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I live as a single person, and I do not shop in bulk however there are some items like tp, paper towels, cleaners, and anything you can freeze that would be beneficial.
I love how your husband organizes your cart just like mine does! He's the reason I don't have squished bread and beat up and sad looking veggies when I get home 🙌 God Bless
Hey Brooke, broke my heart to see you cry. From my perspective,you do such good with your helpful and light hearted videos. You share your wonderful ideas and your sweet family. We all should count ourselves blessed to be able to have these moments with you and yours. Please don’t let the opinions others have affect your wonderful spirit…plus you know what they say about opinions…lol…love u guys lots..hug and a pinch!
Traitor!!! I saw that Hellmans instead of Dukes😂😂😂😂. Just kidding!! Just a quick note,….i want to thank everyone for the prayers for my sweet grandson. He went on his way for basic training this morning. I’ve cried all day but I know he’s going to be fine. I told him to always remember to pray and that I’m praying for him every day❤❤❤❤
The deal on the apples was insane! Convince food is nice because the kids get some independence and if the parents get sick the kids can make some tasty meals for themselves. Also, it is so much more affordable than eating out but you feel like you are eating out. It is nice you both take everyone’s likes into consideration when shopping. One of my family’s favorite things is the croissants they taste so good and they are $5.99 for a lot of them. 🙂
I think $600 at Costco for a family of five is pretty realistic. I always buy the packs of chicken and albacore tuna. Costco has great prices on a lot of things when you break it out by weight or number of servings.
We go to Costco and to Sam’sas well, it is only the 2 of us now but none the less I find great deals at both places. We no longer have to budget and I can buy now whatever I want to which is a blessing but we did have to budged and being very frugal many moons ago when we were young and in the military for 21 years. Yes my hubby was what soldiers call a “Lifer” but it was worth it for my husband having served our country for that long even though the military does not pay very well, at least not when my husband was in it and military live is hard on a family because of all the separations. We lived from payday to payday back then in the beginning and ate lots of Spaghetti, Peanut butter Jelly sandwiches and Raman Soup from about the middle of the month on, waiting for the next payday to come around. But we had a blast and we got to see the world which is something we would have never been able to do on our own as civilians, we don’t regret any of it and would do it all over again in a heart beat! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
To my kindest friend, great 👍 haul. I raised 2 boys who ate me out of house and home. You got a lot of nice 👍 food. Buying in bulk definitely 👍 saves a family of 4-5. Love 💕 and Hugs. 💙💙💙
I don't have a Costco currently. I do have a Sam's Club. When my kids lived with me, I would often go to Sam's. I don't go there often. I do, however, order things to ship. It seems to keep me from impulse spending. When I physically go shopping there, which I love, I end up buying new items to try out. There have been some things that ended up being horrible to me. The convenience items, I find Sam's to be the best place. They are usually portion control and individually wrapped. I was a stay at home mom and wife. It's exhausting at times, so grabbing something of convenience for your family is the best. Everyone needs a little downtime occasionally. Thanks for sharing your shopping with us. Kylan's (sp?) face over the baby bells lit up my night. Your boys are growing up so quickly and are handsome, kind, and loving. You and Dusty are doing an awesome job parenting. Cherish these special moments because in the blink of an eye, they will be adults. God Bless you and yours.
❤ I look forward to every video not be able to respond every time. Have severe health issues. Your videos lift my spirits. I get a lot of fun ideas from watching you Brooke. You are a blessing.
Think of it this way: you haven’t shopped since November so you’ve roughly spent $100 a month from November-April. Not bad! It’s easier for me to digest the large sum when I divide it up between my visits.
I love how your whole family helps out. And how happy everyone always is. And Dusty can organize a cart like a boss! So sweet little Collin was so excited for cheese. I wanna see prices!! I keep wanting to try costco
I live in Glasgow, Scotland, yes we do have a Costco but its not exactly local tome. My son and his wife go to Costco, so I get them to pick me up certain items. I generally buy things like freezer bags, bin bags and the like. There are only the 2 of us, I never buy convenience foods. Its so easy and affordable when there are only 2 to cook from scratch. Great haul for you and your family xxx
I only have a Sam's Wholesale. I have not been since then end of November. I went Yesterday and only spent $190. There are only 2 of us now. I just got my household basics and cooking supplies. It was all I needed. Water bottles, laundry detergent, lysol, paper towels, coffee, etc. You did so good!
