Fortuitous Series of Events

My carpool buddy and I like to make bets. The bet is always for who is going to treat who to ice cream that day. But mainly, it's just a good excuse to ditch work and get Ice Cream!

There's a new Costco (her favorite store!) opening in Irvine, and we had driven by the day before and noticed it was opening this week. I thought the sign said it was opening on the 9th (Saturday) and she thought it said it was opening on the 7th (Thursday).

We made a bet on who was right for Ice Cream.

So today we were leaving work late and I was thinking, "gee it's late and i have to go find some food to eat still, this sucks!" We decided since it was late anyway, we would drive by the costco to see who won the bet.

I mentioned... Oooh we should get Churros while we're there!!!! (They sell freshly baked churros at costco). But then saddly we realized, it doesn't open for a few more days :( So we knew we wouldn't be getting churros!

So we drive by, and oddly enough there are a bunch of police officers whisking cars into the parking lot with big signs that said "Costco VIPs enter here!" She gloated, "you see!!! It's opening tomorrow!!! Look at all these people already here." I said, "I dont admit defeat yet! I still haven't seen the sign yet!"

So we got to the store -- the parking lot was PACKED, and sure enough it was opening on the 7th! Damn, I guess I was buying next time :(. But then we wondered... what's going on with this Costco VIP stuff??? Can we sneak in????

So we walked up and pretended we had been invited. Just outside the door was a Coffee Bean and Tea leaf stand. They were offering free blended Mocha, Vanilla, and chocolate drinks! Neat! Even if we couldn't go inside we'll grab a free mocha!

So as we were wandering about, we figured why dont we just show our membership card and try to sneak into the store? So we kind of just strolled in through the door!

Inside, the store was brightly lit and there were free food stands EVERYWHERE. They had Meatballs, Pasta, Hot Wings, Macaroni Salad, Vegetable Platters, Carnitas, Beef Stew, Refried Beans, Spanish Rice, Tamales, Hot Dogs, Pepperoni and Supreme Pizza, Chicken Bake, Spicy Sausages, Ice Cream, Cheese Cake, Chocolate Cake, Cream Puffs, Sodas, Coffee... It was a veritable BUFFET in there!!!

Boy did we chow down! Free food! So dinner was taken care of which was great! And then what did we spy out of the corner of our eye? They were giving out free Churros!!!!! SWEEET! I didnt think we would get any but there they were... and they were FREE!

On the way out we ran into the Danon Activa people, who were handing out free yogurt. So we each got three tubs of yogurt to go! Nice!

All in all, it was a cool surprise. Had we not made the bet, or left late and decided to verify the bet, we would have totally missed out on a free meal! And it was GOOD too. Costco sells some of THE best tasting food! Yum!

So today I lost a bet, but it was worth it!