Today was a bit of a lazy day. We all woke up fairly late and I was dragging butt all day. The highlight of my day was going to the commissary. My son was actually well behaved and I wasn't getting run over with a cart every five minutes, so I was happy. We've started using green bags for our groceries and I never realized how many bags we used on our shopping trips. We have 9 green bags and they fill those twice as much as they would a regular bag. We did end up with one plastic bag because I didn't have enough green bags. I'll fix that next time. Just think about it though. 9 bags filled to double the amount a plastic bag would hold and I still needed one plastic bag. The bag of canned goods would have been two bags and double bagged. That's a lot of plastic.
They are talking about banning plastic bags on this island for companies that make over a certain amount of money a year. Think Walmart and grocery stores. I'm not sure exactly where I stand on that, but I don't think less bags would be a horrible thing. Walmart needs to lower the cost of their bags. They are smaller than the ones we bought at the commissary but cost 40 cents more. I wonder how much they cost on the mainland.
In other news, I think my son is about to have a major growth spurt. For about a week and half we couldn't get him to eat anything and then yesterday he started eating every couple of hours. He's also pudging up a little. Usually he will start looking a little chubby and then shoot up. Every since he got his hair cut, he's looking so much more grown up. It's fun to watch but at the same time I am sad about losing my baby.
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2 comments:
Over here they charge everywhere off post for plastic bags, so everyone uses cloth bags for shopping, and really... once you get used to it, it's so much easier! I just went on vacation to the States and the plastic got on my last nerve.
I know what you mean about the growth spurts. I usually know when one is coming on a different way. It's when he wears through his clothes and I buy him new stuff in the old size. Then he'll grow and the new stuff will be too small. Punk!
I really like the cloth bags. To me it makes carrying groceries in easier. I don't have to make as many trips and the cloth bags don't cut into my hands when I have several bags at one time. I just need to get better at deciding how many to bring in with me.