Green Gift Idea

Although my #1 rule for Christmas shopping is to buy local (closely followed by number #1A: knit it yourself!), I did a lot of internet shopping this year. Since I have a lot of presents that need to end up in Wisconsin, it's so much easier to just have them shipped there in the first place!

Anyway, one of my new favorite online shopping destinations is http://www.reusablebags.com/.

It's where I got my uber-cute lunch bag:

And I just purchased a set of cotton string bags to practically eliminate our collection of plastic bags. Plastic bags are my arch nemesis. They're blown all over the city. And almost as bad: people who pick up their dog poo in a plastic bag, but then leave that "present" lying about. What do they think is going to happen to that goodie bag? Totally gross, although safer for my shoes.

Anyway, just visiting Reusable Bags and watching that plastic bag counter spin away the number of bags being used every second makes me sick, so I like knowing that at least I'm not contributing to it. Get bags for yourself - or as gifts! Give the gift of no plastic! Better yet, give that gift in clever reusable cloth bags. How cute!