We love Trader Joe's! Really, it's kind of an obsession for us. It all started when my sister, Amber, and her husband lived in Portland and the rest of us lived in Utah. Whenever we came to visit them in Portland, we would bring an extra suitcase so we could bring home our favorites from Trader Joe's.
Travis thought I was nuts when we were dating and I came to Oregon with him for his job interview before college graduation. I brought an extra suitcase and filled it up completely with food from; you guessed it, Trader Joe's.
We even stuffed my brother-in-law's car with food to take back to my parents when he came to stay with us a couple of months ago. We were so happy to have a new Trader Joe's come in this last year only about 10 minutes away from us. We have our favorites and love to discover new treats each time we go.
I took Tyler with me last week to stock up on groceries and he was such a good little helper. He was on the "hunt" for the monkey "Moto". It's a stuffed animal monkey with a nametag. They hide it in a different spot each day and if the kids "find" him and tell the checker (who rings a big old bell in celebration!) they can pick out a treat and stickers. Tyler was so excited to find "Moto" that day that he took off running for the check-out. He wanted the little snack pack of pistachios. It is wonderful when I take both boys because they are so occupied with finding this monkey that they are good little shoppers the whole time! The bagger even helps me out to the car with my load. I love it!
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So, last week mom gave me some of the yummy food that you had stocked them up with from a few month's ago...I love the salted, dried green beens...I know that sounds weird...but I couldn't stop eating them! I think I found myself a new little snack. :) Too bad Trader Joe's isn't in Salt Lake...but maybe I'll find one on one of my business trips! They do have quite the yummy food!
I lived within walking distance of a Trader Joe's when I lived in Henderson. However, I had no clue what it was and never shopped there. After I moved to Vegas I realized what I had been missing. Now I live 10 minutes away from another location, and we have a bunch of Whole Foods around as well. I love those places! I'd like to go more but it's hard to do it regularly when I have a Smith's 3 minutes away. Trader's is definitely better, though.
Oh Kayelynn, would you take time to tell me your favorites. We just got a Trader Joe's about 2 minutes from my house. I went in and was so overwhelmed I didn't buy a thing! =(
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