Game Plan for My Bags

[Tabitha]

I love using reusable bags but they don't do me any good if I don't use them. I will admit that it hasn't been an easy habit to get into.

The following are a few things I have done to help me to remember to use them.

• Keep them in the trunk of my car.
• Mentally picture a landfill filled with plastic bags so that image is in my head as I go out to the car.
• Get the bags out of the trunk before I get into the car. Preferably before I get the kiddos in the car. That way I'm not distracted by the three kiddos and forget all about my wonderful bags until I get to the check-out counter.
• Put the bags on top of my purse. That way I have to touch them in order to get my purse.

This may be a no-brainer to most people but I have found that I have to have a physical and mental plan or the bags don't get used. Then I'm upset at myself because I forgot again. This is what I have to do every time I go to the store until this becomes as natural as breathing.

Some day I will reach that point but until then you know my game plan.

Photo Credit: tyger_lyllie

Tabitha is trying to make the world a better place one step at a time. Whether it's through her attitude towards life's uncontrollable circumstances or through simple changes she is able to control. She is also great at making herself seem a lot more interesting online than in real life. You can find more of her at www.123pizza.org.

[robin]

Our recycling center is in our grocery store parking lot, so I put recycling into the bags and line them up by the front door. My husband HATES this so whenever he goes up to his car he grabs a full bag and tosses it into my car...Voila, recycling is remembered, and then I have empty bags for groceries.

[Jenny]

I won a "Mommy Hook" from this site several months ago and its made all the difference for me and the bag re using. I can clip all the bags together and then just snap that clip onto the cart handle. I can also hook my small diaper bag and purse to it so they all stay together.

[Christy]

I do the same thing! If I leave them in the hatch...that is where they stay. I have to put them on the passenger seat with my purse or I forget them every time. I think it must have something to do with the kids...maybe we have to focus too much on making sure that they are buckled and all accounted for to remember much else LOL!