It's the Frankenstorm

Today hubs came home and said that Frankenstorm was coming.  I said, "What?" and he said, "Frankenstorm." Does he mean a thunderstorm is coming?  I was confused. 

What he meant was that Hurricane Sandy was coming, around Halloween.  I discovered this the minute I turned on the TV.

Ok.  Got it.

Yup, it's hurricane season and although we don't get many hurricanes here, I guess we're getting one in the next few days.  We got Hurricane Irene last year around this time and hubs made me fill the bathtub with water along with every thermos we owned.  And we bought headlamps (because we couldn't find flashlights).

This year it seems like it's going to be the same drill.  Hubs already mentioned the bathtub and thermoses.  And I went to the grocery store, but rather than get emergency food I got this:

Yeah, so when we lose power and can't get anywhere, we'll have plenty of candy and chips.  I recall a similar incident last year.  But at least last year we were smart enough to buy powdered milk.  This year we were not.  Instead I bought ingredients to make chocolate chip cookies?  Hmm.  In all honesty I didn't go to the grocery store to buy emergency food, I went to buy a gift card for a bday dinner I was going to.  This stuff just jumped in my basket for the ride.  I'm thinking those Vegetable Sticks count as a vegetable, right?

We also made it to Sears and bought some flashlights.  Two.  Did you know flashlights cost a FORTUNE????  One flashlight was $34 and the other was $37!!!!  What is with that?  And they weren't ginormous or anything - like those flashlights with a diameter of 12 inches.  Nope, just your normal looking flashlight.  I was shocked when the Sears person said my total was $125 (we also bought a stability ball and a humidifier for the baby because he's got a stuffy nose).  Yikes!!!  Those flashlights better come in handy.

Ok, I am keeping my fingers crossed that this Hurricane Sandy turns out to be a whole lot of nothing.  I don't like being without power.  It is not fun.

At least I found out my sister's neighbors have a generator so if our power does go out I can load up some of my food and find it a new home in their fridge.