Rant #1
My least favorite "saying" or cliche in the English language:
"Boys will be boys."
It totally brings out the smart-mouth in me. I have many responses. Like "Would you rather they were something different?" and "Do you really have reason to think they won't be?" and "Is that an excuse?" My personal favorite is "You say that like there's something wrong with a boy being a boy?".
It appeared on a stamp set today in my email box. Ugh. Not buying that. And then I was scrapbook shopping later in the day and dang it, if there isn't paper with this very saying on it. I wanted to rip it up.
Cause I just really don't get it and I don't like how it makes us women sound like we feel we are superior and that being a boy is just some universal excuse for something stupid. We aren't. And it's not.
Of all the things we can say about men...why must it be that lameness?
Rant #2
For many years I have hated those stupid plastic bags that grocery stores use. Hate them. They are inefficient and wasteful. They are hard to corral in the car. Stuff falls over and rolls out. Constantly. Baggers use way too many and they are just a huge mess. The only thing they are good for is wrapping a dirty baby diaper. Really.
So with this in mind you can imagine my joy when Kroger got in *pretty blue re-usable bags*. They are very sturdy and they hold tons. I bought 6 the first time I saw them. For $6, I have, for the most part, rid my life of those stupid plastic bags! Whoo Hoo! And Kroger rewards blue bag users with a whopping 4 cents per bag every time you bring them back in for re-use. Yeah...4 cents.
So with great pride I've been carting my blue re-usable bags into Kroger faithfully for weeks. I love seeing my groceries packed so neatly in the bags. I love that they don't fall over and loose their contents in my car. I love that my entire weeks worth of groceries can be unloaded from the car in three quick trips. I love that I'm preventing waste by using them. I love that I save a whopping extra 24 cents each time. Well, OK, I don't care quite that much about the 24 cents...but it is a nice touch. (After 25 weeks, the bags will have paid for themselves. LOL!)
Now, I'm upping the ante and making this blue bag thing a competition with myself. It's become a goal to never buy more groceries than will fit in the bags. Thankfully they do hold alot--IF--they are packed right. There are 2 rules for packing the blue bags. 1-Balance and 2-Weight. Keep the items balanced. And what good does it do if it's packed so heavy that I can not lift it?
Do you think it's rude for me to ask the bag person to let me do my own bagging? Seriously. After tonight, I think I'm going to. I don't want to be rude but the point of the blue bags is that I don't want extra plastic bags. If you put your mind into it, it's pretty easy to pack them right. Hello. Just because the blue bag will hold six 2-liter bottles, doesn't mean I can lift it when you pack it that way. Duh. And yes, all the cold stuff can go in one bag. And all the fruits and veggies in another, on top of the cereal boxes. No, don't put the magazine in with the frozen stuff.
Somebody tell me I can nicely ask to do my own organized bagging. I don't mind if people look at me like a crunchy moma. I just don't want those darn plastic bags coming in my house when it's completely avoidable. Tonight, I ended up with three darn plastic bags and it was totally avoidable. I felt like charging them an extra quarter for taking the dumb things off their hands.
So now you know.
4 comments:
I would definitely do my own bagging and quite a lot of times help them already. I'm very picky about being sure that all the cold stuff is together and all the fresh stuff together and that the meat is not in with boxes or something it could leak onto... and yes, I too hate it when they put just one or two items in some bags, but ten heavy cans in another. Anyway, all that rambling to say - go for it! I'm right there with you!
Well, from personally experience (I work at Food City) Yes you can ask. We understand. There are ALOT of people that prefer to bag their own items. I am one that preferrs to bag my own cause I know what goes where when I am putting them up. Those bags from Kroger are getting to be more popular.
As for the $0.04. That is the cost of the bag. That is what you are saving Kroger for using the blue bags.
Also, Did you see San Francisco outlawed the "plastic" bags.
That's an interesting thought Angi--I hadn't thought of it like that. Kroger is still saving money by me using the blue bags because I'm saving them at least 4 plastic bags for each blue bag I use. (You can fit the contents of 4 plastic bags into each blue bag, at least.)
No. I hadn't heard about plastic bags being outlawed...but I think it's an awesome idea. Wonder what Momas in San Fran use to wrap diapers??? :)
Sarah, Hadn't thought about the Mom's in San Fran.....That's an interesting question.
By the way, I love your blog.
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