4th Costco shopping in 2019 – $62.63 (today) / $311.63 (this year)
Pizza, milk, and a roll of forever stamps. Thank you.
Costco Shopping – January 31, 2019
4th Costco shopping in 2019 – $62.63 (today) / $311.63 (this year)
Pizza, milk, and a roll of forever stamps. Thank you.
3rd Costco shopping in 2019 – $32.25 (today) / $249.00 (this year)
Chips, sala, and Aidells meatballs are for Super Bowl Sunday. I don’t follow football. Especially after football became too political, I refuse to watch it. I don’t know a single artist who will perform at the half-time show. They are talented people; I am pretty sure. I just don’t care to know them. I am old. Just let me be.
And.. Holy cow! I didn’t know Los Angeles had a football team… 2 of them.
To me, Super Bowl Sunday is just an excuse to eat a lot of food and pretend.
I put the bag of spinach in the freezer as soon as I take it home. This way, spinach will last fresh for a long time. I use it to make Vitamix juice. I can also cook with it. But, you cannot use it for salad.
Related Blog: I Cancelled Cable TV (September 5, 2020)
I am currently a Frontier FiOS customer. Look below at my cable/internet/phone price. See how it increased from $149.57 to $194.29 in 12 months. I didn’t add any services, and yet, the price went up $44.72 in 12 months. If this is not getting screwed, I don’t know what is.
When I first joined Verizon about 10 years ago, my special discount price was about $125/mo. After 2 years of price lock-down, they started to jack up the price on me. I kept calling them to lock down the low price, but they would only give me a higher price than before. And they kept raising the price as if they are testing my limit. And I am finally seeing my limit.
This is it. I refuse to pay more than $150/mo on cable/internet/phone service. $150/mo is $1800 a year. That’s a lot of money. Many people don’t take home $1800 a month. $150 is what I pay for electric, gas, water, and trash collection combined.
Most people I know pay more than $150 on cable TV bundles. Those most people make less money than I do. That’s yet another topic.
Tomorrow I am switching to Spectrum. I will pay $117/mo for the next 12 months. So, I will save $927 in the next 12 months. After 12 months, they will increase the price to $142/mo. I will still save $627.48 a year compared to my current provider. Anyway, I will not pay $1800 a year on TV/Internet/Phone.
I absolutely hate cable companies for jerking us around with insane price and rate increases. I am this close to drop cable TV altogether. They can kiss my ass.
Related Blog: I Cancelled Cable TV (September 5, 2020)
2nd Costco shopping in 2019 – $12.49 (today) / $216.75 (this year)
A quick shopping after work.
I used my rebate card and received $78.83 change in cash.
Last year, it raked in nearly $40 billion, an 11% increase from 2017. That’s more than JCPenney and Macy’s combined. Kirkland’s sales also beat out Campbell Soup, Kellogg, and Hershey put together.
Kirkland, which Costco sells for at least 20% cheaper than national brands at its warehouses, helps the club keep prices low even on the products it doesn’t make.
Read more at CNN Business (Warning – this page plays video automatically, lower the volume before click.)
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/10/business/costco-kirkland-signature-brand/
PLEASE NOTE: You will receive your check according to your membership schedule. I happen to receive mine in January.
Costco gives 2% rebate checks to Costco executive members.
Costco’s regular membership fee is $60.00/yr. Executive membership is $120.00/yr. In order for my executive membership to pay for itself, I need to receive a $60.00 rebate check. This year I received $91.31. So, my executive membership paid for itself and they rewarded me $41.31 on top of it. It paid to be an executive member at Costco this year. Last year was a different story. Last year, my reward check didn’t quite cover my executive membership. It was short by $1.42.
Keep in mind, what I received is a reward check from Costco. If you have a Citi Visa card, you will also receive a Citi Visa reward check. I receive these in February, but you may be on a different schedule.
You will receive your reward gift certificate according to your membership renewal date. (Read more from Costco)
The Reward is issued approximately 3 months prior to the member’s renewal date in a Renewal Statement.
These two pairs of Italian boots are a Christmas gift from me to me. But I cannot wear them for now.
I work at a large company with 700-800 employees, and some of my colleagues follow my shoes. Some guys like to talk to me about shoes. They ask me about how I go about shopping for shoes. I didn’t think much of it at first. Then I realized they were trying to tap into my brain so they could buy the same shoes when I buy them. At least they are trying to emulate my style.
There is one particular guy at work… one day I caught him searching for my purple Chelsea boots. “I will find your boots. I like them. I will find them and buy them.” He said.
He couldn’t find my boots. He couldn’t, because my shoes are designer brand. They are only available for one season. But this forever changed how I share information at work. Now I don’t wear anything if they are available to purchase, so I don’t play twinsies with annoying mofos. I will only wear these boots after they are completely out of season and completely sold out.