I am a buy-in-bulk kind of gal. As a holder of a Costco card, I regularly buy a year's supply of a particular item even if it will only save me a mere dollar. And that way, it saves me on frequent trips to buy bath soap or paper goods. I smiled when I realized that Costco is based out of Washington; it clicked when I thought of the Kirkland-brand products that I grew up with, undoubtedly named after the city of Kirkland, Washington.
You can imagine my delight when I recently discovered Cash & Carry.
Jess and I have been purchasing items in preparation for Lunar New Year. Jess' job was to buy 40 white onions for the bulgogi and I was assigned a purchase of 150 plastic cups for boba milk tea. A friend suggested that I visit Cash & Carry to find a large amount of cups. I hadn't been introduced to a Cash & Carry until the past couple years when I moved to Seattle; it's a warehouse style store that has lots of restaurant supply stuff like take-out containers, napkins, vats of ketchup and mayonaise, etc. There, I purchased 150 cups and 200 corresponding lids for about $20. I'd say it was a purty good deal.
Misleadingly, at Cash & Carry, customers don't need to pay in only cash -- Jess and I both assumed this would have to be the case. At checkout, I saw a display that said the store accepted various types of credit cards. Of course, I didn't test this boundary as I came prepared with cash. Maybe we will never know for sure.
On the other hand, Jess went the local, small business owner route for her onions. She hit up a small grocery store in our neighborhood, Lenny's Produce. Lenny doesn't appear to package his goods in a traditional sense. Jess tells me that upon asking for 40 white onions, she was given a huge box of onions -- we opened the box when she came home and it was filled with approximately 50 some onions of varying sizes, colors, and quality. It was so interesting.
Bulk buying appears to take many forms and qualities. I know for sure that I'll be back at Costco before long to stock up on some household stuff. Cash & Carry has possibilities. I am extremely curious to shop at Lenny's with the full understanding that I will get a unique, non-uniform product. So much shopping, pricing, and eating lies ahead!
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Friday, February 8, 2013
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Pun Wars
It began in the first days of living in the same house with Jess. Either she or I would start with a cheesy pun and we would begin bantering back and forth, punning on the same topic.
For example, fruit:
"You're a basket case."
"It stems from having you around so much."
"Be pre-peared to clean out the fridge."
"These things don't happen organically."
"I hope all of our conversations are this fruitful."
(This is a real excerpt from our text messages.)
And as a result, this is how I got the nickname "Grapechel." :)
We've gone through topics like the ocean, dogs, horses, eggs, cheese, and countless others that I can't even remember. It was from these wars that I realized (1) we are both very competitive and (2) we are both very witty.
1) We are both very competitive.
Pun wars would start late at night, right as we both were preparing for bed. Neither of us was willing to let the other have the last word, so we would stay up past our self-imposed curfew. After we managed to extricate ourselves and shut our respective doors, we would still be yelling puns through the paper-thin wall we share. The other would yell in response that she couldn't hear what was said. We would then move to texting each other from our respective rooms.
2) We are both very witty.
This is self-evident.
We are indeed a pair of cheesy buds.
For example, fruit:
"You're a basket case."
"It stems from having you around so much."
"Be pre-peared to clean out the fridge."
"These things don't happen organically."
"I hope all of our conversations are this fruitful."
(This is a real excerpt from our text messages.)
And as a result, this is how I got the nickname "Grapechel." :)
We've gone through topics like the ocean, dogs, horses, eggs, cheese, and countless others that I can't even remember. It was from these wars that I realized (1) we are both very competitive and (2) we are both very witty.
1) We are both very competitive.
Pun wars would start late at night, right as we both were preparing for bed. Neither of us was willing to let the other have the last word, so we would stay up past our self-imposed curfew. After we managed to extricate ourselves and shut our respective doors, we would still be yelling puns through the paper-thin wall we share. The other would yell in response that she couldn't hear what was said. We would then move to texting each other from our respective rooms.
2) We are both very witty.
This is self-evident.
We are indeed a pair of cheesy buds.
Friday, January 18, 2013
Why Cheesy Buds?
"Cheesy Buds" was to be the name of Jess and my hypothetical television show. The idea was to have a cooking show where Jess (the more advanced cook) would make PBS-worthy dishes, and I would be the ignoramus ooh-ing and aah-ing in the background (and I would of course devour everything).
To create our show's name, we each thought of our favorite food. Cheese is my favorite thing. Potatoes are Jess' go-to staple. We combined to call our united product "Cheesy Buds." The name is particularly appropriate as we tend to enjoy one-upping each other in often cheesy jokes and puns.
To create our show's name, we each thought of our favorite food. Cheese is my favorite thing. Potatoes are Jess' go-to staple. We combined to call our united product "Cheesy Buds." The name is particularly appropriate as we tend to enjoy one-upping each other in often cheesy jokes and puns.
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