Yesterday, I went to heaven. Costco. The warehouse store that is like a super-sized version of Target—my favourite store in the world. Fantastic.
Going to the warehouse store was a regular occurrence when I lived in Texas—if not a social event. My friend Rox and I used to go at lunchtime for a little shopping and have a slice of pizza!
In Texas, I had plenty of space to store 48 rolls of toilet paper and 32 rolls of paper towels [kitchen roll].
In Richmond, there simply wasn’t space for all that stuff—so I had not stepped foot in a Costco (or equivalent) in the UK in almost 4 years!
Sure, when I visited Texas or California, I’d take a trip in and stock up on monster-sized bottle of Ibuprofen or Flintstones vitamins—but never in the UK have I had enough toilet paper in stock to keep Moquitos’ fear of running out at bay. Maybe now, Moquitos and LB1 can come for a visit! ;)
The trip was really precipitated by the arrival of Kenny and Sulley. Eventually, they’ll go outside to do most of their “business”, but we’ll always need the litter box—ergo, kitty litter, in bulk.
And now, we have garage shelves (courtesy of Hachie Gal and Budman--a purchase from Costco in Korea--I believe) and plenty of pantry space! So, I had a meeting close to the Costco in Reading, so after my meeting, I popped in, got my membership and started shopping! I was giddy as I glided around with my oversized basket filling it easily!
We now have approximately 1 ton of washing powder [clothes detergent], 3,000 sheets of Bounce for the dryer, 2 tons of kitty litter (scoop-able, of course), ½ of a cow (actually 4 lovely “Texas-sized” ribeye steaks), and 12 gigantic rolls of paper towels. The boot [trunk] of the Golf was full to bursting!
This time, I stuck to my list and still managed to spend a small fortune. But I’m sure there will be a time when I go crazy and impulse buy. I guess that’s the danger of going to heaven…for those of you who have access to Costco and Sam’s regularly—count your blessings!
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3 comments:
OK...we will need to check out. Maybe I can convince the Budman to go tomorrow to get the membership activated in advance of the BIG MOVE. I laughed when you talked about the pizza purchase. Our weekly trip to Costco in Seoul and Taipei was Sunday morning...get your shopping done and then sit down for an Amercain-style hot dog and "jumbo" size diet coke. Ah...don't knock it until you can't get one. Costco...here we come.
and actually, the shelves were a Costco purchase...only in Taipei!
OHG.....Noone here in Aussie Land has any idea what Costco's all about. The Costco in Watford (Bushey) is the best and Sharon and I miss it a lot!!!!! I heard they are planning to build one here in Melbourne, but I'm not holding my breath. Matt W
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