Where do you store your reusable shopping bags
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Comments (16)Well, the paper bag just makes the kitty so happy :) I have to agree with what's been said here about setting limits- that is very helpful. Just decide what is a reasonable amount for you to store and use, and get rid of the rest. We've always used the plastic grocery store bags for garbage, and my MIL use to get very nice, heavy plastic bags from the store where she shopped, so she would save them and give them to us. For a couple of years, I had several of those plastic ice cream buckets with lids, stuffed with grocery bags- and kept them in a spare closet. One day it dawned on me what a clutter burden that was and I got rid of them all. For a while, I started recycling just about all of the grocery bags and went to having a roll of purchased garbage bags. Eventually, I went back to grocery bags when I decided on a storage system that was compact and wouldn't overwhelm me....See MoreWhere have you purchased your “Reusable” Christmas Tree?
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Comments (11)I'm so not organized or anal at all but some things involving my kitchen I am so insanely picky. Especially waste. And cleaning. Floors and the rest of the home can go to heck....ok, bathrooms need constant attention. That darn new adorable rescue pup has fur. Everywhere. I've always had rescue weimaraners with tiny pale gray fur. I have a set of mesh like Islay posted but never take them to the grocery. I have thick canvas bags and rip-stop nylon bags. Probably three dozen now. Olive green for produce etc. Our local market is 1/3rd of the entrance all fresh produce. One isle in the back for frozen... The fresh stuff is 90% a-la-cart. By weight. Not packaged. I just put my veg in the two large canvas bags and some in the washable rip-stop. I bag myself at check-out so freezer and downstairs produce 'standing-by' goes down stairs un-washed for later. What goes into the kitchen I wash right away or in rip-stop nylon bags that wash beautifully. My old set 15 years old is still in good shape but are used for shoes and boots in luggage now. Washed now dozens of times. (I do not want my mesh bags on filthy grocery check-out rubber conveyer and then into my kitchen fridge produce drawer.) Even organic produce. Something to think about. And not all produce does well in mesh/cotton. Test your fridge. With something cheap like carrots. One carrot in a brown paper bag, one in mesh, one in cotton, etc. My fridge likes carrots in plastic or rip-stop nylon with a dry p-towel. Lasts a month or more. Food is expensive. Find what works in your fridge. I'm still going through some veg from Thanksgiving! Most is from Christmas/NewYears. My kitchen dual compressor fridge is brilliant and has terrible reviews. I know how to keep an eye on troubleshooting and keep it in good working order 12 years now. (I learned that here on GW by generous members that are repair people.) Mom used to love shopping LLBean for years for gifting but always a bit off in desire...returns were always the boat-n-toe bags. We have many. Some are so washed they are favorites. Fresh and stiff I like as well. Rip-stop bags are annoying for groceries as they flop around in my car...the combo canvas/rip-stop is perfect.......See Morebreezygirl
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