Costco Cashes In

With limited time and a limited budget, Costco is my new best friend. Well, let me clarify. Costco has always been my best friend. When I first started dating my now-husband, he thought it was strange that I squealed like it was Christmas morning when it was time to hit up Costco. It is absolutely my favorite place to shop - I get lost with large puppy eyes in the aisles shelving wine, cookies & toilet paper  - all sold in packs of 100, so my days were usually set for quite some time. Fast forward a few years, and he's pretty much used to my fascination with the dreamy distribution center.

So when last Monday rolled around and we all sat hungry in our offices wondering what we were going to do for lunch - Costco came to mind. Where else can you buy a hot dog and large fountain drink for under $2.99. What a bargain! It's like stealing from the poor.... so wrong, but it feels so right. Costco has this lunch thing in the bag - the line was easily 30 people deep to order their stuffed chicken rolls, pretzels, slices of pizza, and... hot dogs. Ironically, everyone from the group except for myself & Ashley Mullins brought cash, so lunch was on us (the only negative thing I have to say about Costco is the fact that their food line only accepts cash & checks). We ordered 6 hot dogs, 6 drinks, 2 slices of pizza & 1 churro - and the total was a whopping $15.23.

 They have a mini condiment station set up, complete with an onion machine that spits out freshly diced onions.

We were in and out of Costco with lots of time to spare. If I had my way, I would have stayed and skipped down the aisles... throwing things into my basket with glee. Unfortunately, work called... so back we went.


Oh - and for those of you that were confused on why 2 slices of pizza were ordered... it's quite simple. Zach had the brilliant idea of taking the pepperoni & cheese off of the pizza slice, and adding it to his Costco hot dog. It looked incredible. The rest of the group just took a few bites of the greasy pizza, in between bites of our wieners!

And no trip would be complete without their foot long churro.
Warm cinnamon... mmm.

COSTCO - 9.0