Sickened by the shear antichrist antidearth of plastic and paper grocery shopping bags in my utility closet, I bought one of those canvas shopping bags from Trader Joe's last month.
It's surprisingly easy to remember to bring it with me to the store, and I faithfully put it back in the trunk of my car after hauling and unloading the groceries upstairs to my apartment.
I wish I'd bought one sooner.
One caveat to the environmental goodness that the canvas bag is: It is made in China.
I felt heartened to read this article from Friday's paper, though. Who knows? Perhaps sooner than I never imagined, I might not automatically associate a "Made in China" label with unfair labor practices.
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Surprises all around, this weekend. It was delightful, but consisted of entirely too much chocolate. I didn't know such a thing was possible!
5 comments:
I've got one of those bags and very handy it is too! But don't be fooled. Under the surface,China is rotten to the core. I know it's hard but you can avoid 'made in China' goods. You'll be doing everyone a favour if you do.
Nice blog!
Harry. Folkestone, England.
Harry: I thought the surface looked pretty rotten. I'm an optomist, where there are people there is always hope.
MT: Do you forget it in the house or in the car? I have a hot tip for both: after I unload my groceries, I put my bag on the front door knob so that I'll remember it when I go out to my car. And as for the car... hm...I lied. I don't have a hot tip for that. Sorry. For some weird reason I just remember it. Must be beginner's luck.
Chocolate ... thanks for the reminder to have some!!
Yup, I must do the canvas bag thingy too. ; )
Smooch,
The Tart
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"too much chocolate". That's weird. I recognize all those words, but when you put them together in that order, it doesn't make sense. I can't parse it.
Tart: Be sure to buy chocolate when you pick up one of those canvas thingies!
Mike: Try to purée it instead. With chocolate.
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