Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.

Sometimes I amaze myself, both positively and negatively. I don't care to dwell on the negative so I will just discuss the positive, for now ;) I used to go to Target almost daily and would buy the same products almost every time, ya know- to prevent ever actually needing to go to the store. I don't go to Target nearly as often anymore but when I do, I still stock up and buy multiples of things so that I will never run out. I have three emergency stashes of just about everything I use, one that stays at my house, one in my travel bag and one at my parent's house since I spend half of every week there. The other day I was a little annoyed because I had used my last 2 emergency mascaras and I thought I was out and didn't have time to go buy more. It was then that I looked in my travel stash and found a few more brand new tubes of mascara! It was kind of like finding treasure with all of the goodies I had packed away. You just never know when there will be an eyelash emergency and as the Boy Scouts say, BE PREPARED!!!!! So in case you're reading this and you don't plan ahead for such situations, you should start! Sure it seems a little ridiculous to buy 4 tubes of toothpaste, especially if you're the only one using it, but it sure comes in handy on days when you run out and don't want to go to the store!

I also strongly recommend carrying around either emergency crackers or an emergency apple. I can't tell you how many times I've escaped massive hunger-induced headaches just by planning for the worst and keeping food with me!