I go to Costco about every other month. It's just my husband and me. I get toilet paper and paper towels (usually only need 1 or the other at a given time). Coffee! Costco is tve best for coffee! Their French roast whole bean is under 5 bucks a pound! I get like 4, 2.5lb bags every time. We go through a pot of coffee a day. I get premier protein drinks. The caffe latte flavor is my work pick me up. (I'm a night shift nurse) . Takes the edge off hunger and a little caffeine kick. Dishwasher pods, laundry soap, paper plates, not every time, but when we get low. Various other things that catch our eye. Usually spend 150 to 200.
I have SEVERAL savings accounts with Capital One 360. You can have a maximum of 25 savings accounts. You setup your accounts on Capital One 360, then set up your automatic withdrawal within each account and mine pulls out of my regular checking account. One of my accounts happens to be Sam's Club. woohooo! You can name your accounts too, like car insurance, car maintenance, house taxes, house insurance, clothing, Sam's etc etc!! I LOVE IT! Anyway....have fun at Costco!
That Babybel cheese is one of my daughter’s favorites. She has been saving the wax for months and has been making a giant wax ball. it’s her pride and joy lol she is 17 so it could be something worse 😂😊
I would’ve loved to hear the prices of some very common items ( Baby Bell, toilet paper, paper towels, strawberries) to compare to my NL Costco. Those apples were around $12 last time I got them at Costco.
So I just tried those Naan dippers yesterday for the first time! I had them with red pepper hummus and seriously was in love! I never liked hummus before! So my mind was blown, I'm grabbing some from Sam's this week 😂 Oh! Also, totally made your oriental chicken wraps and the family loved them!!!!
I love when Dusty is involved he is such a peach, you bought some awesome groceries I can't wait to see what you come up with when you cook your meals, Are you all having a garden this year ? thank you for all you do Brook🥰
I love how you sung about sticky rice. I was doing an inventory/cleanout of my pantry the other day and my hubs was like " are you making up pantry and food songs?" Yes, Yes I am
As a household of one, I can’t justify a membership. A family member picks up toilet paper, paper towels, and dishwasher pods for me every so often and I just pay them back. I know there are so many other things I could potentially use in bulk, but I can never remember what those things are in the moment!
7:08 Hi Brooke! I live in Watsonville, CA, the international headquarters of Driscoll's. Those berries were probably grown a few miles from where i live 😊!
I love how Braden said I did it all by myself it made me chuckle it that is something my son would say great haul Brooke! I need to do a Costco/Sams haul for summer.
You're such a good and thoughtful shopper for your family; great idea to put money in the envelope for shopping trips like this. Your family is beautiful ❤God bless you all.
Those ham cheese things are yummy. Also love the Kirkland breakfast sandwiches(bacon egg cheese on a croissant type bun) from the freezer section. No rotisserie chicken? That a usual for us.
The Kirkland brand of the just bare is a perfect dupe! I promise you won't be disappointed! We made the switch when Kirkland first came out with them, and we're very pleased! 😊
@kristinarndt4422 yes! They are SO good! And we also buy those Sister Schubert yeast rolls and make the Chick-fil-A chick-n-mini sandwiches! They are SO very good too!
You all crack me up while you were shopping because of your sense of humor! And, yes please do a video on a copy cat recipe of those southwest chicken wraps! : )
Going to Costco is always fun because we don't go that often either and when we do , they always have new stuff out to try . My husband is always the organizer and cart pusher . Thanks for sharing this with us - Have a great day Brooke !!!😊😊👍👍❤❤
Dear SFM, I watched your short videos about your life with mental illness. Thank you so very much for being frank and honest. Understand it’s not relate to this video but I couldn’t figure out how to express my appreciate on your short video. Thank you ❤
Those frozen snacks are a great idea for the boys to grab themselves a quick lunch. I always have frozen dumplings, gyoza and asian pancakes for days when I don't have the headspace to plan a meal from scratch ❤
When you do the copycat version I want to see it so I can try it.thank you for all your cooking i watch and try a lot of your stuff.we are a family of 5 and it helps a lot with ideas and budgeting.
