Grocery Shops in Review - Costco Edition!

Hey hey ... it's that time again!

Time to look at what I bought ... and what I spent ...

::cringe::

It's not so very bad ... honestly! And actually, had the boy not come along, I would have spent even LESS ... but it is what it is ... so while my Mandarin Orange Chicken from Trader Joe (freezer!) cooks up, I'm going to type up the receipt and hopefully get the pictures cleaned up and ready to post asap!

I did have a list.

A very specific list.  And it was short! Crazy, I know!  And I stuck with it, except for ONE thing ...

Clive Cussler The Rising Sea

The biggest frugal fail ever! I bet that book is available on Kindle, Amazon, the library! Everywhere for FREE ... if not today, soon!

Yup. It called my name ... "over here ... you deserve a brand new book to read this weekend" ... "yes, you do ... it's only $15.99"

Uhm, that's the equivalent of THREE bags of that Mandarin Orange Chicken ...


Moving on ... (and that book better NOT get a single splash of pool water while I'm floating!)

 Costco - April 13, 2018
Total Spent - $354.89

The boy even tried to get me to go in the liquor store portion to buy more margarita mix ... uh, no kid, you are of age, you go buy your own (he doesn't have a membership card!)

24 pack of Yuengling $19.95 (bargain!)

24 pack Yuengling $19.95 at Costco

2 twin packs of the worlds most awesomest bread $4.69 each


30 super large TP rolls $15.99


28 pk water bottles $5.99 (long story but I'm back to using these)


The Book $15.99
2 pkgs of bananas $1.99
large container of grape tomatoes $5.79


100 count Kcup Donut Shop coffee $44.99

100 count KCups Donut Shop Costco

Gatorade $15.99


Pretty flowery party pack of plates and napkins (100 pieces!) $12.99

100 Count Celebrate Package
slight sarcasm with those flowery plates, ok?

6 pk Yakisoba noodles $11.59 (hoping to get Hubby on these!)

Ajinmoto Vegetable Yakisoba from Costco

bag of frozen festival fruit $8.99
Gigantic box of those honey & oats granola bars $12.29
2.5 pounds of salted cashews $19.99
sour patch $10.89 (the Boy, of course)

Sour Patch Kids

3 containers greek yogurt $5.79 each
half and half $2.19
a gigantic bag of skinny pop popcorn ... 20 servings $6.99 ... huge bag

Skinny Pop from Costco

4 pound bag of organic frozen broccoli florets (that are beautiful!) $6.79
2 pound bag of frozen riced cauliflower $7.99

organic frozen vegetables from costco

bag of asian salad mix $4.99
3 pk cucumbers $3.99
6 pk mixed peppers $6.99


5 pk artisan romaine lettuce $3.99
large bag of spinach $5.99
3 pk of OJ $8.89
12 pk of single guacamoles $10.99

Tableside Chunky Guacamole from Costco

4 pk of Febreeze $7.99

Febreeze from Costco

2 pkgs of that yummy pre-cooked bacon $11.99 each

Kirkland Bacon by Costco
Hey, that do it yourself manicure is holding up pretty nicely! 

18 count hard boiled eggs $9.49
gourmet chocolate chip cookies $7.99 (the Boy)
2 dozen eggs $3.49

So. There you have it. I had chicken on my list but all the fresh packs had too much liquid in the bottom ... Hubby is getting extremely picky on his meat and the appearance of it ... I guess maybe he's just super conciousentious due to the chemo and doesn't want to take any chances ... I get it.

 I was doing a mini pantry/freezer pantry clean out and I'm fairly happy with this Costco shop ... it's all stuff I/We use (hey, that bacon and bread are #1!) and some of the other stuff we needed. Hubby will be drinking that Gatorade (as will the Boy) and the water bottles as well.

How's your grocery shopping going along?

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