Marta and I just joined Costco

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When my son was in his teens, we had to shop there, or go bankrupt from how much food he could consume. I didn't know any human could eat so much, but my husband swore it was normal.

Now that it's just the husband and me, we've cut back on the shopping to only a few times a year, but we still have the membership because we're hooked on a few things, like the cheap petrol (the local Costco is 2 miles of quiet road from us). The savings from that alone tends to repay the cost of membership, most years.

I'm completely addicted to their store brand artichoke hearts--can go through the 33oz 2 pack in about two months, LOL. My husband is that way about their gigantic trail mix bag. Their canned shredded chicken is one of the cheapest, per oz, and excellent for making chicken salad sandwiches, or for a quick soup.

Most of what we get isn't food: OTC meds, assorted vitamin supplements, grooming items, and my husband's work jeans (does physical work, so he goes through those like mad). We don't use their detergent because the husband and I have horrible allergies to it (and nearly all of the other brands as well), but my mother loves the stuff. I ship it to her on a regular basis. In fact, I don't get many household things like that. I can usually find most of that cheaper elsewhere.

When we need to get an appliance, small or large, well, they're among the best for those.

So keeping the membership is still worth it to us, for those reasons.