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My iTySE shopping bag has a

kaydee — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:28:22 -0500

My iTySE shopping bag has a pocket on the inside of the bag for cell phone, debit card and keys . The bag also is where I carry my reusable shopping bags in 2 inside pockets. It works well you can check the site at www.ityse.com

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kaydee — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:15:42 -0500

Check out www.ityse.com they have bags that come in sets. each set includes 4 durable mesh bags and 1 rip stop bag. I have put $178. worth of groceries in my 5 bags. the best thing is they come in fun colors and fabrics & the checkers like them becaues they are so easy to keep clean and fill.

great bags

kaydee — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:10:13 -0500

Hi, I have had the same problems with forgetting my bags and having enough bags when I got to the store. I would reccommed you check out www.iTySE.com They have fun bags that are very strong, easy to clean and the checkers love them

They are even made in the USA

Sounds great!

Kalyn Denny — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:43:25 -0500

Thanks for letting us know about this.

Kalyn Denny
Kalyn's Kitchen

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kaydee — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:53:20 -0500

Have you checked out the ityse.com? They have a great bag system. Multiple bags that tuck inside a very stylish outer bag. They have several styles even one my husband will use. The inside mesh bags are very sturdy 25 + lbs, easy to wash and no fussy folding when I'm done.

I checked and they are assembled in the USA by prisoners in Oregon State prison. the money goes to pay for their room and board and child support and so on.

they make great gifts.

Love my shopping bag

Love_Is_Dope — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:44:09 -0500

I just jumped on the reusable bag bandwagon a couple months ago. It's been great! I LOVE my bag. I got it from the Container Store and it's super durable, cute and practical. It has little pockets on the inside for your phone and other little stuff, so I don't even carry a purse with me when I use my shopping bag. It's nice not to have the cabinets under the sink brimming with plastic bags that I can't reuse fast enough.

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Love my shopping bag

Love_Is_Dope — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:43:54 -0500

http://loveisdope.wordpress.com

Keeping and Carrying

SusanCarleton — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:35:47 -0500

Hey, I like the keychain hook idea!

In Ireland we're charged a huge tax (about 40c in USD) for each plastic bag we ask for, so I use big canvas bags. But we're rural and have five in our family, so when I shop, I fill the car. All my bags folded up barely fit into the two biggest canvas bags, and the shopping trolley only has one hook to hang them from...which is conveniently located where the baby can kick it to the floor every few seconds. ARGH.

So next shopping trip, I'm getting hooks!

Susan

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Re-usable Bags

decillisda — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:17:49 -0500

We finally have three re-usable bags...got a couple free with purchases at Publix (a Florida based grocery store) and one from Home Depot of all places!

We put them back in the car every time, but usually have to make a trip back out to the car to get them prior to check-out.

I'll miss the plastic bags for kitty litter clean-up though...but can always try out the newspaper plastic bags for that! It seems we are surrounded by plastic bags!

FREE Green Shopper Bag*

happylady — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:54:41 -0500

I love freebies and was happy to discover this great deal. The handy reusable bag is free with any Healthy Home Pack purchase. We use eco-friendly products anyway. So why not get something for free. I also found these products save me money. I get gallons of cleaning out of one bottle because the product is so concentrated. I highly recommend giving it a try.

http://www.shaklee.net/sharonking/product/Healthyhomepack

*bag ships separately, limit one per household

What to do with those bags while you're shopping

Mary Clare Hunt — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:15:03 -0500

I've been using the solution and this post prompted me to post it on my site today - key chains with hooks or Carribiners. Hook them all together and hang them outside of the cart. Go here for the visuals http://inwomenwetrust.typepad.com/in_women_we_trust/2008/07/pa-hrefhttpwwwb.html

Shopping Bag Lady

Katie Fairbank — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:20:44 -0500

I agree - get em out to the car ASAP. I refold my Trader Joes resusables and stash them under the rubber mat in the bag of my wagon. I'm still waiting to win the TJ lottery held for reusable bag users.

I dont' know how to pack a shopping bag either.

