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June 30th, 2008

Reusable Bag Feature Round Up

Our month-long June theme was the hefty topic of reusable shopping bags. We blogged and blogged bags, and yet there’s so much more we could have blogged. Bags are a big deal. We’ll likely revisit this feature at some point. If you missed any bag goodness, here’s a round-up of all things reusable bags…
The BYOB […]

By Jennifer -- 0 comments

June 30th, 2008

Reusable Bag Challenge Update - How Did Your Entire Month Go?

This month we’ve all been working hard on the reusable bag challenge. Now is your chance to tell us how you did.
Myself: I did pretty good. I only ended up with the one lame video store bag. Thankfully, I averted some clerks during the month, who were trying little sneaks, like re bagging my fruit […]

By Jennifer -- 5 comments

June 29th, 2008

Olive Smart Reusable Grocery Bags

Bag month has been a little hectic. Too bad, because there’s just oh so many bags to see. In any case, I’m going to try and fit in a few more bags before we kick off out cool July theme.
I saw these bags originally at Eco Friendly Driver, and fell in love, because Hil had […]

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June 27th, 2008

Inexpensive Reusable Grocery Bags

Inexpensive is relative; one person’s inexpensive is another person’s not so much. However, for the sake of this post, I’m naming right around $10 and under as a decent inexpensive bag. Yeah you can get store brand non-washable bags for 99 cents, but I’m more on the fence of folks buying a decent washable set. […]

By Jennifer -- 10 comments

June 19th, 2008

And the big fat anti tree hugging award of the week goes to…

This bag!
In wildly expensive bag news (Julie will love this one) I present you with this adorable, but WAY too expensive bag option…
The “Think Green” Organic Cotton Kermit Tote:

Pros:

Totally adorable
Organic
Comes with buttons - if you’re into that sort of thing.
It saves plastic bags

Con:
Um, almost $40 PLUS $8 shipping, for anything, even a hand spun by […]

By Jennifer -- 9 comments

June 18th, 2008

BYOB Challenge Update!!!

Go me… Go me!
So far, I’m only in for one bag - my previously mentioned lame movie store situation bag. I haven’t used that one bag for anything yet though. I decided to place it by the door to the garage. This way, when we’re on the way out, I see it and think “LAME” […]

By Jennifer -- 7 comments

June 17th, 2008

Need to catch up on our reusable bag series?

This month we’ve been looking at all things reusable bags. Now is your chance to catch up, because I gathered everything up and made a little list. If we’ve missed a key point that you’d love covered, please let us know. The month isn’t over, and we have plenty of reusable bag goodness plans left; […]

By Jennifer -- 1 comment

June 10th, 2008

The Absolute Last Word in Cute Reusable Totes

We’ve been showing a lot of bags this month, being that it’s reusable bag month. Good old basic plain bags is all you need to make a difference to the environment, but sometimes, a totally cute tote is still a good time.
Check out these bags from three beans & co - I know, from the […]

By Jennifer -- 3 comments

June 10th, 2008

How Many Reusable Bags Do You Need?

This is a tough question to crack, but one you may be wondering about if you’re considering buying some reusable bags for grocery and other shopping trips.
How many grocery bags?:
I used to have a bunch of odd shaped bags. Now I have eight that are exactly the same size; 12″ wide x 12.25″ tall […]

By Jennifer -- 2 comments

June 10th, 2008

Reusable Bag Challenge Update - How Are You Doing?

Just checking in to see how everyone is doing with their reusable bag challenge this month.
How I’m doing:
My grand total count of plastic bags in the house this month - counting all produce bags, basic grocery bags, and bags from other stores is - 1.
I got one plastic bag. AND you won’t believe how stupid […]

By Jennifer -- 13 comments

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