One of my earliest posts was about saving envelopes and using them frugally for scrap paper for notes and even containers for other notes. Another post was about taking a Navy shower to save money on the cost of water, given it was only during the summertime. I’m sad to say that I don’t do either of those two frugal activities anymore… but I still do 1 frugal low-benefit activity that I can’t see myself breaking!
Drumroll… I still save plastic bags for reuse as emergency muddy shoe holders, but mostly for small trash can liners. It’s not that I can’t afford to buy small trashcan liners at the store, I can… So why do I do this? It’s because of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, not to be confused with the pumpkin patch in “It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown”. (Halloween is on my mind…)
My overall plastic bag usage has decreased by about 90%, and instead I use reusable bags when I shop at Aldi’s. But I help others in my family that are older, and I do use a few shopping bags when I go shopping with them.
It’s amazing how much I’ve changed since the beginning of this blog.
MR
