Hi Chris,
I used to shift my place quite often and where ever I go, I set up a kind of small electronics lab in my room. The components I used to purchase from the nearby store are as follows;
RESISTORS:
10 ohm, 100 ohm, 330 ohm, 470 ohm, 1K, 5.5K, 10K, 47K, 100K, 470K, 1M
POTENTIOMETERS:
100 ohm, 1K, 10K, 100K, 1M
CAPACITORS:
0.01uF, 0.1uF, 1uF, 4.7uF, 10uF, 22uF, 47uF, 100uF, 330uF, 1000uF
DIODE:
1N4007, 1N4148
TRANSISTORS:
BC548, BC558, SL100, SK100, BC107
ICs
LM555, CD4017, LM358, LM741, ULN2004 etc.
Hope this is what you were looking for.