Stores around here (Norman) have TP and Paper Towels now. You may have to drive into OKC. I go to Crest and Homeland, haven't heard it's much of a problem anymore.

I just ordered some on Amazon late last week. I'm not going into stores right now either.

Do you have a local church that might be willing to sell you some? They're all closed and could probably use the donation right now.

I was able to get toilet paper from Staples and some generic Tylenol from Amazon.

Tina, there's only 1100 people in our town, way too small for a large grocery store. We used to have a small one but it's no longer here. We do have doctors and a pharmacy though! lol

Walmart, CVS, Target are in-store only purchases for toilet paper. At least they were last night.

Terez, Amazon is already out of the toilet paper.

I have dozens of those washcloths, and no way no how will I use them for that. You can't make me! :)

You dont have a Dollar General? 75% of Americans live within tomato-tossing distance of one....LOL!

I think you just have to be persistent. Stock comes in and goes out. I was able to add my preferred cottonelle to my previously submitted order this morning. My shopper told me it was the last one!! At 3 previous orders they were sold out.

I should probably try to order paper towels too-- I have 2 left but I'd feel better about having a few more, if I can snag them.

The Dollar General here is not keeping up with cleaning so I know my parents have written it off the list of places they will go. I wish their list was shorter-- trying to tell them WE can get whatever they need but they are worse than stir crazy kids!

Baby wipes? That was going to be my plan b if we ran out, but luckily I found TP and PT at Costco last week.

I just ordered printer cartridges from Office Depot. They have TP, paper towels, and tissue!!! TP is limited to two packs.

Lala I stocked on baby wipes too even though we do have toilet paper left. There no paper products to be found around here or online at this time so wanted to be prepared!

Oakley, I checked currently in stock at our local Walmart online this morning and they had TP, paper towels, hand sanitizer and flour (all purpose, three brands). Is there someone young and masked who you could ask to make a shopping trip for you if you checked your own local and knew ahead of time those things would be there? I've been in a couple of Walmarts that are quite nice. Ours locally seems a little grungy even during good times.

I had luck finding toilet paper at our Ace Hardware store

Amazon seems to have a lot of the same institutional paper goods as staples, for similar prices too.

I think IIRC Oakley does not feel safe physically going to stores at this time. But morz8's comment reminded me--Oakley don't your son and DIL, a nurse, live next door? If either or both of them are leaving the house seems that would be a good way to get supplies.

We just did this for my husband's 88-YO aunt who is at home and not going out. We picked up some toilet paper and a few other requested items for her when we went grocery shopping this week. Dropped them at her daughter's house who sanitized as per their standards then took to mom.

Some stores are giving early hours for seniors and first responders/healthcare workers.

There's a smallish Dollar General ten miles away, but I'm so spoiled I'm going to do it all online now that I know office supply stores sell what I need.

Running, yes, they live next door and they're stocked up until June. lol We're both good for now since I was able to get those paper towels/tissue at Staples this morning.

When this all began I disliked what the hoarders were doing but now that I hear this virus could be back in the winter, or heck, not even go away, I'm going to start buying paper goods more than usual.

What I don't like is how it can take 3 days to schedule a pickup order, which means if I put toilet paper in my cart which is available at the time, if they sell out in-store before the day of my pickup, then I'm out of luck. Why not begin the non-perishable parts of pickup orders asap, and that way insure that WE have access to paper goods? It's really not fair, IMO.

We're so lucky to have a family owned pharmacy where I call in my order and they bring it to the car.

Even had my 3 month checkup by phone last week.

Oakley, my daughter lives 45 miles away from the nearest store. (NW Oklahoma) It's hit or miss he when she goes if they'll have the basics. I was able to ship her TP from Staples last week. They were down to their last 2 rolls. LOL

I hear this virus could be back in the winter, or heck, not even go away,

The virus isn't going to go away any time soon.

I'm facing the same issue of items running out before my order is picked, but if you think about it, that means someone already had it in their order, which would have to have been placed before mine to get an earlier pickup or delivery, and because of the high demand, and likely irregular shipments right now, how will a store know they'll run out before my turn comes?

I'm lucky I can choose between several stores in my area that do curbside pickups & deliveries.

I just keep reordering some scarce items, hoping I'll get lucky.

We're almost equally distant from 3 Walmart Superstores. Thank goodness we're not completely out of paper goods, but have enough paper towels for a couple more weeks, and TP for even longer.

And indeed, I learned that the flu pandemic of 1918 actually had 3 waves, and despite its being known as the Spanish Flu, it started in the USA.

