What did you stock up on a year ago...that goes unused?

I got too much toilet paper. If you have extras of stuff can I suggest that you donate to your local food shelf. I am sure they would appreciate any extra.

This. All the food banks here are in need of donations, both cash and food, because the need is still so great.

Clorox wipes. I have probably 16 of the large containers. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Yes I have a ton of medicine that needs to get used.

At one point I had a fuller than usual pantry with canned goods, but it is all stuff I use regularly (beans, tomatoes, tuna, sardines) so it has all been turned over and replenished. I've cut back to the regular amount we keep on hand.

We were sick so the disposable gloves, pulse oximeter, Clorox wipes and basic meds were used, too. The only thing I wish we had more of on hand was soups. For me, nothing provides the comfort of my childhood "sick food", Lipton's Chicken Noodle Soup and we didn't have any. 

Nothing that’s totally unused. I’ve used some if anything I bought, and all of some things. I have some powdered milk left ( thankfully I use that in baking ) more recently I stocked up on antibacterial wipes but we will use those.

Just well intentioned boredom craft projects that either were half started or never even opened.

At the start of the pandemic, I made a conscious effort to have a few more protein sources in the freezer. I have had more pork loin and chuck steak in the freezer in the last year than I have in the prior 20 years of independent adult living. That was the one thing I was concerned about not being able to buy, although I never did see the meat shortages some of you experienced.

Anyway, the good that came out of it is that I learned how to cook some new things this year, like a pork loin seared on the stove and finished in the oven like an actual chef. I also came up with a couple of different ways to cook chicken breast in the crockpot besides throwing it in to some chili. And I learned that I could cook it from frozen.

I do also have a stockpile of paper towel, but that's because I buy the full sheet rolls whenever I find it so I'm not stuck picking up a package of the scourge that is select-a-size.

Cold medicine that we haven’t touched. I bought some powdered creamer from Sam’s delivery because I was having trouble getting creamer but we never used it. I was afraid we wouldn’t be able to get some for DS. I donated one of them to the food pantry but kept one just in case. I have been trying to buy my son’s favorite and they have been out off and in for the last three weeks. Luckily I stocked up and he still had some. I also bought a variety of pasta and we have a lot still. No big deal as I know we will eat it. We have probably gone through half of the 25 pounds of rice. I did donate some can goods I didn’t think we would go through this week we do have more of a pantry than normal. More crackers, rice and pasta as well as a but more canned fruit and veggies but are working our way through it. Oh I bought some evaporated milk for cooking that I haven’t touched. I need to start using that. I bought lots of snacks that I normally wouldn’t have bought but they were eaten and then I said why we don’t normally eat this crap and stopped buying lol.

I don’t feel bad about what we bought as I like to have extras around especially cold meds because when you are sick you don’t feel like shopping and if it was Covid we certainly wouldn’t be going out. It was purchased after we had been sick in a December as we used up our previous stash. I’m assuming we will use next winter when we get the normal winter crud assuming we won’t be marked and avoiding people at that point.

I forgot about that kind of thing yes I bought some scrapbook and card kits I haven’t finished, yarn for some knit Ornaments and pumpkins, and a few puzzles we never touched. Luckily none will go bad.

I bought OTC meds to cover just about anything, and basic supplies in case I got sick. I wanted to have on hand whatever I might need since I live alone, and some things were hard to find at times. I also stocked the freezer with more stuff, including different protein sources.

I have plenty of masks and hand sanitizer, cleaning and paper products, but they will get used up or shared with others.

I didn't stock up on anything, so I have nothing unused. The only thing I would have stocked up on, once I realised (too late) that everyone was buying it, is toilet paper. But we didn't end up running out of it luckily. 

I dont think I have an over abundance of anything. We've used most of what we stocked up on regularly. The only thing I might have more on hand that normal is frozen chicken breasts. But grilling weather is here and I will start grilling chicken a bunch so that should use up a bunch.