Costco.... Angel or Devil?

Today’s Beverage-Mexican Hot Chocolate with real whipped cream

Today’s Goodie-Macaroon from The Carmel Coffee Co. in Carmel, CA (the size of a scoop of ice cream, extra toasted on the out side, tender on the inside and dipped in dark chocolate and rolled in almonds) I know, I want to go there right now too!
(Why do they not sell these things in Utah County?) (Kneaders said they would make some for me but I would have to order 4 dozen) (I am thinking of what occasion I might need 4 dozen macaroons the size of a scoop of ice cream for?) (Any suggestions?)

Today’s Cozy Moment-I’m dreaming about the porch in Pebble Beach, reading or just chilling and watching the golfers. So pleasant!

Okay, Costco is just about my favorite store in the whole world. It really makes no sense to buy a big giant bag of organic tortilla chips and a jug of salsa when there only 4 people living at my house and two of them are almost never there. Or at least don’t eat there. And the other two are watching what they eat. But I did. And I also bought a chicken pot pie big enough to feed a family of 14 and ended up having to invite people over to eat it. And I bought a rotisserie chicken and a Caesar salad for who knows how many and a box of Fiber One bars with maybe 60 or 70 bars in it. And a hard cover book. Really, a hard cover book? Why can I not resist a hard cover book? Paper back books are half the price. I LOVE THIS STORE. I make plans here. I envision myself making fabulous dinners and having hors d'oeuvres and filling a gigantic stocking the size of a mini cooper with many lovely things and going snow shoeing after with an amazing scarf and kicky boots with toe warmers in them and them coming home and warming myself to a imitation fireplace and reading my new ridiculous hard cover book. I cannot be trusted without parental supervision at Costco. I mean I really need that Audrey Hepburn DVD Collection that comes in a pink and black hat box and I probably need the Harry Potter book collection that comes in collectable leather trunk with a lock! (I mean you never know when you will need to lock up your Harry Potter books). And maybe I need a 7 lb container of Red Vines or a box of 48 mini cream puffs. 2 dozen all beef hot dogs would feed us for 2 weeks (if we ate hotdogs everyday!) and a gallon of ketchup, well, we might be able to get through that before the “sell by” date, after which no one in my family will touch it with a 10 foot pole. And that fresh baked bread!!!! Who cares if I usually end up throwing out that useless 2nd loaf? There are no preservatives and it’s warm and fresh from the oven when I get there on Sunday morning. It’s too perfect. And my debit card works! Every single time. Yea, so it’s 2 or 3 hundred dollars every single time. So what! And then to top it all off, they offer me a mocha latte freeze as I’m walking out the door for $1.25. Heck, I have that much in my pocket.
Costco, why can’t I quit you?!!
Target, you are my second favorite. Everything is neat and color coordinated. Even bags of lettuce are irresistible.
Kneaders, you are third. But why, why, why, do you only have macaroons in the summer? That is just so wrong.
Wal-Mart, I hate you!!! You put too many things on every rack and it makes you look a mess and my card almost never works! Stop being cheap!

Oh, and Starbucks….
I do have a crush on you. I just really don’t like actual coffee too much. I do however love green tea latte’s and London Fogs and you make my daughter sooo happy. So, thanks, for everything! (I do “pretend” to like coffee and love the concept of enjoying coffee with friends, I just don’t like it, and I don’t really have any friends at the moment) But you can be fourth.