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-commemoration/pandemic-timeline-1918.htm

Oakley, we are in a small area also (unincorporated), but we do have two grocery stores, more than one dollar general/dollar store and yes, more than enough dr's offices and banks! We have a Walgreens and a local owned pharmacy. I have read CVS (which is in the big city near me) is also doing deliveries as does our local owned pharmacy. We have very few prescripts (my allergy meds) so I've just gone through the drive-through at Walgreens to pick up. During this time, they will also add other items to the pick-up (cough/cold meds, tylenol, etc.) so you don't have to go in. Amazon subscribe and save is great for paper products. I have even bought tylenol and mucinex through Amazon or Amazon Pantry.

Oakley we are in a small rural (unincorporated) area too, and we drive to the closest grocery store about once a week. I stay out of WalMart. Today it was wonderful if you needed paper products (except Kleenex). Rows and rows of TP and paper towels at 11 am! I got lucky last week and scored 2 boxes of Puffs and was so happy since its allergy season here and I was nearly out. I was good on both TP and PT so didn't buy any. Of course when I get low it will be scarce, LOL! I think you have to be watchful and diligent and just be at the right place at the right time.

I would hope that your son and DIL since they are set until June, would have shared tp/kleenex with you so you wouldn't have had to resort to leaves. How are they getting their supplies and where? It seems they could help get some for you, too, if you run low on things again, couldn't they?

DS ordered groceries from Aldi's & of course they'd give me anything if I asked, but if I can get something on my own I'd much rather do that. Because of where we live, neither of us can just run to the store. Everyone out here stocks up with or without a virus, but we never worried about paper goods either.

When I asked DS the other day if he had an extra box of Kleenex which I've done before (we both have bad allergies), he goes, "Oh crap! That's what we forgot!" lol My friend threw two boxes to me, one for him and one for me.

Tina, how big is your town? We do have two banks, but the population isn't big enough to support a grocery store. It takes a lot of people to support two of them.

And when I say we're in a rural area it means we're in the country. When I was a bit younger it was no big deal to drive to the city and get groceries but now I'd rather spend those hours doing something else.

Sounds like you could order from Aldi's, too! That is terrific.

I have no clue how many people we have. We are in a country area but we are within 30 minutes of 3 larger cities. Lots of farms near me. I would guess that we have some from the larger cities working in our area. I always laugh at the number of banks we have in such a little town! We also have a highly acclaimed private school which is also an international boarding school! But in our county, not our city (our city is made up of 3 counties) there are several big ($$$) factories. I would guess some of that $$$ is what supports our grocery stores, etc. There are those who work in the bigger cities that do not want to live within city limits (such as us, although I no longer work and my husband works from home).

Cyn, if I wanted to drive to the city I could order from a lot of places. They're kids, they can do it. lol

Tina, how do you not know how many people live in your town? We're part of the metropolitan area but you'd never know it because it's all farmland between here and the Metro. The city limits is only 2 square miles, that's 2 x 2, right? :0 Outside of that everyone lives on dirt roads. We have to plan for snow and rains since our roads could get bad.

At least there's a place to get milk, and we do have one business which is famous and people come from all over to visit on a daily basis. It's even been on some tv shows before. :)

Still waiting for my Staples order which was supposed to arrive today. There is "no tracking available." Great.

Stores here have had all those for two weeks now...they ration but they are there...

That's simply not true.. at least not here, Arcy.

Be cautious about depending on TP from Office Depot, they cancelled my order after 2 weeks. Several days after I had expected the TP to arrive. So I stood in line at Costco for 1 1/2 hours to get mine.

Sorry, thought your son had delivery, but couldn't they pick up your order when they go for theirs? That seems like it would work.

My husband scored one of the last 2 pkgs of paper towels yesterday at a grocery store and supposedly a package of tp will be delivered tomorrow with groceries from a grocery store here but we will see. In the mean time we have loaded up on a few baby wipes just in case tp is not to be found for sometime. Hang in there everyone.

Worst case, these washcloths are 17cents each. https://www.webstaurantstore.com/lavex-lodging-economy-collection-12-x-12-100-cotton-hotel-wash-cloth-with-cam-border-1-lb-pack/173B12121.html

Could be used for just about anything and washed/bleached or used for rags or I suppose thrown away.

We've also bought washcloths and towels for the lab from the dollar store. Yeah, you wash them a few times and they disintegrate, but they were $1 per pack.