Condo Blues — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:45:08 -0500

Urbanfrugal,I had the same semi-full grocery bagging experience last Sunday. I went shopping for a few maintenance items at a new grocery store that opened closer to my house. They should have easily fit into all of the reusable shopping bags I brought with me. However, since the clerk only filled my bags halfway, he ended up using plastic bags. I would have come home with a lot more plastic bags if I didn't tell the clerk that it was OK not to bag some of the big items that already had handles - like the gallon of milk I bought. Who bags milk anymore?To be fair, I wasn't the typical dump it all off the belt into a waiting plastic bag customer. The shopping bags I brought with me were several different sizes. The clerk picked through my purchases and sorted them before putting them into my bags. I'm working on making sure that most of my shopping bags are of a uniform size by sewing the little bags together to make a bigger standard sized bag.

Why don't decorating and DIY projects always work out like they do on TV? Condo Blues http://condo-blues.blogspot.com/

Build Your Bag Stash Slowly

Condo Blues — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:24:28 -0500

I also shop for groceries bi-weekly, so I don't have to keep running to the store. I understand that trying to buy all of the bags that you'd need for a shopping trip could be a budget buster. To keep my costs down, I bought only two reusable bags at first. The rest of the groceries when into the store's plastic bags. When I remembered I but my empty plastic bags into the canvus bags to reuse the next time I went to the store.

Now I have a full compliment of reuseable shopping bags. Most of my reusable shopping bags started life as free 'swag bags' from races, events (like that nifty BlogHer totebag that attendees got this year), and festivals that have corporate logos on them. Most of the bags I left as is. However,t I did cover up the logo on some of the bags/nylon backpacks with a piece of ribbon, fabric, or needlepoint that I carry more often and didn't want to feel like a walking advertisement. In the cases that some of my swag bags were too small to use as individual shopping bags, I took two of them apart and sewed them together to make a larger shopping bag.

Why don't decorating and DIY projects always work out like they do on TV? Condo Blues http://condo-blues.blogspot.com/

Loving it . . .

Kalyn Denny — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:29:07 -0500

that there are so many people who are already using the re-usable bags or are making the commitment to start doing it. I'm kind of blown away at the response to this post!

Kalyn Denny
Kalyn's Kitchen

Becoming a Reusable Shopping Bag Lady

Kalyn Denny — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:12:03 -0500

For years environmentalists have been promoting reusable shopping bags to cut down on the amount of plastic bag waste generated by grocery stores. Although I loved this idea in theory, I must confess I've been a slow adopter. I found it hard to remember to take bags to the store, and often the bags were too small. Now I've found a bag that works for me, and I'm finally developing the reusable shopping bag habit.

No surprise to anyone who knows me that the bag that's changed me from a wanna-be reusable bag carrier to a fairly consistent user is the jumbo bags being sold by Costco. I'm a huge Costco fan anyway, (and the fact that they're widely recognized as being such an employee-friendly, progressive company doesn't hurt.) As soon as I spotted this bag at Costco, I was pretty sure it was going to be a bag I could learn to love. Below is the bag Costco sells, and it's sturdy, huge, and has two sets of handles which makes it easy to carry even with a big load of groceries. And at a price of only $3.29 for three bags, I can afford enough to always keep some in the car.

Now admittedly, my Costco bags are not the prettiest. Having a bag that looks good isn't as important to me as having a bag that's big, sturdy, and easy-to-carry. But if you'd like a bag with a bit more fashion appeal, other food bloggers have some suggestions.

Food writer Dorie Greenspan lives in New York and Paris and last year she showed her favorite French nylon shopping bag.

Pim from Chez Pim is clearly a fan of re-usable bags, and she recently posted a fantastic collection of bag options she's discovered, all of which are clearly not a plastic bag and quite attractive.

Paris grocery stores stopped giving bags last year, according to Clothilde from Chocolate and Zucchini. She's not a fan of the jumbo re-usable shopping bags sold by her market, but in a recent post on re-usable shopping bags, she shows off some bags she does like.

Ximena from Lobster Squad in Spain raves about a reusable bag site that she loves.

Finally, at One Hot Stove in Missouri, Nupur is learning to crochet and she's made her own reusable cotton bag, shown above. With a bag as lovely as that, why would you ever want to use plastic?

Kalyn Denny writes about food and at BlogHer.com and shares her recipes and passion for cooking at Kalyn's Kitchen.