I, like many of you, have adopted the canvas bag for my treks to the supermarket and around town. It appears that I have been so diligent that I have no more plastic shopping bags in my house. I normally keep the used plastic bags stored in this holder (pictured below) under my sink. 
These also happen to be the bags I use to scoop my cat's soiled litter into. Today, either I need to teach my indoor cat to use the toilet or I need to find another way to dispose of the cat litter because I am OUT OF BAGS!
On one hand I'm terrible proud of myself, on the other I don’t want to spend money on bags that I could get for free. I use these bags for all kinds of function like trash can liners, cat liter bags, doggie poop bags, putting my dirty soccer shoes in after a game, etc. Is anyone else out there having the same dilemma?!
If so, leave a comment below and let our readers know what your solution is.
I also do the one trip without my reuseable bags to re-stock my plastic bag supply! It works, but I also like the idea of reusing bread, newspaper, and other bags. That can extend time between plastic bag trips to the grocery store. I saw a child at my kids' school bringing her lunch in a Subway bag!!
Posted by: Shelley Burns | December 16, 2008 at 09:27 AM
I am having this dilemma too; I have two dogs and two kids so I have many uses for those plastic bags. One thing I've been better about is reusing ALL types of bags and packaging...not just those grocery bags. Bread bags, newspaper bags, and the large plastic bags used in packaging (i.e. frozen vegetable packages) have lots of other uses.
Posted by: Sarah | November 07, 2008 at 01:49 PM
When I run out of bags (I use them for cat litter and lining small trash cans), I just don't bring my reusable bag to the grocery store for one trip. I don't feel bad about doing this every so often, because I's reusing the bag anyway, right?
Posted by: Tim | October 29, 2008 at 10:31 AM