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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Favorite grocery bags?
We have 2 baggus and 2 cloth reusable Whole Foods bags that we use on a regular basis, but could use 2-3 more grocery bags for our bigger shopping trips. Which are your favorites for bringing groceries home? I prefer bigger bags (more akin to a paper bag shape) with long straps over smaller ones like baggus.
Thanks so much!
Re: Favorite grocery bags?
Tired after a long morning of hiking and swimming.
I like a variety. I have a mesh one i use for greens and easily damaged produce, a packable one that i keep in my backpack/purse (chicobag) and a variety of canvas ones. My favorite is a canvas one with two short handles and a long one.
Of the paper-bag-shaped ones i have several that are recycled plastic and a couple of the typical trader joes ones. I don't care for them as much, though they don't tip over/spill in the car, which is nice. The only one of this variety that i really like isn't sold anymore, but it's perfect and i would have bought a whole set if i'd known how great they are -- i use it for library books, the park, errands, groceries... everything. http://bp2.blogger.com/_M4kLYcJUnH4/Rh1q_KGXmpI/AAAAAAAACBo/EnEtkq8Fcq8/s1600-h/green+bag.JPG
Best sound ever: baby's heartbeat! (Heard @ 10w1d)
I bought a few of the Sahalie ones on a whim one day. I love them! I even brought them on vacation to China/Hong Kong. They're being green in HK too, you have to pay for shopping bags!
I love that they roll up and I can either clip them to my bag (what I did on vacation), or throw it in my other reusable shopping bags when I do big grocery runs.
Whatever ones I can get my hands on. DH thinks Im a bag hoarder. I easily have enough reusable shopping bags to handle a $3-400 grocery trip. Not that I would ever spend that much, but I know how much I normally spend and how many bags I have left.
I do have specific favorites though.
LOL mine too. I had like a dozen, and I pared that down a few weeks ago. Somehow I got back up to the same amoutn
i have 5 of these: http://www.reuseit.com/store/reuseit-earthtote-recycled-p-788.html
they are HUGE and i usually only need 2 for my bi-weekly grocery shopping trips. they aren't exactly cheap, but i've been using them weekly since 2008 and they still look brand new. they are also machine washable. LOVE THEM!
Personally, I love these ones from Granite Gear - they have short handles, but they are super light and portable - I keep one or two in my purse all the time.
I have one from REI that I really like as well, it has 2 sets of handles in two different lengths and it stands up by itself for easy bagging.