shopping OUTSIDE of my little corner of the world....

today i dug in the deep freeze (it sounds more impressive than 'freezer') for my....costco card!!....yes folks it's true...i do have a costco card...it's not something i'm proud of, or like to discuss with people i don't know really well, and there are still a few people out there that i don't know well...i think that because i am laid up with my wooden leg breaking and all, that i thought it would be ok to stroke the red, white and blue plastic...there's a kinda photo on there of some freakingly terrifying person...what's with that?? takes a lot of the pleasure out of it....

....so, my experiences with costco go back many, many years...one day, we got word, here in my corner of the world, that if you drove for just a little over an hour, you could go to this place called costco....at that time, to join (can you believe it's a membership? i always forget to list that under organizations and affiliations on my CV) you had to belong to some other group or business....i was ok because my business partner and i joined with our art business, "silent partners, art for the tastefully impaired"....they were chomping at the bit to sign us!! the first time i went there i felt like a deer caught in the headlights, totally overwhelmed after coming out of my little corner of the world...but in no time at all, i had thrown my little katie potato out of the 'buggy' and filled it with attractive, tastey and unnecessary items....after a few visits, i was getting out of control...i would shop like a junkie looking for the fix i left somewhere, and couldn't quite find...i would buy so much stuff, that i would have to tie katie potato to the roof so i could fit the $400 worth of diapers in the car (katie potato was lactose intolerant)....in time, i recognized this sad addiction that i had, and worked with many counsellors for many long hours to defeat this monster....to prove my power over the beast, and my unbelievable strength, i kept my card...in the deep freeze under the tilapia filets...under the frozen hash....browns, under the case of frozen peas (bought at costco 7 years ago!)....and after a lot of thought on costco and the dangers involved, i have come to the conclusion that the next 'survivor' locale should be costco!!! .....anybody can survive in the bloody jungle!!