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I think I’m starting to get this whole shopping at one store thing down. Yes, Costco has it’s limitations {for instance I am out of ketchup. Do I want to buy 3 giant bottles of ketchup… NO} but for the most part, I think I’m doing pretty good. Cooking most of our meals from scratch Read More >>
Shopping only at Costco has really opened my eyes to the buying {and consumption} patterns of your average Joe. While I stand in line, I like to watch what everyone else is loading onto the belt. I always wonder how long the mass quantities of food will last them. Are they shopping for the month, Read More >>
I wasn’t planning on it but I had a “no spend” week. Maybe it was all the food I bought last week, or the fact that I had so much going on with the remodel, gardening and catching up on some blogging that I forgot to go to the store. I am down to a Read More >>
I arrived home Saturday afternoon to find a lovely birthday card from my in-laws. Tucked inside was a $100 cash card to Costco. Wahoooo! Who wouldn’t love that for their birthday? Especially since I came home to a totally empty fridge {well, okay, there was still plenty of yogurt} and bare cupboards. The boys had eaten Read More >>
I popped into Costco right before I left for the east coast and picked up a few of the boy’s favorite things… doughnuts, popcorn, chicken skewers and a few other necessities. Well, I consider bread and eggs necessities, but maybe I’m crazy. My husband isn’t known to cook, in fact maybe if I’m lucky he Read More >>
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