Narrative Essay On Costco

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“Look a spot right there!” Whenever we go grocery shopping we always go to the Costco in Hackensack.We still go from this day on, when I was 6 years old I got lost in Costco. I should of never walked away from my parents to a different aisle. I learned to stay with my parents whenever you go shopping because you never know what will happen. The way to Costco was a long ride because there was so much traffic. We hopped off of our dad’s truck and we went to the entrance.
“Card?” The worker questioned.
My mom took out the membership card and showed the worker like we always do to see if we were actually members here. The lady seemed nice, an old lady with blonde curly hair. My dad grabbed a cart, and we went straight in. I always laughed
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I wanted to get ice cream, but my parents said no because it was cold outside. They always thought ice cream can make you sicker in the winter time. We kept on walking, my mom was wearing a red trench coat with a large fluffy scarf. My dad was wearing a windbreaker coat that was royal blue and a beanie hat that was bright yellow
“Okay now we need the bread for breakfast .” They walked all the way to the bakery section where there was cookies, bread and pastries.Some how on the way to the bakery I ran to the candy aisle and my parents didn’t even notice. There was so much candy I didn’t know where to start.
“Ooo I want this, this and that!” Said excitedly.
I carried a bag of skittles that were my favorite and a bag of m&m’s the box under the bags were a box of animal crackers. I was feeling excited and happy but I didn’t notice that my parents weren’t around. That’s when I got scared and started freaking out. In someway I felt anxious and worried that someone was going to follow me or take me, so I just waited for them and sat in the bottom shelf. Costco was barely with people on a Monday, so the aisles had at least two

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