Things you should bring with you to Germany
(some of these items you can buy here but are very expensive unless you have a connection to get on the Army base and shop in the commissary)
Food Items
Salad Dressing in bottles or dry packets
Peanut butter
Grape Jelly
Brown sugar
Chocolate Chips
Cream of tartar
All Spice
Bisquick
Maple Syrup
Cake mix/Frosting
Pumpkin pie filling
vanilla/almond/lemon extracts
dry mustard
French's mustard (or other yellow mustard)
macaroni and cheese or Shells and cheese
corn syrup (light and dark)
molasses
hershey's cocoa powder
barbecue sauce--some is available here
Paper Lunch Bags-Different sizes are available here
Refried beans and enchilada sauce
Nacho cheese sauce and chip dip
microwave butter popcorn
Pam
Spagetti Sauce
cupcake pans and papers
A1 steak sauce--Heinz 57 is available here
Pop tarts
Canned cream of mushroom soup and tomato soup
Pecans
Microwave popcorn---they eat popcorn with sugar here
Drug Store Items
(You cannot easily buy over-the-counter medicines in Germany-there are no drug stores like we have in the states)
Contact Lens solutions
Tampons (other than OB)
Neosporin
Rubbing alcohol
Tums or Rolaids
Cough Syrups
Pepto-Bismol
Advil
Allergy medicine
Nyquil
Crest Toothpaste if you use it
Other Items
Pooper scooper for your dog
Your dog's regular dry food--will have to mix gradually with whatever you buy here
Dog bed
craft supplies-like scrap booking supplies
soaps and hand lotions if you use Bath and Body Works
Picture Frames--they are more expensive here and there is a very limited selection
Holders for plates for the wall or shelf
Sports equipment--it is very expensive here--particularly tennis shoes.
Don't bring school supplies like paper and binders--they are different sizes here but of course pens, pencils and colored pencils are a good idea to bring along although all are available here.