https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 23 May 2026 20:05:24 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-household-goods-do-you-buy-at-costco/page/2#post-1858464 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 15:50:35 +0000 plantains 1858464@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: good to know, I feel like they aree pricey on Amazon but I might just be looking at the wrong option. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-household-goods-do-you-buy-at-costco/page/2#post-1856759 Wed, 10 Sep 2014 15:09:22 +0000 lawbee11 1856759@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoyfulKiwi: I know but it'd be so much more fun to eat the yogurt while browsing through the store! I've heard great things about White Linen sauce and spaghetti is a staple in our house because my cooking "skills" are limited. And we could totally dedicate a guest room closet to store some things...my DH eats a granola bar almost every day as a snack and it'd be much cheaper for us to buy a huge box of them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-household-goods-do-you-buy-at-costco/page/2#post-1856753 Wed, 10 Sep 2014 15:06:26 +0000 HabesBabe 1856753@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoyfulKiwi: AHHH I &lt;3 &lt;3 &lt;3 White Linen marinara sauce. It is so so effing good. 100000% better than Prego or Ragu or whatnot. It's really restaurant quality, IMO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-household-goods-do-you-buy-at-costco/page/2#post-1856746 Wed, 10 Sep 2014 15:00:29 +0000 .twist. 1856746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoyfulKiwi: haha, I'm not sure? I've never heard of that brand before and I don't even know what kind of products it's for! Maybe a Canadian vs. American thing?</p> <p>ETA: Pasta sauce. Ok, I am not sure it's available here! I think we get Newman's. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-household-goods-do-you-buy-at-costco/page/2#post-1856706 Wed, 10 Sep 2014 14:38:35 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 1856706@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: do you get the White Linen brand? It's amazing! </p> <p>@lawbee11: Okay, the frozen yogurt alone is worth the membership - although you can buy anything at thefood cour without a membership! We also buy so many things at Costco! All the home goods listed and lots of non-perishable foods too. I just started getting contact solution there. We especially love when diapers/wipes are on sale (Huggies), the Lindsey natural black olives, White linen pasta sauce, GoGo Squeeze, Fig bars, and Kirkland Tortilla chips. We go once a month and stock up. We've dedicated part of the guest room closet to dry goods! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-household-goods-do-you-buy-at-costco/page/2#post-1856678 Wed, 10 Sep 2014 14:19:03 +0000 NorCalWayfarer 1856678@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I LURVE me some Costco! Seriously, we buy so much there. </p> <p>I love their photo holiday cards and birth announcements ($17.25 for 25 and they are cute and great quality). Ours also has a GREAT organic food section -- flax seed meal, berries (what we don't immediately eat we freeze for smoothies), eggs, milk, bread... They also have a ton of organic baby/kid food. But we haven't tried any of that since DS is only 2 months. They have great quality cheese too -- goat, Dutch Gouda, parmesean, manchego, etc. </p> <p>Other household items we get there:<br /> Toilet paper<br /> Paper towels<br /> Napkins<br /> Ziplocks<br /> Free &amp; clear laundry detergent<br /> Dishwasher detergent<br /> Batteries<br /> Bleach<br /> Pete's coffee<br /> Beer<br /> Bully sticks for the dogs</p> <p>We also bought a food saver thing there and now vacuum seal and freeze meat we buy there. They have good quality meat (including organic chicken and grassfed beef) so we buy it, eat some right away and freeze the rest (we have a separate freezer in the garage). </p> <p>And I like their frozen yogurt at the food court :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-household-goods-do-you-buy-at-costco/page/2#post-1856605 Wed, 10 Sep 2014 13:49:38 +0000 mrs. wagon 1856605@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@plantains: amazon subscribe and save! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-household-goods-do-you-buy-at-costco#post-1856530 Wed, 10 Sep 2014 13:21:32 +0000 snowjewelz 1856530@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: Haha! I am hesitant b/c just as much as I buy random crap I don't need at Target, I feel like I'd be like that at Costco too. I was def a kid in a candy store the few times I went to Costco! </p> <p>With that said, w/ a baby on the way, it'd be nice to just make one trip and get everything that will lasts a while.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-household-goods-do-you-buy-at-costco#post-1856521 Wed, 10 Sep 2014 13:19:57 +0000 mrsjyw 1856521@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>toiletries, milk, eggs, protein, etc! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-household-goods-do-you-buy-at-costco#post-1856518 Wed, 10 Sep 2014 13:19:23 +0000 lawbee11 1856518@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@snowjewelz: Not gonna lie...the frozen yogurt at Costco is part of the reason I want to join! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-household-goods-do-you-buy-at-costco#post-1856510 Wed, 10 Sep 2014 13:17:18 +0000 plantains 1856510@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: where do you buy your huggies overnights? