 Hey friends welcome back to my channel. So today's monthly shop with me is so unique so different And I'm so excited to take you with me. So I am actually in siesta key Sarasota area Right now we are here in Florida visiting my parents for a couple of weeks and the timing worked out great for me to Just kind of do my monthly grocery shop here since we will be here for a good portion of this month so I'm curious to see how this Costco is compared to the Costco that I shop at regularly at home and See if they have any extra goodies that we just don't have at our Costco And my husband is flying down separate from us just because of his work schedule and stuff So it's going to be food for our whole family. So I will give you guys a haul this morning We went to Turtle Beach. That's a siesta key beach just to kind of pop in pick up a few shells put our toes in the Sand and enjoy all the weather that is happening right now. It's like 80 degrees It's just gorgeous. So whenever we get back I will be giving you all a haul as usual and let's go ahead and check out Costco Here is my Costco haul and then I'll show you everything I picked up at Publix to kind of fill in But I'm pretty happy with everything that we got I think it's gonna make some great meals over the next little while and I think it's also gonna fill in some snacks And I did go a little more down the convenience route of foods this month just with being here I think that we are going to want things that are fast and simple. So I'm just gonna start over here We grabbed some of these Annie's cheese curls and then I also got a big bag of tostitos Because the girls are really into eating guacamole and we love Costco's guacamole plus it's organic super good and Then I got a huge bag of our favorite green beans these extra fine green beans I stir-fry them with a little bit of garlic that sort of thing and obviously my mom has like a lot of the basics in the kitchen I just wanted to make sure that the bulk of our food they didn't have to worry about anything for us and So here I got two of the bigger flats of the cage-free eggs Because we eat lots of eggs and then this is a first for me My sister-in-law actually told me about these this is like Costco's version of the vitamin water zeroes But the flavors are way better So I got that and then I also got a pack of their like club soda seltzers and I'm kind of thinking I'll make up some mock tails Between this and these mix them together make something yummy and my children love these too And then also this here I think if I I can put the actual price on the screen if I'm wrong, but I think it was 899 and I believe there is 35 cans in that like that is a crazy good deal. So we love getting those I got a big thing of peaches. We often do my home can peaches at home But these are just nice little cups of peaches and then I also grabbed this here It's like a gluten-free a little bit more of a healthy fun cereal for myself and for the girls and We have like that at home now. That is something I haven't seen at our Costco That was a new one for me as well as the orange box here of the gluten-free pasta That is not at our Costco at all So I definitely think each Costco has its own Things that not all Costco's are the same. So if you have the option to check out a different Costco You might want to try that out I got a jug of laundry detergent that I'm just gonna leave here for whenever we come down other times that way I Can just use my own laundry detergent and we do use Armin hammer a lot at home I do try some natural ones as well, but whenever it's my last resort or I go back to Armin hammer We like the triple zero yogurts and they are a crazy good deal at Costco So that's something I've gotten from Costco for years and then I actually had this on my list and again something that's not at our Costco is These like zero noodles and I'm not gonna go into great detail, but basically they're made out of a root and They have their gluten-free and they have basically no carbs to them and then these are something that we've gotten at home, but I haven't gotten them in a long time and My girls just thought this would be fun to have since we'll be going to the beach while we're here and things like that So they're basically like pieces of fruit with sherbet inside and they have like half coconuts Lemons blood oranges that sort of thing and you just eat it with a spoon I also got a three pack of Some ham so we can open the packs at different times because I thought sandwiches would be really great to go with that I also got this gluten-free bread and I felt like it was a pretty good deal There's two loaves in here and we'll be able to use that up while we're here And then I also got these wraps so we can do like grilled chicken wraps anything like that You know that we love our grass-fed butter from Costco got a thing of that This is something I've never gotten at Costco And I don't know if our Costco carries it because generally at home I have other sources that I get my deli stuff from but this is a pack of just regular cheddar And it's already sliced and ready to go So I thought for burgers