8 splash juice, TLC granola bars, sleepytime herbal tea, animal crackers, Uncle Ben's wild rice, even my favorite dark chocolate oatmeal cookies. Its just such a wonderful feeling to save, plan for a rainy day and have some of things you enjoy on hand. They say if you are prepared you shall not fear and sure enough we have what we need. Since moving from our house in Utah to this apartment in California we have not had our big freezer (its not allowed here) however there is plenty in our pantry and I am indeed grateful!