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-household-goods-do-you-buy-at-costco#post-1856506 Wed, 10 Sep 2014 13:16:25 +0000 T-Mom 1856506@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: Yeah! We've also been to the one off I-10 near Ikea if we're up that way. Meetup at Costco is genius! :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-household-goods-do-you-buy-at-costco#post-1856505 Wed, 10 Sep 2014 13:15:07 +0000 snowjewelz 1856505@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm so tempted to join w/ the deal too! I just feel like I'd miss Target too much tho! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-household-goods-do-you-buy-at-costco#post-1856485 Wed, 10 Sep 2014 13:06:40 +0000 cmomma17 1856485@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Household stuff: Toilet paper, paper towels, dishwasher detergent, cleaning wipes, trash bags, and yes they are all pretty great deals! And ziplock baggies! Great deal and we have a lifetime supply pretty much! </p> <p>We also exclusively buy diapers at costco (huggies), and some pantry staples are really good deals there too and they last forever since the amounts are huge (rice, oatmeal, peanut butter, honey, almonds, syrup). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-household-goods-do-you-buy-at-costco#post-1856471 Wed, 10 Sep 2014 13:00:14 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 1856471@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: Yes, we do shop at the grocery store for some produce items. A lot of produce comes in MAJOR bulk at Costco (like a 5 or 10-pound bag of onions. Who can go through onions that quickly?) and we can't use it before it goes bad.</p> <p>We also use the grocery store for lots of last-minute things, like "I am cooking dinner right now and we just ran out of taco seasoning...."</p> <p>I also buy puffs, peanut butter (costco doesn't have the kind I like), coffee creamer, and cuts of steak/fish at the grocery store. The steak and fish at Costco is cheaper per pound, but the portions are too big and I don't like it as much after it's been frozen! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-household-goods-do-you-buy-at-costco#post-1856459 Wed, 10 Sep 2014 12:55:08 +0000 lawbee11 1856459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T-Mom: Do you go to the one near Greenway Plaza? We could have a meetup at Costco :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-household-goods-do-you-buy-at-costco#post-1856457 Wed, 10 Sep 2014 12:54:35 +0000 lawbee11 1856457@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: Nice! So do you shop at the grocery store at all? Or just Costco? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-household-goods-do-you-buy-at-costco#post-1856432 Wed, 10 Sep 2014 12:43:50 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 1856432@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Also, I should add that my husband is in upper management at Costco, so our family has kind of "drank the Costco kool-aid..." ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-household-goods-do-you-buy-at-costco#post-1856411 Wed, 10 Sep 2014 12:38:10 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 1856411@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: We don't! But we have a second fridge/freezer in the garage. And we don't even have a pantry.... just one wider-than-average cupboard with tall shelves.</p> <p>We just make it work because the money you save shopping at Costco (plus their incredible selection of organic stuff at great prices and all of their awesome kid/toddler food) is so worth it.</p> <p>For example, we buy refried beans at Costco. It comes in an 8-pack, but we end up spending about .59 cents a can, versus 1.29 a can at the grocery store. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-household-goods-do-you-buy-at-costco#post-1856295 Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:57:43 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1856295@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>everything!!</p> <p>dishwashing soap<br /> dishwasher liquid<br /> laundry detergent<br /> paper towels<br /> toilet paper<br /> ziploc bags<br /> foil<br /> saran wrap<br /> kleenex<br /> lightbulbs<br /> sponges<br /> trash bags<br /> printer paper<br /> diaper genie refills, diapers, wipes<br /> i'm sure there's a ton more!</p> <p>we buy most our groceries there too - onions, salad greens, asparagus, brussels sprouts, cut up butternut squash when they're in season, lemons, oranges, berries, carrots, salami, chicken thighs and breasts, ground turkey, ground beef, steak, sausages, dumplings, tofu, eggs, milk, bread, almond butter, jam, laughing cow wedges, pirate's booty, cereal, grapeseed oil, avocado oil, olive oil, pepper and sea salt, peet's coffee beans, socks, underwear, towels, sheets, flowers, cooked rotisserie chicken (huge for only $5!).... i can go on and on.</p> <p>we do all our picture printing and canvas prints there too. excellent quality canvas prints for a great price! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-household-goods-do-you-buy-at-costco#post-1856281 Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:51:58 +0000 Smurfette 1856281@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Toilet paper<br /> paper towels<br /> laundry detergent<br /> trash bags<br /> yard trash bags<br /> cleaning wipes<br /> ziploc bags<br /> dishwasher detergent<br /> dish soap<br /> Mac n Cheese<br /> Pasta Sauce<br /> Applesauce pouches<br /> Coffee Kcups<br /> Splenda<br /> Diapers<br /> Wipes<br /> Frozen Chicken<br /> Feta Cheese<br /> Eggs<br /> Milk<br /> Frozen Veggies<br /> Razors<br /> Vitamins</p> <p>The take and bake pizza is really good!<br /> Bigger things we have bought:<br /> Camera<br /> mini fridge<br /> outside storage container </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-household-goods-do-you-buy-at-costco#post-1856280 Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:51:45 +0000 T-Mom 1856280@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We buy paper towels, tissues, dishwash detergent, ziploc bags, juice boxes, school snacks, olive oil, trash bags, organic ground beef (really good price), chicken thighs, saline solution.. fruits and veggies (but a lot of times that stuff goes bad because we can't get through it all so I try to only buy stuff we will really eat all of). Lots of stuff!