Costco Purchases
Sep. 13th, 2009 06:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
It's yet another shopping blog entry from me. I swear, I am still the same person and have not recently suffered any sort of trauma. It's just that JO invited us to join him at Costco because they have power washers from Snap-On right now, and both he and Robin are in the market for power washers.
I almost didn't go because I don't usually find anything thrilling at Costco or Sam's, but at the last second I decided to be sociable. On the way there, JO explained that Sam's is more like a cheap giant Walmart and Costco is more like a cheap giant Target.
I am not in the market for power washers, but I did actually find some things I wanted.
* Sliced Tillamook Cheddar, $6.89 for a 2-pound package. They only had medium sharp cheddar rather than super sharp, but that's still good. At $3.445 per pound, it's cheaper than my favorite (unsliced) cheese, HEB sharp cheddar aged 9 months, which is $3.49 for 10 ounces or $5.584/pound. It's even cheaper than my second favorite (unsliced) cheese, a different HEB sharp cheddar, which is $2.00 for 8 ounces. It's comparable to the latter when the latter is on sale for $1.79 (= $3.58/pound). And it's sliced. I broke it into four sections and put three in the freezer and one in the fridge. [Savings: ($4 - 3.445) * 2 = $1.11 plus it's sliced!]
* Crumbled feta cheese - $5.99 for 24 ounces. At my usual store, it's $4.99 for 8 ounces. And this feta is less dry and crumbly than regular feta and just as tasty. I put some in an 8-oz container and put the rest in the freezer. [Savings: $8.98.]
* Organic sugar, $7.79 for 10 pounds. The stuff I usually buy is $1.99/pound at HEB, but I think it's cheaper at Wheatsville. I remember than the cheapest bulk sugar at Wheatsville is brown sugar at $0.80 per pound, and I'm pretty sure the kind I get is at least $0.20/pound more. I put about half in my big canister and left half in the original bag, which zips shut. [Savings: between $2.21 and $12.11.]
* Sliced almonds - $6.99 for 2 pounds. The price at my usual store is $6.99/pound. I put some in a jar in the pantry and re-zipped the original package and put it in the freezer. [Savings: $6.99]
* Whole wheat bread - $3.99 for two loaves. This isn't quite as yummy as my favorite Alvarado Street sprouted wheat bread, but it's still quite tasty and has a lot of fiber. And my favorite bread is $3.69 for only one loaf. This price is comparable to that of boring whole wheat bread, which is better for peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and costs $1.93 per loaf. One loaf is on the counter, the other in the freezer. [Savings: $3.39 at the cost of some quality.]
* Sponges on one side with a scrubby surface on the other side - $11.79 for 18. Whenever I'm getting low on sponges, I look for some that are a dollar each, which I'm pretty sure I've seen somewhere, but I haven't seen them for that price lately. These sponges are only $0.655 each, a definite bargain. They all fit in the pantry. [Savings: $6.21.]
Total savings: $28.89 - $38.79. That sounds pretty good for an expenditure (investment) of only $43.44 (plus tax on the sponges). But I usually don't buy a huge pile of feta cheese or splurge on sliced cheese. And I'm not sure how well some of these things will freeze (or thaw) or whether I will ever find them again at the bottom of the freezer. We'll see.
Robin's thinking of getting a membership (which costs $50). I'm thinking it might not be any time soon: our freezer is full and I already have over a year's supply of sponges.
I almost didn't go because I don't usually find anything thrilling at Costco or Sam's, but at the last second I decided to be sociable. On the way there, JO explained that Sam's is more like a cheap giant Walmart and Costco is more like a cheap giant Target.
I am not in the market for power washers, but I did actually find some things I wanted.
* Sliced Tillamook Cheddar, $6.89 for a 2-pound package. They only had medium sharp cheddar rather than super sharp, but that's still good. At $3.445 per pound, it's cheaper than my favorite (unsliced) cheese, HEB sharp cheddar aged 9 months, which is $3.49 for 10 ounces or $5.584/pound. It's even cheaper than my second favorite (unsliced) cheese, a different HEB sharp cheddar, which is $2.00 for 8 ounces. It's comparable to the latter when the latter is on sale for $1.79 (= $3.58/pound). And it's sliced. I broke it into four sections and put three in the freezer and one in the fridge. [Savings: ($4 - 3.445) * 2 = $1.11 plus it's sliced!]
* Crumbled feta cheese - $5.99 for 24 ounces. At my usual store, it's $4.99 for 8 ounces. And this feta is less dry and crumbly than regular feta and just as tasty. I put some in an 8-oz container and put the rest in the freezer. [Savings: $8.98.]
* Organic sugar, $7.79 for 10 pounds. The stuff I usually buy is $1.99/pound at HEB, but I think it's cheaper at Wheatsville. I remember than the cheapest bulk sugar at Wheatsville is brown sugar at $0.80 per pound, and I'm pretty sure the kind I get is at least $0.20/pound more. I put about half in my big canister and left half in the original bag, which zips shut. [Savings: between $2.21 and $12.11.]
* Sliced almonds - $6.99 for 2 pounds. The price at my usual store is $6.99/pound. I put some in a jar in the pantry and re-zipped the original package and put it in the freezer. [Savings: $6.99]
* Whole wheat bread - $3.99 for two loaves. This isn't quite as yummy as my favorite Alvarado Street sprouted wheat bread, but it's still quite tasty and has a lot of fiber. And my favorite bread is $3.69 for only one loaf. This price is comparable to that of boring whole wheat bread, which is better for peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and costs $1.93 per loaf. One loaf is on the counter, the other in the freezer. [Savings: $3.39 at the cost of some quality.]
* Sponges on one side with a scrubby surface on the other side - $11.79 for 18. Whenever I'm getting low on sponges, I look for some that are a dollar each, which I'm pretty sure I've seen somewhere, but I haven't seen them for that price lately. These sponges are only $0.655 each, a definite bargain. They all fit in the pantry. [Savings: $6.21.]
Total savings: $28.89 - $38.79. That sounds pretty good for an expenditure (investment) of only $43.44 (plus tax on the sponges). But I usually don't buy a huge pile of feta cheese or splurge on sliced cheese. And I'm not sure how well some of these things will freeze (or thaw) or whether I will ever find them again at the bottom of the freezer. We'll see.
Robin's thinking of getting a membership (which costs $50). I'm thinking it might not be any time soon: our freezer is full and I already have over a year's supply of sponges.