A TikToker went viral for spending $30 celebrating her birthday with 6 people at Costco

• A TikToker went viral for a budget-friendly birthday celebration with her family at Costco.
• Madison Stimmel says she spent $30.88 on her birthday dinner for 7 people.

A TikToker went viral for her budget-friendly birthday celebration in Costco.

Last week, Madison Stimmel, 26, posted a video on the platform about how she celebrated her special day with her family at the popular wholesale chain.

"Today's my birthday, and I'm having my birthday celebration at Costco," Stimmel said in the video, which has been viewed over 2.2 million times to date.

In the clip, Stimmel and her family can be seen decked out in matching Costco sweatshirts, with Stimmel herself wearing a headband that said "Birthday Girl."

For dinner, the family ordered a whole cheese pizza, five hotdogs and soda, a chicken bake, and a rotisserie chicken Caesar salad from the Costco food court, per the video.

"This is going to be the cheapest birthday dinner yet," Stimmel can be heard saying in the video.

The 26-year-old added in her caption that they spent $30.88 on the entire dinner for seven people.

The idea to celebrate her birthday at Costco came about because she didn't want anything "big or fancy" this year, Stimmel told Business Insider.

"I really just wanted to do something fun and simple. I didn't even want to get birthday gifts," Stimmel said. "My entire family loves Costco and I suggested we eat there because I love the food in the food court."

She added that her family thought she was joking at first, but were completely on board with her idea once she came up with a plan of what she wanted to do there.

Midway through her meal, some Costco employees even gifted Stimmel a free birthday cake, per the video.

"They came over singing, and I was like, 'Who was singing?' And they gave me a whole cake. So nice!" Stimmel said in the video.

The family then spent another $12.97 on churros and ice cream sundaes for dessert, per the video.

Stimmel told BI that this was her first time celebrating a birthday at Costco.

TikTok users are commenting on Stimmel's birthday video and sharing their own Costco party experiences.

"If Costco had a party room it would be sold out constantly. This is a brilliant idea," one comment, which has been favorited almost 25,000 times, read.

"You just started a new birthday trend," another TikTok user commented.

"I just sent this to my husband so he can plan this for mine," another comment, which has been favorited over 200 times, read.

Stimmel told BI that she wasn't expecting such an enthusiastic response to her video.

"Costco is definitely one of my happy places, and I love how my birthday brought so much joy to other people," she added.