trader.joys

So the boy and I went to our favorite new grocery store Trader Joe's last night. I'm sure most of you are familiar with it, but in case you haven't had your own personal TJM (Trader Joe's Moment), allow me to give you the lowdown.

Trader Joe's offers the widest variety of organic, natural and non-processed foods and produce for the absolute lowest prices around. Sure there's Whole Foods and a litany of other local health food shops but they are generally overpriced, even in comparison to your average run-of-the-mill grocery store.

Anyhoo.. in our plight to be conscious consumers and shop at places and for products that are not only good for us but also for the environment, we decided to bring along a couple of our sustainable and reusable recycled plastic totes to carry our groceries home with! Upon seeing our highly eco-LOGICAL effort in bringing our own bags, the uber-friendly staff at the checkout counter entered us in a raffle to win LOADS of free goodies from the store!!

The raffle will be decided on later in the week, but the moral of the story here is that being kind to your environment often has its own secret hidden benefits! Even if your local supermarket doesn't honor you with raffle prizes, try to bring your own bags with you instead of wasting paper and plastic (it takes the Earth 10,000 years to break down a plastic bag, people!!)

If you can get to a Trader Joe's, they do sell their tote bags in-store. You can also get some nifty canvas bags here or plastic bags here.

Added bonus: FREE BAG!