Earth Day is coming up this month, and I happen to notice that Wal-Mart is selling shopping bags. I’m so sick of plastic bags. We do use them for other things but we just have too many. I really need to bundle them up and drop them off in the recycle bin at the store.

So, I’m trying to get used to shopping with these bags. I finally remembered to leave them in my vehicle. Yesterday I forgot to take one into the store but luckily had one in my vehicle, so I just used the basket under the baby stroller.

The shopping bags are $1 and hold about as much as two plastic bags. I would wager more since the fear of them breaking is far less. Also the shopping bags themselves are made from recycled plastics.

Hopefully after a few weeks of using the bags, it will become easier to remember to take them in the store with me.