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25 feb 08

So as I’m sure the media has made you well aware, plastic shopping bags are evil, and you should seek out alternatives. Luckily, us white people, we love saving the Earth. And, those retailers, they get to sell us reusable bags and then spend less on disposable bags for their wares, which is like a win-win-win-win… Well, everyone wins, even Mother Nature.

Recently, Shaun and I were discussing our need for reusable bags to shlep home our (possibly) organic foods from Publix and Trader Joe’s, as well as our toxic chemical cleaners and kitchen gadgets from Target. But, which bags do we buy? If we bring red, bullseye-emblazoned satchels to our neighborhood TJ’s, will we hurt Joe’s feelings? What a quandary!

Anyway, I decided it would be best to get a bag or two from each of our favorite retailers, and tonight at Target I got my first reusable shopping bag, yay! I’m on my way to being a better white person!


Rachel  /  26 feb 2008  /  1:40 a.m.

dood that white people blog is totally off the wall! even my non-internet-dwelling friends keep sending me the link. haha.

tamara  /  26 feb 2008  /  2:22 a.m.

Don’t forget your love for indie music and Apple products.

erin  /  26 feb 2008  /  11:14 a.m.

hey there. i found your blog via alerts for shopping bags. i have a bag company and i love it when folks tell me how they use their Durtbagz for shopping instead of taking home more plastic bagz. (my company is called Durtbagz, www.durtbagz.com). the coolest place i love taking my bagz is trader joe’s; you get the discount! and who doesn’t want a discount at a phenom place like that? get the bagz that you like the most, then you’ll want to take it with you everywhere and it won’t be a hassle or something you have to try and remember. just a thought. great post.

derek zoolander  /  26 feb 2008  /  12:53 p.m.

stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com

add totes to the long list

Emma  /  27 feb 2008  /  8:40 a.m.

Congratulations… you’re white!

Leslie  /  27 feb 2008  /  7:49 p.m.

I bought five reusable shopping bags last summer so… I’m a better white person than you. (#20!)

Meredith Champion  /  01 mar 2008  /  2:39 p.m.

I bought a reusable bag recently as well! Of course, I only bought one, as I buy teeny amounts of groceries. But I feel like a better person because of it.


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