I like to reuse things.
I like to get as much mileage from something before it falls apart. I have a sweater that I got for Christmas back in '84 that I still wear.... it's got a few holes but it's still functional.
I just thought I'd mention that. Because I just realized that the rest of this post has absolutely nothing to do with a frickin' sweater.
This post is about bags.
For years I've used those grocery plastic bags for everything.... bringing lunch to work, putting my smelly, wet work out clothes in so it won't stink up my gym bag, pistachio shells, picking up doggy doo when I the boys out for their walk... on and on and on.
But like I said before I'm trying to do this environmental thing. I've been requesting paper instead of plastic and then use the paper bags for newspaper recycling. That's good, right? Well now I'm starting to feel guilty for that and I feel like I'm being selfish for still wanting a disposable alternative.
The other day I went to a 'posh' local store and got the dirtiest look from a shopper in the other lane when I requested paper. What the hell! I thought that I had offended her, I thought that there might be someone behind me that flipped her off but the only thing I could think of was that I had the nerve to request a BAG! I should have brought my own instead of expecting a BAG to be there for me to use. How unthoughtful of me to just walk in and not have the green forethought of BYOB(ag).
Those reusable bags aren't cheap. Some stores give you credit for using them, average 10 cents, so a $2 bag would take 20 trips to recoup the cost. If I shop once every 10 days then it would take about 6 months to be in the black. Ok... I'll try it.
There are plenty of places that I can 'buy off the rack' but I've also run across a number of web sites that offer up patterns to make your own.
So this weekend I'll dust off the sewing machine, it'll give me something to do rather then watching TV and bitching about life to my dogs.
Morsbags
Martha Stewart
WhipUp.Net
About.com (with flat bottom)
... and get a free one from your local Kroger for designing your own bag
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
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The Bag Issue
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
I like to reuse things.
I like to get as much mileage from something before it falls apart. I have a sweater that I got for Christmas back in '84 that I still wear.... it's got a few holes but it's still functional.
I just thought I'd mention that. Because I just realized that the rest of this post has absolutely nothing to do with a frickin' sweater.
This post is about bags.
For years I've used those grocery plastic bags for everything.... bringing lunch to work, putting my smelly, wet work out clothes in so it won't stink up my gym bag, pistachio shells, picking up doggy doo when I the boys out for their walk... on and on and on.
But like I said before I'm trying to do this environmental thing. I've been requesting paper instead of plastic and then use the paper bags for newspaper recycling. That's good, right? Well now I'm starting to feel guilty for that and I feel like I'm being selfish for still wanting a disposable alternative.
The other day I went to a 'posh' local store and got the dirtiest look from a shopper in the other lane when I requested paper. What the hell! I thought that I had offended her, I thought that there might be someone behind me that flipped her off but the only thing I could think of was that I had the nerve to request a BAG! I should have brought my own instead of expecting a BAG to be there for me to use. How unthoughtful of me to just walk in and not have the green forethought of BYOB(ag).
Those reusable bags aren't cheap. Some stores give you credit for using them, average 10 cents, so a $2 bag would take 20 trips to recoup the cost. If I shop once every 10 days then it would take about 6 months to be in the black. Ok... I'll try it.
There are plenty of places that I can 'buy off the rack' but I've also run across a number of web sites that offer up patterns to make your own.
So this weekend I'll dust off the sewing machine, it'll give me something to do rather then watching TV and bitching about life to my dogs.
Morsbags
Martha Stewart
WhipUp.Net
About.com (with flat bottom)
... and get a free one from your local Kroger for designing your own bag
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