I don't know if you saw THIS story on CNN. But Whole Foods was running a limited edition cloth grocery bag for $15. it's cute, it says "I'm not a plastic bag" and has cute handles. But... for $15??? I guess people waited for the store to open to be able to buy one.
Eh. Not worth $15, personally. Can you imagine the markup on that bag? However, I'm all for sturdy shopping bags. I have five of the Trader Joe bags and love them. They are $.99 each. I take them to BJs (wholesale club) with me and I load them as the checker checks me out. Most wholesale clubs have empty boxes you can use to load your stuff. However, supply is meager if anything. So I bring my own bags and they work great. They are especially great if it's just me and Maddy. I also use them if Maddy and I walk up to Giant since I know those won't break. Makes life pretty simple. They are just wonderful for grab and go purposes.
But I also PURPOSELY get plastic grocery bags and paper bags now and again. Matt uses the plastic bags for his lunch. I learned the hard way to never send an insulated lunch bag with him. He NEVER brings it home... much like gladware. They never come home either. Well, they do about once every couple weeks. Fortunately he washes them out at work before he brings them home and I also run them through the dishwasher as well. But man, that's a full dishwasher on it's own!
But I digress... Yes, I use them for Matt's lunch and I also use them for Maddy's soiled diapers. I don't always trek up the stairs to her room to throw out the diapers in the diaper genie, so that works pretty well, too. I do line my garbage can in our laundry room with a bag as well.
As for paper bags, I use them to put warm cookies on to soak up the extra grease. Now, I can't tell you the last time I made cookies... but... I also use them to wrap boxes that are going in the mail. The cats love to play in them, too.
So this morning we had playgroup! Maddy had a nice time although she decided to snack her way through playgroup. She had a ton of veggie sticks. You'd think I don't feed the kid! But she had a nice time. I am hosting the next playgroup next Wednesday for about 3 other kids who are all a month of Maddy's age. The week after we're all going to meet up to do something fun other than just play with toys.
My mosquito bite is better than it was yesterday. See, I had three spots: the initial small red spot, a swollen spot around that (about 1 1/2 inches in diameter) hot and hard to the touch and then a slightly less swollen spot about 3-4 inches in diameter surrounding that spot. Hence the benedryl. Well the outside spot is pretty much gone. The other two inside spots are there, but aren't as red or hot. So... it's going away.
Tomorrow is another baby ballet class and we also have our mother's helper over in the afternoon. Tomorrow night Matt's folks come to visit for the weekend. So if I'm not around much, you know why!!
Have a great night. Off to watch some TV with Matt.
Tea of the day: Finished the last of the black mint sun tea
WO of the day: Balance ball workout and also weight workout (since the balance ball workout was just 'eh')