Hey Brooke! Love me some Costco!! I've gotten those probiotic strawberry gummies before. They are soooo good!! I love how you ask Husband to guess the price and he says "I haven't even been paying attention" That's a keeper there!! Haha Way to stay on budget without keeping track as you shop Brooke!! That's a skill!! Glad you tried that new wrap! It looked pretty good! Thanks for sharing your haul with us! Love your family!
Im a Sams Club gal myself. I need to renew my membership but i have to spend money else where at this time. Im still doing my RU-vid but right now i have to spend lightly to even do that. This week and probably next week too, i will be starting my new series call Blessed with food. Using what I already have. I have found that Sams Club is cheaper on a lot of thing but i would like to try Costco one day. I lobe your videos. Thank you ❤❤❤❤❤
The thing I was offended by from Sam's club is that if the person who's name is on the card dies and the card is still active, the card is not valid anymore. The people that have access to the account cannot use the card anymore. Example, my mom had the card in her name but my sister and I were authorized users. The card was renewed in January, mom died in February. They didn't return the unused months but my sister and I were unable to use the card anymore. We tried to change the name, doing it the right way and sent death certificate. So I switched to Costco.
Brooke, I deal with depression on a daily basis. I also deal with a non curable disease that causes enhanced pain like on a 1-10 I am a 30. I have to laugh to things or I couldn't survive. My heart aches at the pain those comments caused you. Your right. No one has a right to tell you how to deal with your situation. How dare them. I for one try to see something to get me through the day. I love what you do, and also the reason I watch your cooking channel is because of who you are and how transparent and honest about depression and anxiety. I actually have a few choice words for those commenters, but I think the Christian in me wouldn't think highly of me. It made my heart ache to see you crying. I can tell you are good people and doing good things. Like you said if a person doesn't like something just scroll. People apparently have nothing better to do than be mean. Might as well pray for them. You are doing something for yourself and your community family and friends. ❤❤❤
Great stock up. We even have Costco in Scotland so loved seeing what the USA one has so I can check for some of the same or at least similar things at mine. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I love the Bare chicken nuggets….I have not yet seen the Kirkland brand at my Costco in New Jersey. I will absolutely look for it. I will bet that the company that makes Bare chicken also makes it for Kirkland. Let us know what you think about the Kirkland brand. Thanks Brooke.
Brooke. I got a Costco membership for $30 regular membership right before Christmas. I have never been in a Costco. So this video is really important to me. I have ordered chocolates at Christmas and a few other things online. So you doing the leg work for me is awesome. Thank you!
Idk if it is nationwide but the one I went to only accepted Visa as their payment and all my credit cards that used for CB were MC at the time and only had a debit card that was a Visa and got to the cash register and having to use my debit card for over $500 worth of stuff was a big turn off from shopping there. Never went back after that since it was very similar to Sam's and have 2 Sam's in the area compared to the 1 Costco. Just a little side note to check on before you end up like I did since I mainly use 1 credit card for 2% CB on all purchases
Hi Brooke, I don't begrudge you shopping at Costco. You saved up for it and shopped smart and got some nice, well deserved treats. However, I don't like paying membership fees for the privilege of shopping at a store like Costco ( or Amazon or Sam's Club). With my very small family, I cannot shop bulk. Small home and no room to store the extra items and no one nearby to split an order. Still, the fresh fruit looked very good. Many times produce at Walmart is not very good at all. Btw: I am relatively new to your channel by six months or so and I really enjoy your videos and think that you have a great family too. I especially appreciated your family Easter video and message.
JUST AN FYI... If you buy a pre paid card for Costco they will let you in to shop without paying a membership fee. I think Sam's also does this along with other Bulk stores. Google this for exact info!! 😊
I did enjoy your video 😊 the funny thing was I was at Costco for the first time a couple of days ago and I picked up that sandwich wondering if it was good. I brought some of the same things you did but I didn't get into the frozen section. I didn't know what was good, now I do❤
Awesome haul Brooke!! Love that it is a family affair!! ❤ I am a recent widow...I use Sam's for all my paper items!! And they ship for free so it's great for me!
love it! I would have also bought a 20lb bag of botan rice. My area Costco has the best rice price. copycat Costco wraps let’s go! my favorite chicken for wraps is the walmart frozen chicken breast strips - just defrost bag. Last night I used some in some copycat Jenny Craig fajitas. lol some weird things can be comfort foods.
I taught my brother to save money. I told him when he gets his Social security payment to transfer whatever money was left in his account to his savings. Then he has an emergency fund. Works great.