my former infatuation with costco is starting to dwindle. my cons list is longer than my pros list for the first time ever. and seeing as i figured out bullet points... i made a list:)

• you have to flash your badge when you walk in... it makes me feel like a cop and i don't like it
• the awful awful awful free samples (that i always burn the roof of my mouth on:) surrounded by impatient mobs clawing each other to death for the good samples like CPK and cream puffs. seriously it's like the baggage reclaim at LAX... but there is no security
  
• Steve at the tustin ranch costco (he knows why :)
  
• the cafeteria picture of the golden sugary 24 inch long churro leading me into temptation everytime i see it
  
• and finally... the last thing i absolutely ABHOR about costco... the smily face receipt artist/dragon at the exit who one must brave in order to leave

sigh... .. i am sooooo NOT renewing my executive membership which i am sure will plunge Costco into receivership as a result... you just watch

Santa Claus visited Danny's preschool today. while he was very excited about the little sticker book Santa gave him, Danny apparently grilled him relentlessly as to why his reindeer were nowhere in sight and how he had got to preschool without his sleigh :) gawd love him!

OK, who would name a kid Adolph Hitler (Cambell)??
"The father of 3-year-old Adolf Hitler Campbell, denied a birthday cake with the child's full name on it by one New Jersey supermarket, is asking for a little tolerance." According to Adolph's Daddy, our new president has called for change so allowing swastikas on kid birthday cakes is clearly the first area where we need to work on :|


off to bed via the kitchen for some hot chocolate ... it is totally freezing here (37 degrees yesterday, i am not kidding!)

Sam's Greentown is complete!

you know it's cold when these two cuddle up together

still experimenting with those softboxes...