Another reason I love going to Costco is the ride. If you get off the highway and take the back roads, you see this countryside. Beautiful, especially if you're a cow person.
Going through Marshall, I saw a women unloading her llama from the back of her mini-van. Only in Boulder? Maybe not but pretty cool.

I'm almost finished effusing over Costco but I have to mention these chips: Rice Work Salsa Fresca. It's not so much about the price, it's just that I haven't seen them for sale anywhere else. They are so good. Two bags good.

More Costco-love.  Isn't this like a modern-day cathedral?  High ceilings, vast spaces, with no piped in music like the smaller stores.  Nothing to distract a person from all the amazing deals like the glasses that Honey got.  The difference in what we would have paid elsewhere covered our membership cost.  I really like the white ceiling bouncing around all the sky light.

More Costco love, this time for Columbus Italian Dry Salame. Not even sure the cost, but by the time we get to that department, we've saved so much money that it doesn't matter!

Why I love Costco:

I had to be convinced to join Costco by my younger who had just moved out to his own apartment. He did a good job of selling me a membership but the card mostly languished in my wallet for several months. Somehow, though, I was infected by Costcolove.

This Gerties's Artichoke Tapenade is something I would never have tried for the price ($11+ for a jar) but Costco offered it to me for around $8 and I took it! We plowed through most of the jar in 1.5 days.

There's more, including their 2# tubs of Krinos Kalamata Olives (pitted, no less!) for around $6. I can't find them for less than $9/lb any where else. So yes, I'm in love. I visit monthly and would go more if it wasn't over the hill in another town.