I hate shopping right before the coupons take effect because you can see all of the good stuff that will soon be on sale, but you don’t want to buy it yet.  Kind of cruel.  So, it was a very, very light shopping week for us; under $100.00 which is unheard of for us.  But [...]

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This week we bought a lot of non-food items, for a change.  There are just some times when I’m more interested in the other stuff than the grocery things that we always pick up.  At least at our Costco, you can definitely smell the spring gardening season in the air; lots of fertilizer, gardening tools, [...]

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This was the last day to use up those coupons and get all of your saving done.  We didn’t use that many of the coupons but enough that it adds up to a nice little amount.  You know, if you’re going to buy it anyway, it is nice to save a couple of dollars in [...]

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If you haven’t read the latest issue of The Costco Connection, you really should.  If for nothing else, you need to look through the instant rebates that you can get this month from various Costco suppliers of movies and electronics.  Unfortunately, I didn’t get this posted until six of them were already expired (sorry!).  Luckily, [...]

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I buy a lot of books at Costco. Since Dave and I both really like to read we almost always get books when we are at Costco, and definitely look through the 3+ tables of books each week to see if there’s anything that catches our fancy. What’s great about the selection at Costco is [...]

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