new find at costco

My friend Z, who's been very cautious throughout this pandemic, buys a car. She's been wanting one, especially since public transportation is something she won't consider.

Today she takes her new car for its first ride — to Costco on 116th St. in Manhattan. 

Among other things, we buy toilet paper and paper towels (the Kirkland brand is as good as Bounty, I think), just in case there is another run on these items. 

I also buy a couple of items I've never bought before, but tried recently and liked: individual containers of Kirkland guacamole and individual containers of organic hummus.

I make coffee every day and love Peet's, but it is expensive. 

Today I see that Costco sells it for more than half the price than Peet's own site does (14.69 for two pounds vs. $16.95 for one pound). So what if these are coffee beans and I don't have a grinder? I can always buy one, I think. They're not all that expensive.

At checkout, I happen to mention my no-grinder situation to the cashier. "Oh, no problem.You can grind your beans right over there,"  she says, as she points to a large grinding machine —one much nicer than I would ever buy.

In a world lately devoid of any excitement, today I discover a tiny bit of some.