and that's what this is it is burger patties already made up It would be easy to grab this cheese and also for sandwiches or even making like Breakfast burritos we could put them in these wraps and scramble up some eggs and then I got bacon and I also grabbed a bag of sausage These are just some cleaner or sausages We love breakfast food in our house a lot and then I also got this and they're just sweet potato fries They will just make a quick easy side and I also grabbed a big pack of chicken tenderloin I just thought the pieces would be nice quick simple sizes I don't have to cut up big breasts or anything like that and this is actually six packages So there's three here and three on the other side. So that's everything I picked up from Costco I'm really happy with what I found now. I'll show you what I got at Publix I just kind of grabbed some fill-in stuff from Publix. We used to live near Publix and I loved it But up in Pennsylvania. We obviously don't have those. They don't they're very common in Pennsylvania So I grabbed some almond milk. I don't really like the almond milk that Costco carries I've gotten it before but it's just not my choice almond milk. So I just got some from Publix I also got some heavy cream and this fun creamer that I've never tried before. I want to make some Fun ice coffees while we're here I got some stain spray because since we flew we did not fly with like checked baggage or anything So some of this stuff is things I'm gonna keep here so that when we fly It's just easier. So the stain spray is here because we didn't bring tons and tons of clothing with us and Obviously, I want to keep those clothes. We do have with us as nice as possible. I got mouthwash They were having a deal on strawberries by Wingo unfree. So these ended up being I think a little under $2 a piece super great deal a Full tube of toothpaste razors Some feminine products. I absolutely love this lotion my mother-in-law gave me one for Christmas and I'm so hooked It's just so moisturizing and it smells amazing. Then the girls and I are just gonna share shampoo and conditioner I just thought it would be a better deal for us to Get full-size products instead of doing travel ones and then I like to get the no sugar added ketchup again Something else that Costco doesn't have so I don't know if we'll end up at the store again It's a little hard to tell since this is in a normal month and you know all of that But I think we're set up pretty good. So I thought I'd go ahead and insert some clips from our trip and Like I said, this is the first time the girls have flown and it was so fun We flew out of Philly and landed in Fort Myers and That next morning the sunrise was so beautiful. I just love the pink skies of Florida Such a huge highlight to me. We did go to the beach a couple of times My parents live about an hour from most of the Gulf beaches in the southern part of the Gulf and We did hang out in Arcadia as well If you're ever in that area, you definitely have got to check out the Florida farmhouse coffee shop We were there almost every day. I loved her coffee. I got to meet the owner She is just the sweetest So if you're ever in the area and you stop in tell charity that I said hello She and I just really connected and I love the style of her coffee shop and what she stands for She has a lot of small businesses and really helps the community in the area Which I think is so great and we just enjoyed a lot of time with my mom Whenever she wasn't working at the camp we took time to go shopping and go to the beach My aunt was also in the area. So we got to meet up with her I mentioned this in my update video that I posted last But I also got to hang out with Lynette Yoder for a while and just really connect with a lot of people Sarasota and Arcadia and siesta key area is an area where a lot of people from the Mennonite background Vacation so it's really not that difficult to find people that I'm connected to to visit with while I'm there The next video going up on my home channel, which is my second channel. That's linked below Will show the big project that I did at my parents house while I was here It was so fun. It did take up a majority of my time. So that's why I'm kind of Hinting around about the other things that we did, but I'm not gonna give away What my big project was while we were here? So you'll need to head over to my second channel to find that out But while I was working on those projects at my mom's house The girls really enjoyed the warm weather. It was like 80 to 85 degrees while we were there and So my mom set up a little pool for them They had water balloons and we had sent ahead in the mail some of the toys and things that we knew that They would want and of course just getting all that beach time in was really great So if this is the first video of mine that you've ever seen Welcome, I know this is kind of a random video and more targeted towards people that watch me on a regular basis But you can definitely subscribe if you're new I have all kinds of content between my two channels that I love to share with you all and I'll see you all in the next one