i'm finally embracing the bag.  no longer am i one of those people that use plastic bags from the grocery store or regular stores.  it took me WAY too long to fully embrace, but now that i'm here...i love it!!!  i went to Trader Joe's and bought 5 bags - $.99 each.  i wanted to get bags from a place i actually liked, since i'd be looking at them for many years to come...and i also liked that the TJoe's ones were made from recycled plastic bottles (double bonus). 

 

i have to admit, it took some getting used to, but now i've got a system that works.  i have to leave them in my car...and after i bring in groceries, i literally put them right by the door so that the next time i go to the car, they're there...that way i don't have to remember them every time i come/go.  the hardest part was remembering to use them for regular stores (even if they were in the car).  ya see, with groceries, it's easier - you know you're going in to buy a boat load of crap and you can put the bags in your cart.  at a regular store, it's harder to predict what you're going to buy (if you buy anything at all) and it's a lil more of a hassle to haul the bags around.  but, i've adjusted after about a month of use and i'm really digging it.

 

i'm actually proud of myself every time i go into the store...and i'm starting to become a snob about it (at least i'm honest).  if you think about it (i have)...i'd normally use like 15 plastic bags per grocery trip, which was about once/week...that's 780 grocery bags/year that i'm no longer using!  not to mention the additional bags from other stores like Target/etc. that i'm no longer using.  so, make a difference and go get yourself some bags!  :)

 

Here's a photo of the ones i bought...wicked cute...(for the record - i pulled this photo off of ebay - where someone was selling the $.99 bags for $5/each)...