$1 Million Ring at Costco, at a Bargain Price

OK, so we need some more bottled water, a big bag of corn chips for the weekend's party, some meat for the BBQ, some more chocolate chips so we can make some cookies for the BBQ dessert, and … oh, yes, Happy Anniversary!

Don't look now, but I've just bought you a $1 million ring … at Costco.

Yes, I'm the one person to have bought this Excellent cut diamond solitaire ring. Hope you like it — we'll be paying it off until 2167, unless we win the lottery, which reminds me … we need to stop at the convenience store on the way home because Costco doesn't sell lottery tickets.

I think I remember that your ring size is 7. If that isn't it, then we'll have to wait a couple of days until the good folks at Costco get the ring resized.

What's that? You want to know if it was a bargain? What kind of question is that? It was on sale, naturally, marked down from $1.6 million. So really, like everything else at Costco, it's a bargain. We just didn't get 24.