Thursday Coffee and Chat -- 16th April 2026

@Blackcloud re: costco well done! 😊

Yes to buy things yourself you have to be a member (or have been given a costco giftcard 😉); you are not alone in not having known this. 😊

I'm so glad the person at the register still helped you with the purchase and buying the membership too so you could still proceed 😊.

I have been a member of costco for a very long time as i once worked not far from their head-office store, and that make it very convenient and cheap for things like optical (glasses), hearing aids (for my then-partner), and bulk long-storage items 😊. (Not *everything* is cheaper than Aldi though, but most stuff is as cheap or cheaper than Coles/Woolies so i often dont bother checking prices unless something feels expensive lol).

Im so proud of you 🤩. Thank you for sharing and tagging me. 😊

(Im still working back through over 100 tags lol, so yes i will likely have older osts you have tagged me in that i havent gotten to yet and i apologise in advance if so!)

Aw thanks so much @AlwaysMyself ❤️☺️☺️

Hello @aquaserene80,

Sometimes the 'like' button can be a bit sticky! We are working it out on our end and hopefully it will be resolved soon. 🫶

Thanks for the reply @AuntGlow. 🙂 I assume the worst-case scenarios sometimes, well mostly 😬 phew! Have a good day

@Blackcloud well done, I'm very proud of you. I struggled a lot with shopping on my own at first too, it gets easier over time. Yeah, they make things way to complicated sometimes with membership rules.

Thank you @Ruby26 my friend ❤️ and yesss they definitely do make it harder sometimes 🫠😅🥲🙃 if only I had known about it before then but oh well