First up, I am happy to say, the truck behaved wonderfully today. The oil pressure gauge stayed right where it was supposed to. The check engine light even turned itself off, when I was on the way home. 😂
My husband wasn’t up to going into town to get his blood work done, so I went into the city for a much needed Costco stock up trip. I went to the new location this time, too.
First bonus was filling the gas tank. Gas was $1.099 instead of $1.279, like everywhere else.
This is what $737.33 looks like.

Today’s costs were a bit different, though, in that I renewed my Executive membership, as well as using the annual rebate. The renewal cost $130 and the rebate was $130.40, so they cancelled each other out. That’s why the receipt below has a total of $867.73.

First up, there’s the cat supplies. I got two 11.6kg bags of Whiskas, which was on sale, and two 9.1kg bags of Kirkland brand. One of the Whiskas will be for the outside cats, though we will still be getting 40 pound bags from the feed store. Mostly, it’s to give them variety. The remaining three bags of kibble should be enough to last the month for the inside cats. There is also a case of canned cat food (we’ll need to get more of that before the end of the month) and more puppy pads.
In non-food items, there is toilet paper and AA batteries. The batteries were on sale.
For beverages, there is a case of Monster energy drinks for the girls and I (which my daughter pays me back for later) and a case of Coke Zero for my husband and I. There is also a three pack of oat milk for the girls, which they use more for cooking than drinking.
We’ve been getting extra bread every chance we get, so I didn’t get a lot today. There’s two packages of tortilla wraps and a 2 pack of “rustic rye”. Not the rye I usually get, but it was a better price.
In dairy, there is 5 pounds of butter, a block of Old Cheddar cheese and a wheel of brie – the brie was on sale – a 4 pk of cream cheese and grated Parmesan.
There is also a 9 pack of pasta varieties that was on sale, a jar of mayonnaise, a jar of peanut butter, a jar of olives, dehydrated onion, a 2 pk of butter chicken sauce and canola oil.
The only frozen thing I got today was a “Normandy” bag of mixed vegetables. There is also a double flat of eggs (60 eggs). They’ve changed the eggs they carry. Now they’re “free run, farmer owned” (yeah… right), so they’re more expensive. I think we’ll be getting our eggs from the local grocery store now. They are every bit as “free run, farmer owned” as anything else.
In the meats and fish, I was able to get a fair bit. A large package of drumsticks, which was on sale, a large pork loin, a garlic coil – not on sale, but an excellent price – two panini packs for sandwiches, some snapper fillets for the girls, and mild Italian sausage. They didn’t have the wide variety of fresh sausages in stock this time, but they did have loose sausage meat, which was at a lower price, so I got that instead of sausage links. There is also a 6 pack of canned chicken.
Last of all, I got “supper”. For the girls, I got a nigiri platter. With how cold it is, I didn’t have to worry about raw fish in the box of the truck! I also picked up a meat lasagna that was supposed to be for my husband and I, but I forgot he has been cutting out cheese completely. The Lactase doesn’t seem to be helping, and even lactose free cheese is making him sick, so we’re not sure what he’s reacting too, all of a sudden.
That’s it. That’s what we got today, for over $730.
*sigh*
The Re-Farmer
