August 27, 2023: The Wonderful World of Costco

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What’s the best part about Costco? Part of me hates it. Why? Because you can’t walk out of there spending less than $100. They always have “other” stuff to get your attention; this Sunday I picked up a pair of sweatpants for cheap. Somehow we ended up with a throw pillow too… Throw all the food on top of this stuff, and it adds up quick; we made it over $200 this time. Plus, it’s a fricking madhouse in there. Honestly, it would be a good lesson for new drivers. Push a cart around Costco on a Sunday afternoon; you’ll experience getting cutoff, people parked wherever they want, tailgating, road rage, and if you’re lucky, a fender bender. It’s a bit hectic, and I don’t like that, at least not somewhere I’m shopping, which I don’t like in general anyways. Part of me loves Costco too though; let’s talk free samples.

My son and I hit the free samples HARD this time; I don’t think I’ve ever seen my son eat so much… haha. There’s no shame in our game either. If the samples aren’t quite ready yet, we’ll sit right in front of the station and wait. Sure, you like to slow down and try to time it perfectly, like “oh, the samples are ready now?” trying not to look like you’re starving, but if that strategy doesn’t work, we’ll camp out in front of that mother like we’re waiting for Taylor Swift tickets to go on sale. We double back too; yes we do! We hit the beef kabobs a couple times, while my son had about 4 different samples of the Indian food they had. To be fair, there were 3 different types, so… he only had one of them twice… haha. Some berries, a muffin, a frittata, cereal, oatmeal, tuna… it was an absolute feeding frenzy. I told him we have to go in the parking lot, change clothes, and hit them all again. Although they were hip to our game… the one lady just flat out told us, take more than one if you’d like; thank you very much, but I’ve already been to this station 3 times… haha. Funny thing… although my son was stuffed, my wife and I each got a slice of pizza when we were done shopping, stuffing our face while we sit next to our full cart.

So yeah, the wonderful world of Costco… their gas is cheap too, although it does get crowded; no worries though… you can just sit on your phone and surf while the line nudges ahead. Shit, they have an automotive section, gutters, water service, vacations, including planning for your trip to the resurrection. It’s wild. I have a lady at work that ONLY goes there. Honestly, I try to avoid it, but after this glorious Sunday, I think this may become a weekly tradition. There goes the credit card bill… damn right we’re going to get our money’s worth out of those free samples. And now, we don’t starve our son in preparation for this; God knows I don’t need any prep to eat. We have to start counting, so we can break our record, which had to be this Sunday. We’ll be back Costco… we’ll be back… and that’s just what they want… bastards…

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