</p> <p>I do impulse buy a lot though, since it is a bit of a trek for me as well... we also bought my DD's halloween costume there this year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-household-goods-do-you-buy-at-costco#post-1856270 Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:48:31 +0000 looch 1856270@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh one other thing, we ordered our son's cedar playset from there too.</p> <p>And I get my glasses there! All our TVs as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-household-goods-do-you-buy-at-costco#post-1856267 Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:45:59 +0000 Mrs.Panda 1856267@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't have a CostCo membership as the coldest in about an hour away but my best friend had one closer to her and she is an addict. She bus pretty much everything non perishable there and does a lot of dry good shopping there. I would say it's worth it. I go to Sam's since it's closer to our house and wet usually but paper goods and some groceries there. Party shopping is awesome! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-household-goods-do-you-buy-at-costco#post-1856264 Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:43:22 +0000 mrs. wagon 1856264@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My list of items we DON'T buy at Costco is shorter!!</p> <p>Lactaid (they only have 1% there, we drink skim)<br /> Coffee Creamer (I like the skim flavored kind)<br /> Bananas (I love all their other produce, but for some reason I have awful luck with their bananas)<br /> Onions, Garlic, and Lemons/Limes (I can't use the Costco size fast enough before they go bad)<br /> Huggies overnights</p> <p>I think that's it! Everything else we buy at Costco! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-household-goods-do-you-buy-at-costco#post-1856259 Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:40:19 +0000 lawbee11 1856259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: Do you have a huge fridge? I just don't know where we'd keep everything! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-household-goods-do-you-buy-at-costco#post-1856250 Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:34:32 +0000 BSB 1856250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@youboots: Gaterade! Yup! I get juice boxes, too! </p> <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: Yup! I could list out all the food I get there, too. Yogurt, snacks/chips, canned soups &amp; veggies, olive oil, eggs, fruit (!).. both fresh and frozen for smoothies. </p> <p>@HabesBabe: Oh, flea medication! It's so expensive if you get it anywhere else. </p> <p>Oh, seasonal items like potting soil, grass seed, wheel barrel, garden hose, plants, garden gloves, life jackets, swimming googles, snow shovel, ice melt.</p> <p>Oh, free shipping from Costco.com! I got my emergency food supply and my toucheless dual trashcan. </p> <p>Oh, I did go through Costco's vehicle buying program to get a deal (no-hassle/haggling) for my CRV. </p> <p>My Costco is only 15 minutes away so I'm always there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-household-goods-do-you-buy-at-costco#post-1856245 Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:32:20 +0000 tysonja 1856245@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>toilet paper, paper towels, allergy meds in the spring, contact solution, lots of food :D rotisserie chicken! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-household-goods-do-you-buy-at-costco#post-1856236 Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:29:16 +0000 sandy 1856236@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We buy everything at Costco! The membership is so worth it!</p> <p>Bathroom tissue<br /> Kleenex<br /> Paper towels<br /> Napkins<br /> Paper plates<br /> Wipes<br /> Dishwasher soap tablets<br /> Batteries<br /> Carters clothes (so inexpensive)<br /> Sonicare refills<br /> Books for LO<br /> OTC medicine and vitamins </p> <p>I know you said no food but the food is so worth it! So yummy and less expensive than the grocery store </p> <p>Steaks<br /> Hamburger<br /> Chicken<br /> Tiger prawns<br /> Ravioli - so good!<br /> Bacon<br /> Bread<br /> K-cups<br /> Mac n cheese<br /> Crackers for LO<br /> Applesauce pouches<br /> Fruit - always good and so much cheaper than the grocery store<br /> Lettuce </p> <p>And we always find awesome gifts and random products at costco. Like we bought our foldable wagon at costco, our sun tent, outdoor blanket, toys for LO.</p> <p>Seriously, Costco is the best! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-household-goods-do-you-buy-at-costco#post-1856225 Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:25:12 +0000 HabesBabe 1856225@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: Ditto. Everything I can get at Costco, I do. I usually get Kirkland (their house brand) for most items, but have been disappointed in their Dove-like body soap and their dishwasher detergent.</p> <p>We get hubby's socks, my underwear, his underwear, his undershirts, babies' clothes (they sell Carter's at a huge discount), string cheese, organic eggs, frozen waffles, Haagen Dazs ice cream bars, Fage yogurt, beef jerky, Green Machine juice, rotisserie chickens, ground turkey, beer (they sell craft beer at our Costcos now, too), tequila, dog treats, dog food, chips/snacks, TP, Arrowhead water, paper towels, doggy flea medication, Lubriderm lotion, prenatal vitamins, diet shakes... this is just off the top of my head.</p> <p>We even got our living room furniture from Costco. </p>