Plastic bag

This morning was our weekly trip to the supermarket. We have our own bags, which we bring along with us every week. This has led to a marked decrease in the number of plastic bags that we have in the house. This scarcity has, in turn, led to a marked increase in the value of a plastic bag. From something that used to overflow our bag bin and generally make a nuisance of itself, it has now become “Oh, careful, don’t make a hole in that plastic bag!” or “Oooo, a plastic bag! Quick, put it in the bag bin!”.

(By the way, I use plastic bags mainly to line our rubbish bin and to contain our paper recycling (so that it does not stick, sodden and wet to the bottom of the recycling bin on a wet day, nor blow away in a howling gale. I refuse to buy plastic bags….).