With all the running around I did, I was happy to get the Costco shopping over and done with!
We’ll still need to make another trip, though.
When I got to the city, I noticed gas prices were 132.9 cents per litter, so I figured Costco would be the usual 5-10 cents lower. They turned out to be 119.9 cents per litter! It’s been ages since I’ve seen a price like that.
As you can imagine, the lineups were insane. They went by fast, though.
Once tanked up, it was time to get all this.
Not my biggest shop, by any means, but it still totalled $719.81
I got the pet supplies on a separate bill. Eight bags of Kirkland 9kg dry kibble ($215.92), 1 case wet cat food ($24.99) and one case of puppy pads ($38.99). After taxes, it totalled $313.49
While we no longer have the problem of Toni peeing on my bed, or kittens not using the litter boxes, we still use the puppy pads. There are spots where other cats have been making a mess, regularly, so we use them to help with clean up. For example, I keep one under the litter box under my desk, with another in front, were my feet and chair got. I would leave the room and come back to find a pee spot next to the litter box. Always in the same spot. Only this morning did I catch Leyendecker doing it! Which is frustrating, because he will go from litter box to litter box and use them. I was afraid he might be getting blocked again, but given the size of the puddle on the puppy pad, I know think he’s marking territory!
The puppy pads may be an expense, but they do save out carpets and make cleaning the lino easier.
So that’s the cats stuff.
Then there was the shopping for us.
I won’t list the prices this time because it’s such a pain to tap out on the phone, but this is what I got today.
Two 1L of whipping cream, a pack of 60 eggs, hazelnuts, walnuts, stewing beef, 2 packages of wraps, three 2pks of rye bread, 1 brick Old Cheddar, 1 brick mozzarella, a wheel of brie, 5 pounds of butter, 6 pk of canned chicken, peanut butter, truffle parmasan seasoning mix, mayonnaise, a case of mixed fruit packs (with cherry!), kitchen garbage bags, and toilet paper. Oh, and a 20kg bag of sugar!
We are doing a finger food Christmas dinner, so for that, I found mini quiches – we like those a lot, so I got 2 boxes – bacon wrapped scallops, fried pickle chips (!!), and garlic stuffed olives. I also got raw frozen shrimp, but that will likely be for our New Years fondue.
All of this, after taxes, totaled $406.32
Meat is getting insanely expensive. Especially beef. Thankfully, we still have meat in the freezer, and we are getting our quarter beef next month.
We still have other things we need to get for both Christmas and New Years, but that will be for other stores. I’m sure I have the gel fuel for our oil fondue burner, but I can’t remember where it was hidden, so I will get more. I also need to get peanut oil or some other high smoke point cooking oil. The final things for the dinners will be picked up fresh, closer to when we need them.
I rather look forward to a Christmas dinner that will involve so little cooking, and so few dirty dishes! 😆😄
The Re-Farmer
The Re-Farmer 
Remember yeas ago when you could have walked out with half the store for the money you spent? 🫤
I hope Canada is a little better. Down here, we’re questioning if Costco is even worth the $65 a year “gold” membership fee. I’ve been doing informal price checks and alot of what we buy is pretty comparable to other stores now. Over the next few months, I’m going to be doing a detailed, formal price comparison and will eventually post the results in my own blog.
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Our prices are, overall, quite a bit higher than the US. It always blows me away when I see what your prices are like!
We have a executive membership. We get enough back at the end of a year to make it worthwhile.
Some things are definitely better priced at Costco, sometimes by quite a bit. Others, not so much. Some are good, but come in quantities or sizes that are not useful for us.That’s why we split our city shopping up between several stores.
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Agreed, it’s hit and miss. That’s why I want to do a detailed comparison shop. Olive oil I know is considerably cheaper at Costco. Clorox bleach used to be. Not so much anymore. We had the executive membership. It worked well when we first became home owners 10 years or so ago. When our spending scaled back, Costco defrauded on their guarantee to refund the difference between the gold and executive if you didn’t buy enough to earn a $65 check. After it happened 2 years in a row, we downgraded. Now we’re not so sure it’s worth the $65 a year. Meat is the big wildcard for us. Costco is comparable in price to the grocery stores, except during sales. A bigger factor is that we play hell finding meat that isn’t half spoiled and hidden by food coloring at any other local store. Infuriating since Tennessee is a agriculture state, primarily in it’s central valley.
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