Costco stock up trip: this is what $722 looks like

/ Re-Farmer

Well, we finally made it to Costco! Not the new location I was planning to go back to, but to the one that we have been going to regularly, since it was near where we could meet up with someone from the cat rescue and deliver a furball for adoption.

We did do a bit of non-pictured shopping. After delivering the cat, we went in and had breakfast. I ordered a large meal of Chinese food, knowing I could only eat half of it, and brought the other half home for my husband. That, plus my daughter’s food, totaled just under $50. Then my daughter wanted to look for something. While going through the mall, we passed a store I’ve never seen before that specialized in warm things – leggings, touques, mittens, blankets, scarves, slippers, etc.

Boxing day sales were still going on, and everything in the store was a flat $10 each.

We went in and my daughter found a display of slipper socks. She got a couple for herself and her sister. I got a couple for myself and my husband, if they fit. I also got a blanket and some suede moccasin style slippers. Hopefully, either the slippers or the slipper socks will fit my husband. If not, they might fit me. If they don’t fit me, they’ll fit the girls.

Each of the items I selected was regular price, $40. My total after taxes was $44.80.

After that, my daughter found a store with what she was looking for, and then we went to the Costco. I had planned to get gas first, but it was so busy, we just parked in the first open spot we could find – way out in a distant corner of the parking lot! At least we didn’t have to go into the overflow parking.

Oddly, it didn’t seem that busy once we were inside.

This is what our $$722.57 looks like.

That… really isn’t a lot.

I folded up the receipt because it had been pulled up part way through, so there were a lot of empty space, with an item count in the middle. It was only after I unfolded it that I realized there was a single item listed with the item count, too. A container of Parmesan cheese at $17.49

Aside from that…

For the big stuff that stayed on the cart, there is a case of Monster energy drinks, which I will be reimbursed for by a daughter, and a case of Coke Zero for my husband and I. There is a case of kitchen garbage bags, toilet paper, a 9 pack of pasta, a small case of tomato soup, and a double flat of eggs.

For cat stuff, there is four 9.1kg bags of kibble, a case of wet cat food and a case of puppy pads.

For the frozen and refrigerator stuff, there is a pork loin, which will be cut up into roasts and chops, and a pork blade roast. There’s a wheel of brie that was on sale, 5 pounds of butter, a block of Old Cheddar cheese, two packages of panini sandwich meats, a case of Oat milk, two 2 packs of salad mixes and a case of frozen pierogi.

Then there is a 2 pack of Vitamin D3, and some goat milk soap my daughter will be reimbursing me for, and a 2 pack of Head and Shoulders, which both my daughter and my husband use as an anti-fungal body wash, at the doctor’s recommendation.

There is also a container of popcorn, two big jars of mayonnaise, two 2 packs of rye bread, two packs of tortilla wraps, a case of instant oatmeal, and a case of ramen noodles.

I just realized, my daughter accidentally grabbed unsalted butter instead of salted butter. Oh, well. The price is the same! 😁

And that’s it.

Total number of items, 42. Total discounts, $15.30, but about $40 in taxes.

We got hardly any meat. Which is okay. With doing so many heat and eats for our Christmas and New Year’s celebrations, we still have some in the freezer.

Then we had to get the flat cart all the way to the truck. With so much packed snow, it took both of us to push it, and we kept having to stop to grab things that were vibrating off the cart.

Once we were loaded up, we went to fill the gas tank. The Costco price for regular gas was $0.999/L! It’s been ages since I’ve seen gas at under a dollar, even it if is barely a penny. Filling the tank cost $27.13

On the way out, we did stop at a gas station just outside the city. Mostly for a bathroom break before the drive home, but also to pick up some drinks, which my daughter paid for.

So, everything together today, including purchases at the mall, we spent about $844 in total.

Thank God this is just a once a month thing!

The next big purchase for the month will be a trip to the feed store to get 40 pound bags of kibble for the outside cats.

Ugh.

I’m glad to have the Costco shopping over and done with for the month, that’s for sure.

Meanwhile, I need to get that pork loin divided up for the freezer.

The Re-Farmer

7 thoughts on “Costco stock up trip: this is what $722 looks like”

  1. Ooh your eggs are running much higher right now. I just got a flat of 60 eggs for $9.47 USD at Walmart. I’m planning Costco for Friday this upcoming week.

    We are also stocking up on warm clothing items preparing for our possible future move toward the north 😬 more to come on that!

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    • Our eggs are price controlled, so they are priced artificially high. Even so, they are the same price as last month, but have gone down overall. For a while, a double flat at Costco cost over $20.

      I can’t imagine being able to get a double flat for less than US$10!! You’re US$9.47 is currently an even Cdn$13

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      • None of us speak French but I am learning. I am using Duolingo and I’m going to try to teach the kids as we go along. I’ve already reached out to a homeschooling association as well for advice and plan to email the DEM for more instruction once we know for sure we are going. Most of the businesses he will be in charge of if selected are in Montreal. As far as we know, none of the candidates speak French so that is something we will have to learn.

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