After many years of waiting, our town of Taichung finally got its very own Costco. This is exciting for all the foreigners here since (even though I have never been to a Costco in the States) many of us have been to the wharehouse mecca in Taipei just for their pizza and muffins.
So a little bit more of home has iinched its way here. And hot damn, now do I ever realize why many Americans are so big. Now we shall see if Taiwanese widen their girth as well.
Jo and I decided at first NOT to get a membership since we are only 2 people (plus Mocha) and getting so much stuff is impractical. The amount of the membership would only cover the savings made if we went more than the 3-5 times a year we would ever go in the first place. However, after one of Jo's friends invited us to go and check it out on his membership, we planned to only buy some steaks for a small gathering we were having.
Well, some small steaks turned into about $150 bucks worth of all sorts of things that we didn;t know we needed until we got there: Oh, Bagels! Damn, let's load up! That kind of attitude is what the managers what I guess and they succeeded. Even Jo was agog at all the things there since most were from the States and she had never seen some of the brands.
And the best part was that we are able to use this friend's company business card, which cuts the membership down by 2/3rds, so now it is worth it and we will be buying steaks and bagels and Mocha's food there from now on.
OH! and Wendy! They have Aussie shampoo and conditioner, so you are off the hook for gifts and things (we stocked up for about 10 years worth)! Oh, wait, this may be bad news since now you have to think of something else to get me! haha....although I did not see Twizzlers.....
Anyway, I am not sure if this is going to change the eating habits of people here, but at least I can enjoy good (and cheap) bagels again!
With a few extra pounds,
Jeff & Jo
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