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I will add (in my defense [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] ) that we live in the boonies, so a high wind can take out our power/phone. Rain takes out power/phone. Sometimes a sunny day can take out power/phone. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif[/img] We also live in the secondary snowbelt and I hadn't adjusted my shopping habits for that yet, having moved from OK, so it really was a good education for me in pantry management. It was also when there were shopping "deals" all over the internet, so the grocery store paid me to take picante sauce home every week [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/ukid.gif[/img] and I couldn't pass *that* up! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img] As far as the soup goes, DH reminded me that all of it hadn't been our stock, but we had some "survivalist" friends in Maryland who sent us a box after Y2K that had the tubs o' soup, so *that* made me feel better. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]