Poplar Hill Happenings

In the fall I was fed up too with plastic bags (even though I found 100's of ways to use them again) and found some nice canvas bags at Wal-Mart that I started to use. My husband even started taking them when he knew he would be shopping and I wouldn't. Well Wal-Mart and Kroger have both started to sell reusable plastic bags but they are flimsy and don't look near as nice as the ones at reusablebags.

Well mom bought me some for my birthday at reasusablebags. Now both my husband and I have our own stash of reusable bags. I highly recommend these bags. They are only about $9.00 a piece. A great price for the number of times you will use them and the long life they will have. They fold down beautifully for easy storage in your car and/or your own purse/bag. If you don't want to spend that kind of money find some strong canvas bags or go to:

 http://sewing.about.com/od/bagstotespurseproject/ss/grocerybag.htm

and get the pattern for making them. I think old jeans would work really well.

Keep taking those baby steps, Christine

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