For those buying baby wipes as a backup for TP, be careful not to flush them. If they don't clog up your own plumbing lines, they wreak havok on municipal sewer systems.

The toilet paper shelves at Whole Foods were fully stocked. It's not where I would normally buy TP but I don't relish a trip to Costco and I think I'll make it another 3-4 months on what I have.

You could try Staples. It probably won’t be preferred brand but we at this point are kinda stuck.

I was thinking that I would almost rather be given a 90-day supply of toilet paper and disinfecting wipes than a stimulus check.

I will take a 9- day supply of disinfecting wipes. Our DIL was just at Costco (none there), but she did find DD2 diaper wipes. We still have a few containers of wipes and some rubbing alcohol.

You can buy toilet paper on ebay. Do you have BJ's near you? They have a lot of toilet paper there.

When this first started, we had NO TP, paper towels, etc. at our grocery stores or drug stores. I have not had to buy any, but each time I go to the store, I look down that aisle. Looks like things are somewhat stocked now. This week I noticed plenty of paper towels, not so much TP. What all are you guys using the disinfecting wipes for? We have a couple of containers of those, but do not use them much. I've pretty much only used them for wiping off things that come into the house.

We only use the disinfecting wipes outside. We bring them into the stores with us to wipe the carts, and then to wipe our hands after we come out of the store. I have an endless supply of disinfecting wipes from work, but I really don't use them much beyond this purpose. TP and paper towels are still spotty for us. I have been in stores that were stocked and those with empty shelves. I think it is more the day of the week (on weekends there are likely to be no paper products) and time of day (earlier in the morning has been better). Even though we are stocked up on these products now, it is hard not to have a panic mentality and feel like you have to stock up at every opportunity because the supply could end at any time. I have been carefully talking myself down from these thoughts, but they do crop up.

In the past, I have given the kids a container of wipes to clean surfaces in their dorms. At home, they sometimes use them to clean their sinks and such. We don't use them much, either. I believe warm water and nearly any kind of cleanser is just as good and heretofore I was in the camp of not wanting to "over disinfect?"

I sometimes use disinfecting wipes on the kitchen countertops, but usually even pre-CV-19, we use isopropyl alcohol to disinfect the countertops. I have small packets that I take with me when I travel. I use them to wipe down the airplane tray table and armrests. When DH and I cruise, we wipe down every horizontal surface, door knob, etc., in our stateroom. Wonder when/if we will travel again?

My trips out have been rare and fast. I keep a disinfecting wipe container in my car. I grab one as I leave my car and use it to touch any surface (door knobs, handles, carts etc., keypad) that I touch.

Speaking of "small packets." I ordered little packets of wipes specifically to disinfect my phone. They arrived. each wipe is, I would estimate, 1" square! Better than that, they were dried out! OMG I was so mad. Returned them and got a refund even tho it was like $6 I was not going to be ripped off.

HAHA Mt.! We don't use many disinfecting wipes, other than to mainly wipe items brought in. Otherwise I use a disinfectant spray cleaner in the house. I carry hand sanitizer wipes that I can use just as Maddielee does. I guess I kinda feel the same about the wipes as I do swiffer products - just something else that goes in the trash. I do need to see if I can find some hand sanitizer. We each keep a bottle in our vehicle, and we are getting low.

I still can't find Clorox wipes-but did find Lysol spray, so I have been spraying a paper towel when I needed to disinfect something. My DH has been working, so I gave him the big container of Clorox wipes we had, to keep in his truck, when this all started.

I like disinfecting wipes for things like doorknobs, faucet handles, refrigerator handles. Larger surfaces like counters we use spray and towels. I also like disinfecting wipes in the car for my phone, steering wheel, hands, etc. We tend to use them in the house most when somebody is ill. I also let the kids use them to clean certain areas of their bathroom, like certain parts of the toilet. They primarily use vinegar water for other parts. I am glad that I had some wipes because I have not seen them in the store for over 6 weeks now.

First time we found toilet paper in 6 weeks. LA suburbs and large supermarket chain finally had some toilet paper inventory. We went in the afternoon and they still had about 10 packs left and only allowing 1 per customer. They only had the Scott 12-roll packs. A good sign that supply is catching up and/or people aren't hoarding or allowed to hoard. They also had tissues, but no paper towels

Food items had pretty much normal inventory.

Went to the store this am during senior hours and was shocked to see the paper aisle full like I haven't seen in months. Paper towels, tissues and t paper! Also in a walmart, there were a few rolls on the shelves. Could it be people have finally gotten their fill???