Yesterday needed to be grocery shopping day, so we made a plan to pick Dekker up from school, drive to Costco, pick up supper, and hit Superstore after that. It was a necessary plan, as we were out of several staples around here. Bread, milk, coffee, etc. The kids were pumped to go shop. I’ve probably said it a hundred times, but they love grocery shopping, haha!
We did a nice big shop at Costco, and paid out with our Costco Mastercard. I’m not trying to be weird and advertise, but seriously, if you’re usually a Costco shopper, you should get this thing. We put it off for quite a while, because not only do we already have a credit card that works just fine and didn’t really want or need another one, but we were tossed up between the Costco one and the PC one for Superstore. We spend a lot of money at both places and were unsure which way to go. However, we recently learned that the Costco Mastercard has a return for everything, including GAS! Which is a HUGE expense around here! We had previously heard that it didn’t count for gas, but it does! Now that we have this card, I can also say that I LOVE that you can see the balance of your return as you use it. I don’t think we get the return until the end of the year, but I like being able to actually see the amount in dollars and cents. Aaaaand you can tap up to $200, which is handy 🙂 Seriously, guys, this is a handy card! Just do not, I repeat, DO NOT leave a balance on it! The interest is crazy high! I digress…
We were done at Costco faster than expected, and it was way too early to get supper. Like 4:00 early. So we decided to duck into a mall nearby and go ask some questions at Telus. Brady had received a text earlier than day of some promotion, and while we usually ignore them, one sparked our interest. Our contracts have been up for a few months now, but our phones are still operating decently well, and we don’t have a ton of extra money to throw around these days, so we didn’t take it too seriously. But when Brady signed into his account to view the actual offer, it looked like we could maaaybe upgrade for free?? We weren’t sure, so we figured we’d kill some time at Telus and ask some questions. Why not, right?
Spoiler alert. We accidentally got new phones.
The promotion we had gotten was as it seemed – too good to be true. However, there was another promotion sitting on our account that was based around us being ten year customers! We dug into it a bit with one of the Telus reps and, sure enough, we were well set up to upgrade!! We were getting a lot of money off the top, plus we traded in our phones. (Yes, yes, I know we would likely get more selling them, but the hassle wasn’t worth it to us. So we traded them in to Telus) With our trade ins and the great loyalty deal, I personally walked out with a new iPhone 8 with 64g of space, an extra charger, a beautiful case, and a screen protector, and I paid about $40. Boom. Brady paid slightly more than I did, but his case was a Lifeproof one for work, and cost a bit more. It was such a fun surprise, to pay about $100Â together and get brand new phones and cases!
What was so extra special about that time was that the kids were in great shape! They played together and made us look great by giggling together and coaxing one another into group hugs, haha! We had the place to ourselves for the most part, and the two reps working there were SO good to our family! The one had two children of her own, and was quite smitten with ours, while the other had grown up with six siblings and had only the best things to say about it. It was SO refreshing to me when he said he was the oldest of seven, and babysat the whole group plenty, changed diapers, fed babies, etc. and had really enjoyed his upbringing. Way to smash the stigmas!! It was so nice to talk to them while they set us up SO well!! It took a while at Telus, and the kids were fading a bit, but that just resulted in lots of snuggles while we waited. Lots of “I want to hug you forever” from Rowan. SO so cute! Holding the kids got really really hot after a while, and I unzipped my jacket. Instantly, Dekker was leaning against me, telling me he loves my belly, he loves little Bambino, and kissing it. I just melt, guys. They were SO sweet!
Once we finally left Telus, it was supper time, and it was getting late. It became clear that there just wasn’t enough time to hit Superstore after all. So we got the kids supper, and then Dekker and I went into Tim Hortons and bough Timbits for the family in celebration of his lost tooth. (Yes, the tooth fairy brought donuts this time. I’m not sure what she’ll bring in the future, but hey, round one.) We headed home with a van load of happy children who fell right to sleep without any issue. It really couldn’t have been a better evening. It was a surprisingly sweet way to wrap up a day that felt heavy in my heart. Thank you, everyone who reached out to me yesterday and told me you loved my family. I felt it, big time.
Tomorrow I have an appointment to listen for Bambino at my doctors office, and I’ll probably make a quick stop at Walmart and grab the rest of the groceries while I have the chance 😉 Because fun came before food last time! Whoops!