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I am adding another goal for myself this year. To do a better job of remembering to bring my reusable shopping bags with me when heading to a store. I have gotten pretty lazy about it this past year. To take the reusable bags a bit further I have made specific bags for meat and produce.
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| Future crazy bag lady? |
The cashiers always freak out about putting meat in the reusable bags. I don't know why I wash them(sometimes). I thought if I designated bags specifically for meat they might not be so fast to shove my chicken into a plastic bag. I used a fabric transfer sheet to print off "meat" in a meaty font. Then ironed them on to two bags. Now nothing but meat in these bags.
My other bag issue is in the produce isle. Those little plastic bags to hold my fruit, and veggies. I decided to sew some bags using tulle fabric. It is super thin, lightweight and see-through. I used an old plastic produce bag as a rough template. I folded the tulle in half, fold on bottom edge of bag. Cut straight up both sides and across top of bag, approximately 11'' X 17".
I used a serger to stitch the sides together but a couple of zig zag rows on a regular sewing machine would work just as well. I just left the top open. The tulle bags are so light I don't think they will add any more weight to your produce than the plastic bag would.
You buy two bags full of meat! I really like the idea of the produce bags, using the produce bags bug me more, than the full bags because I don't reuse them. I'm pretty good about taking bags (and keeping a bag in my purse) because DC charges a 5 cent tax on each bag you use from the store! (but for now meat and produce bags are free...)
ReplyDeleteNo I do not buy two bags full of meat! Here they only like to put one meat item per bag. Like if I buy bacon and chicken they apparently need their own bags. I don't know why.
ReplyDeleteGood idea with the labels. I get the crazy looks too, when I want to put my veggies or meat with even canned goods.
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