well, mi has been dutifully bringing my shopping bags along every time tat i go out

unfortunately, i m not always successful in using my own bags

#1 reason : i forgot!   till the goods r all in the plastic bag, juz happened tonite @ cold storage : (

#2 reason : i didn’t plan ahead.  i haben worked out how to manage a grocery shopping trip worth of goods to b packed into my bags, especially wif the super efficient packing staff at supermkts.   i tried getting the stuff to pack some of the lighter and smaller items into my bags but i was getting into their way big time.  good thing, there was nobody behind mi.  the end result?   mayb one small plastic bag was saved
i was getting huge tins of milk powder and worried my bags won’t hope.   tink i should bring my trolley cart along as well

there ARE success stories too!

i m pleased tat i used both my bags at ikea and didn’t use a single plastic bag (since we did our own packing!)  it was YY hoo packed the stuff and helped to lug them home

the kiddos r catching on reli well and adopting the shopping bag culture wif much enthusiasm while mum & shupin r skeptical.  their defense : if we don’t take any plastic bags, wat do we throw the trash in?

they haf a case.  i m juz trying to cut dwn on the no. of plastic bags taken.   especially the tiny ones tat haf no reuse value as trash bags.  anyway, i tink there r times when we don’t haf a better alternative to taking a plastic bag so i doubt we’ll ever run out of trash bags

i oso rem to whip out my shopping bag in time for my kiddy palace purchases coz i overheard the cashier tell the packer to use double plastic bags before he started packing.
so i managed to use my shopping bag and not take any plastic bag.

i wish tat i will quickly internalise the habit of whipping out my plastic bags in time, every time.   every time i get a plastic bag, it’s like adding a mark on my conscience coz tat’s one more non-biodegradable bag i leave behind on earth

i feel even more guilty tat my consumerism tdy is leaving my kiddos wif a legacy of a more polluted planet tml.   i may not live to see the day earth becomes unfit for inhabitating but my descendants will and tat’s wat worries mi the most