I really, really, really like this bag. I am shocked I haven’t done a product review on it before! This is one of those bags that can be taken into any store and used for whatever you purchase instead of using their plastic sacks. (Is is bags or sacks? I think it depends on what part of the country you live in).
I have at least 9 (or more) other plastic bags that I can use when I go shopping and they are great too. My problem is I forget to get them out of the trunk of the car so I moved them to the back seat—still I forget them, so I moved them to the passenger seat—I still forget them. They get buried under other stuff I have in the car. Or I simply don’t look over and grab them.
This little bag is the best solution I have found.
•It is small and it fits in my purse so I always have it with me
•Fabric is washable
•I don’t have to remember to take it in with me!
•It holds a lot
•I don’t have to remember to take it back to the car after I unpack the groceries! And that’s a real plus when it is 25 degrees out.
•Not having to use the grocery sacks from the store has helped get rid of clutter.
Now, if I buy a lot of groceries the two I carry in my purse isn’t enough—but it is a start. I bought this one at Bath and Body Works for $2.00. I have seen them (even smaller) at Wall mart (but not as pretty) and my daughter picked up the cutest one in Canada. Just look around by the check stands to get your compact, recycle bag (sack).
How have you solved the problem of remembering to take your “use over and over” bags from the car to the store? Don’t you feel great when you use them to get rid of clutter?
Give yourself a pat on your back today for all the efforts you have made to clear clutter in your home and life! Saturday we went to an appreciation brunch as we’re docents for The Heritage Foundation. This organization educates and works to preserve old buildings in Utah. It feels good when someone appreciates what we do.
As you know I was all in a panic at not being able to find that elusive quilt block. Halleluiah I found it! I even remember exactly why I put it where I put it.
I have lost a very important quilt block. So…for Show N’ Share Tuesday I decided I would search every drawer and cupboard in my sewing room until I found it. In the process I was able to get rid of clutter. I started by taking everything out in a couple of drawers. I sorted and had a great time as I made piles for donate, trash and belongs else ware.
This was so much fun—there I go again having fun 
Today is product review day. One of my favorite organizing products is a simple little timer. This little product has saved me from more burnt cookies that I can even say but when I organize and clear clutter this is how I use it:
On January the 12th which was Show ‘N Share Tuesday I showed how I had gotten rid of clutter in my in box in my office. Edna wrote and asked if I would elaborate a little on how I see it as “fun”. She asked, “Is there fun, before, during and of course after? If it is approached as “fun” is their a more likelihood of completing the desired goal much faster? hum!!!!”
A man who watched my web show asked me how my book 
In all the places you have been in the world where would you revisit? My choice would be Italy because of all the beautiful things there and I liked the “old world feeling” in the Cinque Terra.
Because I do try to keep the pantry organized there were just small things I had to do to get rid of clutter. Some of the cans that I had too many of for this space I took to the storage room. I put all soups back together. I rearranged the bottom shelves so they could hold items that belong there.
Do you remember when shoulder pads were in for women’s clothing? They have not been in for a long time but I had a hanger-on that I wear. I have a sweater with the smallest little shoulder pads and every time I put it on I would have to arrange them so they would lie flat. And I would think, “I should cut these out”.
I am not the kind of person who likes to rummage around and find my cosmetics all jumbled up. (After all that takes time and that is time I could be organizing or quilting–don’t you agree?). That is why I have used cosmetic containers for years. They clear clutter because everything has a place and everything is in their place.
