Bride and groom have dream wedding inside their favorite store: A Costco in San Diego

A Costco store
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The guests dined on samples inside paper cups, while the bride wore Kirkland.

On Thursday morning, the Mission Valley Costco in San Diego doubled as a wedding chapel when Margot Schein and Julian Parris got married by the cash registers. They had their first date there exactly three years ago, Schein said, after meeting online. Parris mentioned his love for the store in his bio, which made Schein pay attention. "We have so much in common, but Costco is the first thing," she told NBC 7 San Diego.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.