With the advent of the plastic shopping bag ban in Boston, we have been giving some of the special people in our lives a BagPodz set. This has been one of Penny's favorite finds of the past year.
We have to admit, whenever possible, we opt out of gift exchanges among our friends for holidays and special occasions. What we prefer to do is find something like this that makes life easier and really works, we buy a few and give them to the people who will make the most of them.
The special people we're giving these to are the ones who call when they're going shopping and ask if we, as car-free friends, would like to come along. For the past year, unpacking the car on these trips has been easier because everyone knows that the lime green bags are ours. To keep things easy, we bought the other colors for our wonderful drivers.
In the photo of our green bags (above), you see that they're the size of the simple t-shirt shopping bags that have been banned. Unlike the flimsy free bags, they can hold a lot of weight without showing any strain. They come in kits of 5 or 10, but you really want the 10. Read on to see why.
We do have a supply of plastic bags for very wet or messy items, but in the case of a spill, the BagPodz bags pop right in the washer and come back strong.
We each carry one or two of the mighty green bags folded up and held with an elastic in our pockets or backpacks for those serendipitous shopping stops. With a moment of careful folding, they even fit in the back pocket of our jeans.
Not only do we love them, but they've also become a great hit with supermarket cashiers and baggers. You open the zipper and they pull out as many bags as they need. At the end of the order, we remind them to add the bag holder to the last bag. When we arrive home, we open the end and push all the clean bags into the holder and toss any wet ones in the laundry. They make our lives easier!
Who are the special people in your life who will love this special gift?
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Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photos: ©2018 Penny & Ed Cherubino