use cloth grocery bags

I used a couple of plastic bags for dirty laundry over my vacation, but didn’t accumulate any from shopping.

Bought two new ones yesterday at the grocery store. I think I might start collecting them from different stores to see which one has the best bags.

I bought a new grocery bag to replace the one I busted. I tried repairing it, but the thread wouldn’t hold to the material. I intend to buy a few more so I don’t have to overfill them and risk another break.

I can’t believe how much my little reusable bag holds! I got a whole basket of groceries in it.

Only problem left that is still a problem – the fruit and veggie bags. Either I can sew my own (which would be weird…imagine showing up with broccoli in a bag I’ve sewn from my old jeans…), or I can buy some from that bag place online. They’re like $3 each, though. I’m in a bit of money trouble right now. If I could find some cotton or burlap and make my own, that’d be great.

This is easy and a no-brainer at Aldi and my usual supermarket because they’re both self-bag. And at the health food store. But WalMart is going to be hard since they start bagging before you get all your stuff put on the belt and they’re not set up for you to bag your own. No space. We’ll see.

I got one big black lightweight yet strong bag for groceries. I’ve used it and declined plastic bags on all other occasions.

Now, the only thing left to do it get little organic cotton bags for fruits and vegetables so I don’t have to use those little plastic ones every time.

I shop at bag your own places such as Aldi and so this has been easy. Plus the bags hold a lot more and area easier to carry than plastic bags. Now if I can just make it happen at WM. Honestly, it makes me even less eager to shop there.

I actually busted one of the handles on my cloth bag yesterday, after buying over a hundred dollars worth of groceries and refusing to use plastic. It’s okay, I can sew it back on, but I’m surprised, I thought those things were darn-near unbreakable!

Okay, I unthinkingly took a plastic bag from the comic store on Tuesday. Not too bad, I suppose, to have only used one plastic bag in the past month. It just annoys me that I did it so automatically, without thinking, and I was hoping for a perfect record for the summer.

Oh well, just have to make sure it doesn’t become a habit. Must be more vigilant!

Okay, I just went to the store. And I opened the trunk and chickened out because I’ve just NEVER seen anyone use cloth bags before. So I did my shopping and went to the checkout and then what do I see??? Well…a whole display of exactly the kind of bags I want more of. For 87 cent each. So I bought five, bagged my groceries, and of I went. The checker was rather rolling her eyes. Not like she sells a lot of them, I could tell. But so what. I did it. Now if I can only do it again the next time.