Try a Little Harder, Costco

Here I am, sweaty and plastered with horse manure on my bare legs after a couple of hours of hacking at our weeds. It’s the first day of the season when I am wearing cutoff Levi’s, and whenever the weed trimmer hits a relatively fresh pile of horse manure, it splats all over my feet and legs. So as a result, I feel less than elegant at the moment,

so I stopped the weeding operation and came in the house. I looked to see if there was any email of interest and clicked on the usual “Costco Wholesale” banner to see what they had on special today. I was in the mood to save some money, and my eye was attracted to the ad shown here. The opportunity to save $260,950.01 is awfully appealing, but I don’t like the way they placed the two side diamonds. And why are they white, not yellow like the central stone?

Come on, Costco. You gotta try a little harder if you want my money.