I like to buy non perishable paper goods in bulk, toilet paper, paper towels, napkins and paper plates and baggies.
They take up a lot of room in a regular shop so I go to Walmart and pack a cart with all these and I’m good for months.
Five years ago my immediate family decided that for any gift-giving occasion, gifts needed to be ‘consumable.’ We all have MORE than enough STUFF. So for birthdays you now get good chocolates or a bottle of wine, a candle, shampoo, body lotion, etc. Beau gets guy stuff; usually a gift card to Cabela’s, which he loves.
At Christmas Mom buys us girls a case of TP and a case of Paper Towels. She loves Costco! She also shops there for the Albacore canned tuna that I like, which is still reasonably priced. Why waste your time eating bad fish?
If you’ve been especially ‘good’ that year, she’ll throw in a canned ham or some bacon, LOL!
I try to always be good. ;)