Month of September , 2009

* 30th, 31st, & 32nd Costco Shopping this year, 2, 3, & 4th time this month

(Sorry, this is a late post)

This is a collection of 3 Costco shoppings

September 21st

I went to Long Beach Costco and bought a white dress shirt and a pair of Calvin Klein jeans (32 inch waist)

September 25

I went back to Long Beach Costco and bought one more dress shirt, chicken soups, & soap.  I was catching cold.  So I needed more chicken soup.

September 27

I am now back home (no longer in Long Beach area).  I am still having hard time adjusting to my changing body.  My jeans were too big, so I went to Costco (this time, in my neighborhood in Oxnard).  I returned my jeans and got a smaller pair (30 inch waist).  And I shopped some more.  It was fun.  Now I have 7 of those white dress shirts.  I hope it will get cold outside so I can start wearing them.  It's too hot to wear long sleeves shirts now.  I only wear long sleeves shirts when I'm on date or something. (so I can show my back-side, oh boy...  embarrassing, but I know it works.)

Anyway, these white shirts are amazing.  They can easily be $60.00 - $80.00 or more.  I am not kidding.

* Jeans are very tight.  30 inch is too tight.  32 inch is too big.  It's either I lose weight or gain weight.  I chose to lose weight. I know I can do it.  No problem.

Seriously.

I should buy several jugs of these to get me through next year.

Excuse my bad picture - It was a hip shot (without looking)

During the 80's I used to listen to European Disco a lot.  Back then, there was no "Downloads".  So, I had to ask a lot of people to get the copy of the copy.  I got some tapes with bad sound quality.  Good time...

Does anyone know C. C. Catch?

We listen to what music industry tells us to.  So it's not our fault that we miss out on good foreign stuff.

C.C. Catch was big during the late 80's.

Good time.

Costco Coupon Book is here

Thank God I don't see much to buy...

You know what Mongolian BBQ is.

You get all the ingredients you want in the bowl.  And the cook will heat it up for you.

Dinner is all-you-can-eat.  But, for lunch, you only get one trip.  So, it's up to you to pile up the food high.  And guess what? I am the king of Mongolian BBQ.

Look at the picture below.  On the right side, my co-worker tried to put as much food as possible in his bowl.  My bowl is on left.

I would never do this if I came here on a date or something.  That would be embarrassing.  I do this because it's very entertaining when I'm out with the guys.  Funny funny stuff.

Oh yeah.  Check this out. Everything will be just fine.
The cookie told me so.

* 74th package of the year

* Today's Costco shopping: 29th time this year, 1st time this month

Nothing special, except for the tray. 
Somebody insisted that I try Angus beef patties, so I got a box.

Here is another reason why I love Costco.

I was looking for a large tray.  Today, I found the exact tray that I was hoping for.  This can sit on my ottoman when I have somebody visiting. It was $19.99.  This is fantastic.

Look at this picture.  My 1 bedroom APT looks like a church office.  But, with this shot,  I created an illusion of being in a fancy house. :)

* I spent well over 1 hour shopping (looking).  There were more Christmas items for me to check out.  I almost bought a flannel shirt.  I had it in my cart, it was in my cart for about 20 minutes, then I took it out. I am an indecisive person.  I agonize before making purchase decisions.  I LOVE that feeling. 

I wanted to wash my car today. We have Wendy's right next to my 
car-wash place. So, 2 co-workers and I went out. First, I dropped by at my APT to pick up honey and Tapatio (hot sauce). Then I dropped off my car at the car wash. Then we went to Wendy's.

I used Tapatio on chili. I used honey to dip chicken nuggets. Wendy's doesn't carry honey. McDonald's does. I spent $4.08 on my lunch. It was fan-tastic. I haven't been eating out for a few months now. I've been eating good lately.

My Brazilian coworker tried chicken nugget with honey for the first time. He was keep saying "Good sh*t" "Good sh*t" in Portuguese accent.

* 73rd package of the year

Ottomans to go with the sofa

I was showing my parents how to use computer. They had very basic questions. My father couldn't play movie on his computer for months, because he didn't know how to put DVD in the tray correctly. I talked to them very slowly so they don't get confused.

I spent about 2 hours explaining basic stuff. My mother just didn't get the basics. She said "So, I will put in Elvis CD and I get to watch video"

At that point, I lost my temper and I said it loud "No! You can only play movie if you put in the movie!. Music CDs cannot play movies!"

Then I felt so bad about that. I mean, it was painful.

I sent her an email saying I was sorry, that I will be nice to them when I teach computer in the future.

And I am keep crying...
A lot of sons buy houses and cars for their parents. I want to do good things for my parents too. (PS. My parents are doing OK financially (better than me). But, still...)

Here is a proof that we have a bunch of yuppies at work.

We have coffee from Brazil & New Orleans.  They have exotic flavors.
Then we have a steady supply of Peet's Coffee (my boss' supply).
I bring steady supply of Starbucks.

Out of all these, my Starbucks Coffee (from Costco) is the least popular coffee at work right now.  Starbucks is still pretty good but...  I like the other ones more also.

* 69, 70, 71, & 72nd  packages of the year.

I hope this year will end soon, so I will be done with keeping track on packages this year.

I am too lazy to open them packages up to photograph the items.  But, nothing interesting is in there.  There are three pairs eyeglasses in there. Pictures of my eyeglasses collection coming up (oh boy..). I am not done with my eyeglass project.