Author Lori Saitz smiling with her Costco card
I love my Costco membership even though I shop for just myself.
  • I've been a Costco member for 25+ years and, for the past five, have been shopping for just myself.
  • Costco has great food deals and I save by buying my electronics and tires there. 
  • I'm regularly saving 25 to 30 cents a gallon on gas by going to Costco. 

When I joined Costco back in 1997, I was living in California with my then-husband. We'd wander the aisles, loading our cart with all kinds of fun things, and then get pizza from the food court.

After we split up a few years ago and I started only shopping for one, there was no way I was giving up my membership.