It's my favorite time of the year!

CHRISTMAS AT COSTCO!

I'm pretty certain I blogged about this last year. But I LOVE going to Costco and discovering that they've rolled out the holiday aisles. I don't buy any of the giant toys that they sell, or any of the bulk holiday items like cards, wrapping paper, and gift bows, but I love it all! There's always that same light up reindeer, and every year, it's joined by something new, like a light-up Santa or a light-up snowman. And the holiday chocolate aisle! So many delicious looking candies at a Costco price!

Caroline once commented that our living room table had a ton of sweets. Jon said that his mom came into the apartment and was like "why do you guys have so much candy?" and that was her only comment about the apartment. Today I came home and plopped down two new bags of M&Ms, and a giant box of European biscuits from Costco. The living room table is total temptation central, and the only barrier between me and it is the couch. In addition to what I bought today, there's two tubs of Asian jellies, a Harry & David mint chocolate thing (also from Costco and probably THE BEST BUY in my opinion), some fruit & nut candies (also from Costco but not that great because I don't like 2/3 of the flavors), leftover M&Ms that Jon bought, and Trader Joe's Peppermint Cremes. I really don't know why I keep buying sweets. I can't really distinguish when I have period cravings anymore, because I'm just eating chocolate ALL THE TIME now. Today's buys weren't my fault though. It's impossible to NOT buy candy when shopping at Target and Costco before Halloween/Christmas.

Anyway, Christmas at Costco! I realized that I love it because it makes me feel like people all over the world are going to Christmas parties and buying Christmas gifts for one another. If I were throwing a party, it would be catered by Costco. And as I get older, I'm sure more and more of my gifts will be bought at Costco. HAHA I'm looking forward for the years when I can buy alcohol in bulk, for apartment parties! I think this Christmas is going to be AWESOME. Despite the fact that consumer spending will be down and TMV will probably never have a full meeting

Number of times I wrote Christmas in this entry: 6
Number of times I wrote Costco in this entry: 10