All The Ways Shopping At Costco Takes You On An Emotional Roller Coaster

Whether you’re shopping for your family or you just get a thrill at the prospect of all the free food samples

From the beginning to the end of your trip to the store that sells more organic food than Whole Foods

It always starts with excitement. After all, you’re about to enter the creme-de-la-creme of grocery shopping. So you proudly grab a ginormous cart and head for those welcoming garage doors. Nothing can stop you, except … 

The fact that, of course, your card has expired

 

With that bump in the road behind you, it’s time to browse the electronics. Fantasies of purchasing a television larger than the wall in your living room are quickly squashed when you find a great deal on not one, but two electric toothbrushes. Who cares if you live by yourself? You’ll need that extra one someday. So you throw that badboy in the oversized cart and make your way toward those

Socks

Samples. 

 

Of course, you need the sustenance to navigate the vast span of food-related aisles that lie before you. Here, you’ll  do some real soul searchingwhy

Speaking of freezing

A few aisles and internal battles

$300 and a renewed sense of self

 

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