Holidays at Costco

During the Holidays we have a lot of visitors to our homes - one of the must have items for me are the plastic cups!!! I only have to buy them once a year and they last that long! They are great for my morning shakes and for parties and for children!

The other item that is a must have for the holidays are the dinner napkins -- these are professional looking napkins and sparkle up your table.

Costco is now selling the candles that we love as well as the ones that have the little led lights in them - those come in a box with two sizes of candles that can be kept on all night as they are safe. The led lights make these little tea lights sparkle throughout your home for the holidays.

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Wash Cloths

There are many items that I purchase once a year at Costco -- yes, things that last a year!

To keep my skin clean and glowing, I buy the bundle of small wash cloths at Coscto. They are so inexpensive and I use two per day. I wash my face with the fresh washcloth and after I am finished in the bathroom, I use it to wipe down the sink and the counter -- my bathroom is always cleans and ready for guests. Then, I use a new one at night -- this way, there are no germs being transferred to my face from using a washcloth has has been used. I toss them in the wash and since there are so many, they last a week. My skin looks so amazing as they act as a great exfoliator and they help remove all of my makeup.

They are a bargain at Costco and a “Must Have” for all family households. And, when I am finished using them, I turn them into great rags.

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Beautiful Skin

The beauty products at Costco are amazing -- with great choices. I love the Oil of Olay Regenerist products. These skin care products give your face that youthful glow -- I have been using them for years and my skin looks amazing! And you get two products for the price of one!!!!

Rush to Costco and get them -- I remember my mother-in-law’s beautiful skin and she has always used Oil of Olay -- after trying every product on the market, I have returned to Oil of Olay products and my skin has the most amazing youthful glow!

Cranberries

It’s the Holiday Season! And Costco is filled with lots of great decorations and toys for Christmas -- I love going into Costco -- it puts me in the spirit of the holidays!

And, during this time of year, Costco has fresh cranberries at a steal of a price -- a huge three pound bag of Cranberries at Costco is only $8.95! I buy six or eight bags of these cranberries -- some to use now for cranberry sauce, cranberry bread, and the others -- well, here’s a big trick to learn....

I freeze the cranberries for the upcoming year. I use them in my morning protein shakes and they give me that needed cranberry juice to keep my kidneys healthy. Most cranberry juices have sugar in them -- this is the best way to keep your kidneys healthy and maintain good looking skin. And I am sharing this information as a secret - and having fresh cranberries all year long is an added plus, not only for my protein shakes, but also for recipes that use these delicious berries. Yum!

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Flowers at Costco

As an Impressionist Artist, I use a lot of flowers in my paintings. Their flowers are always fresh - they receive new flowers every day! And the price is the best in town. I schedule my photo shoots and my plein aire paintings from the day I buy them! I have painted the most incredible paintings with Costco flowers -- my models love them!

Here is a painting that I did with the flowers from Costco.

"In My Grandmother's Garden"

24 x 24

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Edamame

Edamame is one of my favorite afternoon snacks -- I have them every day -- and at Costco they are fresh and so easy to prepare. I put them in the microwave for 30 seconds and put a little low-sodium salt on them and voila - a great pick me up snack that is soooooooo good. Sometimes I go to Costco just for the edamame!

Produce at Costco

After listening to Tony Robbins’ cds “The Edge”, I am once again eating only healthy foods -- produce is my mainstay -- and I was so pleased to see that Costco has now added Mini cukes -- according to Tony they are really good for you -- and I love them -- they are great for singles because of their small size, so you don’t have to cut open a large cucumber when adding it to your salad.

Now is the season for the beefstake tomatoes -- YUM -- had to have those -- they go great with salads, with mozzarella and basil or just plain with salt! They smell great too!

I also picked up a pack of French beans to add to the salads and for snacks.

New Products

A big surprise for me this time at Costco -- they have a new product that I knew I had to have -- it is Soy Energy -- it is mixed with soybean, almonds (great for you), cranberries, and pumpkin kernels. I have found a great new snack that gives me energy and is good for you. It goes great on salads too!

A great time to go to Costco is on Thursdays around lunch time -- the produce is fresh as they are gearing up for the weekends, yet it is not that crowded -- I can get in and out in record time.

And, there are so many goodies of all kinds ready to sample all over the store -- the other day it was the Kashi lean bar -- delicious; several different new juices, the salsa that is my favorite -- made right here in Arizona and the quiche -- I love to walk around with my list and as I am shopping, try the samples -- I usually do buy a lot of those products!

I have lunch, I shop, and I leave a very happy camper!

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Making Life Simple

Costco has such incredible deals that are great for singles and couples as well as big families. As a single woman I shop at Costco to get all of the fresh produce that I love to eat. I find that it is still less expensive for me to buy my produce at Costco and other items and products that I will be blogging about. Yes, of course, some of the products are just not for singles, yet the variety of products that are makes it a great plan to be a Costco Member.

As an Impressionist Artist, I use a lot of flowers in my paintings. Their flowers are always fresh - they receive new flowers every day! And the price is the best in town. I schedule my photo shoots and my plein aire paintings from the day I buy them! I have painted the most incredible paintings with Costco flowers -- my models love them!

This is a photo of two of my models and all of the flowers that I purchased at Costco to make the photo shoot a great success!

Costco For Singles

Costco is a great place to shop -- even for singles!

Before I start talking about the best reasons to shop at Costco, let me just one of the best ones! Their return policy is one of the best in the country -- you can even take back a phone that broke after a year -- without a receipt -- who else does that -- and it’s always -- no questions asked! Truly -- they just take the items back and give you a refund -- right away.