There was some curiosity about the $45 Costco shoe cube and here is mine in all its glory. For reference, this photo was taken in a hallway and the cabinet next to it reaches up about halfway along the wall. I’m not sure which pieces of information in that sentence were of use. I know I could have just gone and measured the unit for you but there you have it.
I didn’t want to put you off dinner with any nauseating close ups of my birkis so I’ve picked the spend ballet flats section of the unit to demonstrate how one half of each pair of shoes can go under the ‘trap door’ in each unit.
There is also a wall unit version that also costs $45. Of course I own one. There are 6 open cubes and 4 smaller shelved sections at the top which are closed off with individual doors. Again, all self assembly and very easy as well.
The maximum weight for each cube is state as 5kg. It is surprisingly solid when assembled and doesn’t threaten to topple over when you start filling the shelves. The irony is that after the big tidy up over the weekend, I am struggling to fill the space Mr SSG and I so ruthlessly created. Only a matter of time, I suppose. That’s the thing about decluttering your house. You get so self righteous and preachy afterwards… I’m hoping it will pass.
But not before I have a whinge about my collection of khaki/taupe/stone/greige chinos. Two pairs are from GAP and are 4 years old. The last pair is new, from Banana Republic in Dubai. I love them all to bits. The GAP senior citizens are soft, wash and wear and very flattering on due to their age. The beauty of this colour spectrum is that it doesn’t age as badly as black or navy. Do you reckon I can keep them as well as my new BRs? I’ve ditched so much other stuff. Thank you, I knew you’d see it my way.
I’m going to get this post back on track and have more of a chat about Costco. Specifically the mystery that is Tom Yum Soup with Prawn Wontons. Wontons and Tom Yum in the same dish? Sounds pan-Asian to me. I was also curious as to how you could efficiently transport bowls of frozen soup from Thailand all around the world without the weight being a loss making factor. Two good reasons to put a box in the trolley.
A third reason was the name of the brand. Chicken of the Sea!! It’s so …. Jessica Simpson.
I felt slightly better about buying these frozen meals when the ingredient list was purely whole foods with not a preservative or food additive number in sight.
The mystery is revealed! The bowls just contain the prawn wontons and soup concentrate. You add the water yourself before microwaving for 3 minutes.
The result? Actually pretty good. You can see the lime and lemongrass in the soup and the wontons contain whole prawns. There was real flavour and depth to the soup, actually. I can see these being very popular in our house on yoga nights.
Too much Costco is never enough in my posts, lately. If you had a burning desire to know my take on their make up brush set, my guest post as a beauty blogger at Fashion Sessions reveals all….