Trip to Costco

Every couple of weeks the school offers a bus trip to Costco. It takes about fifteen minutes to get there and we get exactly one hour to shop. It's a race against time with two floors and lots of carts. Next time you go to Costcoland you can appreciate the prices after taking a glance at these! It is often cheaper to go out to eat than to purchase seasonings and fresh products.

One of the teachers has her own cart ready to fill.

One floor for food and one for clothes/dry goods.

Same layout as in the States.

A four pack of butter is $26!

Almost $22 for a box of small yogurts.

Half-gallon of milk is $4.50.

$29 for a container of mixed nuts, ouch!

The macadamias will set you back almost $30 for 25 oz. 

$17 for pecan or pumpkin pie.

Almost $17 for 2 Skippys.

Twelve bucks for a container of pretzels.

Good thing I don't like marshmallows, over $8 a bag!

Bag of mini Snickers $20

Just like at home there are lots of samples! Behind her are the three packs of Alaskan salmon which is the only seafood from the NW I can find. There's tons of squid, octopus and anchovies here, but I miss the salmon, halibut and Dungeness. 

Noodles of course!

Cheese is really expensive, $40 for a wedge of parm.

Good ole' roasted chicken. I get a couple of these each time, only $7.

If you gotta have your Cheetos, it'll be $9 for the bag!

Look familiar? Hot dogs $2, pizza $2.50, calzone $4. All about the same price as home. After not eating bread and cheese here for a couple of months a slice of the pizza sat in my stomach like a rock!

Checkout goes quick as there is no short supply of staff at any store, anytime. There are greeters at most shops.

I had to do it.

Fruit is so costly it is wrapped and given as gifts. Over $100 for some apples and pears in this fancy box. We generally pay at least a dollar for every small apple, orange or pear from street vendors.

Yup, that's fifty big ones for a couple of cantaloupes! Watermelons are the same.
My juicer is only used for very special occasions!

It hurts to pay $25 for oatmeal!!