September 26, 202689 road miles from homeAll four of us50s cloudy, on-and-off downpoursOrder 744Food court $3.23Hot dog no38 photographs
The first Costco we visited with a surprise upstairs, and the first churro since it’s been released for a limited time. Two Twisted Churros at the kiosk, $1.49 each, nine warehouses down.
Mathew, as a hot dog, Carter, and Jes on the moving walkway back down from the second floor to the first. Our shopping cart to the right.The food court receipt. Tap it to read every line.
Order 744 at 1:19pm: two Twisted Churros, $2.98 plus $0.25 of New York’s 8.375%. The churro, nine warehouses in.
In the warehouse, $37.78 across 4 items. Heavenly Hunks, a sixteen-piece grill tool kit and two wiper blades, with $9.00 off at the register.
The highlights
Worth the trip? Yes. We finally got to try the return of the churro. We’ll hope for more sugar and cinnamon on the next one.
Elevator one way, escalator the other. Port Chester is on two floors, the first Costco we’ve visited with an upstairs.Carter, behind a Jackery solar panel. The generator and panel bundle beside him is $799.99.Mathew, still a hot dog, behind a Fallout variety pack of Jones Soda. $19.69 for twelve. It felt appropriate to get a hot dog and a soda combo photo.A5 wagyu New York strip, Product of Japan, $59.99 a pound. We didn’t even get a hot dog here because the churro was the hero.The two churros in the car before heading to stop #10. Softer, chewier, and less cinnamon than we remember. Maybe we’ll need to try them on a chocolate and vanilla sundae next time.
The sushi case at Port Chester, delivered fresh daily.
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Heading south out of Connecticut, New York City one way and New Haven the other. There was a Nor’easter off the coast. This seemed like a good way to spend a stormy Saturday.We made it to Port Chester on the New York / Connecticut border. First stop of the day and stop #9 of the Buck Fifty Project.Port Chester, #326. Ninth warehouse, and the first one in New York. We thought it was just a tall building. It turned out to be two floors!Walking in from the lot. Mathew is already a hot dog.Mathew in a costume in a massage chair. He wore sunglasses even though it is raining as part of the bit.An Osaki 3D Quest massage chair, $1,299.99. Rich tried it in New Britain. Good for a chair, but still can’t replace a human.An Insta360 X5 bundle, $399.97 with an asterisk, the same as Waterbury and East Lyme the weekend before.Bose QuietComfort headphones in black and white smoke, $149.97 each, both asterisked.A Braun Series 9 Sport shaver, $149.97, with an asterisk. Which shaver would you pick?A Philips Norelco Shaver 8000, $79.97, with an asterisk. Same shelf. Which one would you pick?Heading up to the second floor in Port Chester. It’s a steep incline.The first floor, from the second.Carter used an app on his phone to measure the angle of the escalator. It read 12 degrees.A nine-foot pop-up LED snowman with skis, $199.99, in September. He looks really happy to be at Costco. We definitely were.Celsius, eighteen cans, $23.99 less a $6.00 instant rebate, so $17.99 at the register.A Camp Chef Tundra three-burner stove, $199.97 with an asterisk. It was $229.97 at Enfield and Waterbury. $30 bucks cheaper in New York.A Blackstone sixteen-piece griddle kit, $9.97 with an asterisk. It came home with us to use with the scouts.A Roland electronic drum set, $449.99. We didn’t buy it, but we are working on a Buck Fifty Project soundtrack. Stay tuned!Red Bull Summer Variety, eighteen cans, $30.99 with an asterisk in the corner. Carter took this photo. He’s working on his photograph skills.Mathew in his hot dog costume next to his favorite condiment. He’s hoping the rest of us get ketchup, mustard, and relish costumes to match.An Arcade1Up Sonic the Hedgehog cabinet, $599.99. Jes and I remember playing this on Sega Genesis and Game Gear.Anthon Berg liquor chocolates, $21.99. We definitely wouldn’t see this in CT where you can only buy liquor, even liquor in chocolate, in “package stores”.One steak, 2.05 pounds, $122.98. Too rich for our blood. We got two $1.49 churros instead.The rotisserie chicken, $4.99.Garlic seasoned party wings, $6.49 a pound.St. Louis style dry rub ribs, $4.99 a pound.BFGoodrich wiper blades, $11.99 less $3.00, so $8.99. Always a celebration when what you need is on sale. We bought two because our car needed a new one on the driver’s side and it was raining.Thuja Green Giants in five-gallon pots, $25.99 each. Carter wants to be a landscaper so he’s starting early finding where he can get a good deal on greenery.Twisted Churro, $1.49, on the Port Chester board. The first churro on a board we’ve photographed. No limited time sign.Ordering at the kiosk: two Twisted Churros, $1.49 each. Nine warehouses in, the churro. Sundaes, cookies, and the salad were all out of stock.Heading out: Mathew carrying the costume, Carter beside him. The costume came back out at the next stop.Membership prices on the way out: Executive $130, Gold Star $65.
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