The Spectrum of Shopping

Yesterday Carrie and I broke down and got a Costco card. Most folks in LA have one but I'm always leery of a place where you have to purchase a card just to browse around. But with all of the diapers and formula cans we're going to be buying it's a good idea.

How many people need crap this big? I was in need of hot sauce and all I found was packages of two quart-sized bottles taped together. What am I going to do with that? Sure it might look like a good idea, but when you consider how much money your losing through you mortgage using up storage space for Tobasco bottles that will last you seven years, it's really not a good purchase at all. You can't buy anything reasonably sized there. But I will say they have some good DVD prices and it seems like their meat department was pretty good.

From corporate monolith to small-time sellers, we left Costco and headed for the weekly Farmer's Market in Northridge. Carrie and I decided that we're going to buy all of our produce there this summer. They have great quality organic stuff (cheese too) not to mention food stands (shave ice!) and rides. Milo had a good time eating cotton candy and caramel apples.

Speaking of Milo, he's going to have surgery soon. Carrie and I have spent 40% of our lives over the past couple of months picking up his pacifier and putting it in his mouth only to watch him spit it out whereupon we retrieve the nummy and put it back in to his mouth only to watch him spit it out again whereupon we retrieve the nummy and put it back in to his mouth only to watch him spit it out again whereupon we retrieve the nummy ... you get the picture. To help with this desperate situation we've decided to have his pacifier surgically attached to his mouth. It will make eating and breathing a bit more complicated, but it sure will make life a little less redundant.

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