Just before adding our fourth baby to our family, Eric and I treated ourselves to a Costco membership. Somewhat begrudgingly, as I like to think of myself as a small business, artisanal goods kind of person—and Costco is anything but that—but you need to be practical with a big family. We go through certain foods and household goods SO quickly that it just makes sense to buy them in bulk!

Eric has celiac disease, so a lot of prepared foods are off the table for us. I also prefer to buy organic when possible and stick to whole food ingredients. Even within this space, we’ve found that we can save a lot of money by stocking up on certain staples at Costco that we’d otherwise be buying at Whole Foods or the co-op every week (at a much higher cost per unit).… Read More »