Saturday, April 28, 2012

A Well-Hidden Gem : Costco


In the springtime on college campuses, the fabled “dayger” comes alive. What Is a “dayger,” you may ask? Why, a day rager of course!

A day full of drinking outside in the lovely weather with your best friends will leave you exhausted, and more importantly, very hungry.

Should you eat somewhere on campus? No… it’s Friday and you’re out of punches again. None of your friends can punch for you either because everyone’s out of punches. Why does this always happen!?

Someone mentions Dona Rosa for dinner but you don’t want to get anywhere near tequila and you only have $5 in your pocket. What do you do? Where do you go for a filling and delicious meal?

           
Seriously, Costco! If you have a membership card, you get access to $1.50 foot long hot dogs and $1 slices of delicious hot pizza. Both of these deals come with a drink! They have soft serve ice cream that you can get blended into a delicious fruit sundae for 99 cents, too. I went to Costco last week and spent $3 and left so full.

If you plan your visit out right, you also get access to the best part of Costco… the samples. When I went last week, I got Brie cheese on baguette, chicken salad, lentil chili, potato chips, carrot cake, and crackers with mango habenero jelly.

They have different samples out each week so it's pretty hard to hit the same samples twice. That is, unless you go back through for another round before you leave the store, which we absolutely did. We even got samples of dishwashing detergent!


Next time you’re hungry and need a lot of food for not a lot of money, don’t go to a lousy fast food restaurant. Hit up Costco and get the best bang for your buck! 

-Beckie

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