Ode to Costco

Well, I've had some wine, so I'm feeling lots of love tonight. I thought I'd direct some of that towards Costco. As most of you know, I LOVE Costco. Great prices, great products, friendly and happy employees, and Kian loves all the bright lights above. My friend Kate sent me a link to a conversation about great things to buy at Costco, and right now I feel the need to write things I love to buy when we make our Costco run.

• Parmesan cheese - great quality and price!
• Diapers and Baby Wipes (definitely worth buying in bulk!)
• Mozzarella cheese - again, excellent quality and unbeatable price
• Hummus - mmm... they have this really great brand right now. The name is slipping my mind
• Smoked salmon - again, excellent quality and price
  
• Apples - they last an exceptionally long time
• Organic 2% milk - we realized that organic milk actually lasts a _really_ long time. Long enough for even us to get through 1.5 gallons before it expires.
• Unsalted butter - so nice to not pay an arm and a leg for it.
  
• Paper towels and general cleaning products
• Olive and canola oil
• Diced tomatoes
• Organic chicken broth
• Spices
• Pita bread - they have this amazing pita bread right now.
• Baked goods - ridiculously good stuff, but we generally avoid this department
• Seafood
  
• Baby clothes (when they have it)
  
• Eggs - mostly when we know our consumption will be high. Great prices. Are you seeing any themes yet?
• Meat - always great quality and good prices. This however is becoming a more infrequent purchase, as we are making the ethical (in our opinion) switch to organic and humanely treated animal products. (Humanely treated being a key phrase here.)
  

Anyway, not quite an ode to Costco, but I just had to get it out. Goodnight.