Kudos to White Salmon Thriftway!

Save a nickle and get much more!

For the last month or so, our local Thriftway has been selling reusable shopping bags (totes) for just $.99 each! They are black, good quality and good looking. Bring your own bag for grocery shopping and Thriftway still deducts $.05 for each bag at checkout. I say "still", because Thriftway has been giving a bag deduction for several years. Since they carry these good looking, affordable totes, there's no reason not to bring a bag each time you shop!

Since my husband and I have used our own shopping bags for well over twenty years, we've known that most supermarkets and large grocery chains deduct $.03 to $.05 for each personal bag used at checkout. It doesn't sound like much, but all those nickels add up to real savings.

So far this year, in the US alone, approximately 590,000,000,000 (and rising) plastic bags have been used. This number (for just 9-months) represents a lot of oil, energy, transportation and disposal costs. Oh, so you say you use all your plastic bags for trash? Then maybe you produce more at home then you consume. Uh, so you use then all for kitty litter disposal? You may use some plastic bags, but if you fill then a bit higher you'll use less, and if you use other types of plastic bags (veggie or bread wrappers) you'll need fewer still.

Next time you're in Thriftway, buy a few of those $.99 cent totes and simplify your life, save a few cents and reduce your personal energy consumption.

Cleaning out your garage? Closet? Check Gorge FreeCycle!

There is a local FreeCycle Yahoo! group you might want to check out.

It's a terrific place to list your items that aren't usable by charities or suitable for garage sales that someone might want--keeping it from the landfill! You can also ask for items (never hurts to ask).

A lot of WS residents participate in the Gorge FreeCycle Yahoo! group. Check it out and bookmark the spot. Ya never know...

Gorge FreeCycle

ShadowGirl