Costco Day

Thursday morning Sister Seibach (sister from El Dorado Hills...small world) was willing to drive us out to Costco.  Huge help!  After parking we headed inside the warehouse.  We grabbed a cart and then took them on the cart escalators.  Our Target in California was 2 story with escalators, but not like these ones!  After rolling the cart on the wheels lock into place.  It worked even with a fully loaded cart of groceries, etc.

While shopping we were really hoping to find a washing machine and some other small appliances while we were there.

The washer unfortunately wasn't the right size, and the smaller one was well small. Luckily Kurt was able to find a washer/dryer online and it will be delivered on Wednesday.  One strange thing in Japanese is that most people don't have dryers at all.  The hang all of their clothes out on the veranda or porch to dry.  It still doesn't make sense to me because it seems like nothing would dry due to the high humidity, but Kurt assures me that it does.  Weird.  So, our washer/dryer is actually a 2-in-1.  It washes a full load, and then is able to dry about half of it.  This will be an interesting adjustment for me, especially with baby #3 coming in May.

Besides the washer we were able to find a microwave, a blow up mattress for us to sleep on, a blanket, bottled water, dryer sheets, cleaning wipes, vitamins, rice and a couple other things.  We were limited on cash (due to ATM withdrawal limits) and didn't have a fridge yet so that really limited what we were able to purchase.  However, I was very happy to find out that the Costco carried a lot of my favorite US Costco items including my favorite apple juice and raw tortillas.  I will most definitely be making a trip back soon.