In an effort to be more eco-friendly, I’m cutting down on the amount of plastic bags I use. When I do bring home plastic bags for grocery stores, I re-use them as liners for the bathroom trash cans, rather than purchasing separate, smaller-sized garbage bags for that purpose. But still, there’s something to be said for reusable bags and tote bags. Not only are they more eco-friendly, they’re more durable than plastic bags, and are almost always designed to not only hold more, but be carried comfortably, either over your shoulder or in your hands.
SnapSac enables consumers to rethink the decision to use plastic grocery bags by offering stylish, high quality, durable, and functional reusable tote bags. The founder of SnapSac, Lisa Foster, reports that in 2005 less than 5% of American consumers made use of reusable bags. Now, in 2012, her research is showing that 54% of female shoppers in the 18-55 age demographic use reusable bag users. And now I am going to become one of them!
SnapSac generously sent me four of their SnapSacs:
- Social (Petite): 18″ x 12″ x 7.5″, perfect for the times when you need something a little bigger – or something in addition to – your purse
- Splurge (Super Tote): 24″ x 16.5″ x 12″, perfect for a small grocery shopping trip or a change of clothes
- Shoppe (Grocery Tote): 12.5″ x 17″ x 8″, great for holding heavier groceries; its depth makes it easy to place items like liters of soda, gallons of milk, and cereal all together in one bag
- Spree (Mega Tote): 28″ x 19″ x 12″, bring home everything and the kitchen sink in this bad boy!
I can’t wait to hit up the grocery store and pet store with these stylish, functional bags. I’m looking forward to reducing the amount of plastic I contribute to factories producing, and having a convenient, reliable way of packing up my purchases, transporting them to my car, then bringing them into my house.
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Tiny Prints is an online retailer of greeting cards for holidays and special occasions, as well as business cards, and personal/business stationery. Tiny Prints has an amazing selection of Valentine’s Day cards., and I’m pleased to be able to offer one lucky In My Bag reader fifty (50) free Valentine’s Day cards for kids.
Giveaway details:
- Start date: 01/27/12
- End date: 02/02/12
- All entries must be received by 02/02/12 at 11:59pm EST in order to counted for the final drawing
- Winner will be notified via email, and has 48 hours to respond.
- Giveaway is open to US entries
Yandy is an online retailer of sexy lingerie. And as I found out when I was about 75 lbs heavier, they also carry a decent selection of plus size lingerie. In fact, it was their generous selection of plus size lingerie that made them so appealing. Too many retailers of plus size lingerie have a bad habit of having a very limited, not too appealing selection of plus size lingerie. But Yandy had a lot – almost as much as what they have in regular sizes.
With Valentine’s Day just a few weeks away, I’m sure many of us are thinking about Valentine’s Day plans and maybe special evening plans. Ladies, while your man is out shopping for Valentine’s day gifts, perhaps you could be thinking about Valentine’s day lingerie. Like I said, Yandy.com has a lot to offer, so you’ll definitely want to check them out.
Yandy.com has kindly offered me two sexy and sassy bra and panty sets to review, which I shall be doing in the coming weeks – so stay tuned!
Remember when I wrote about my upcoming order from Mr. Chewy? Well, it arrived last Wednesday, just four days after ordering – not bad for an order that was placed on a Saturday afternoon – especially when you taken into account order processing time, and the fact that most online companies don’t process or ship orders on weekends. Everything that I ordered (cat treats for the cats, a beef chew, sweet potato treats, and 3-month flea treatment for the dog) arrived neatly packaged in a secure, well-marked box, and the pets and I excitedly dug in.
My experience with Mr. Chewy was a great one. They have a great selection of products, a website set up so that it’s quite easy to find products by category, price, or from a specific search; decent prices; and fast shipping.
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Zippies are adorable and awesome child I.D./security tags that can be used to identify a child’s belongings, or provide the parents’ contact information in the event that a child becomes separated from his parents or lost. Zippies provided us with several Zippies to try out, which we promptly placed on our childrens’ belongings (backpacks, lunch bags, water bottles, and overnight tote bags):
Each Zippie is soft yet firm, flexible, and textured, and on the back there is a space to write in a name and contact number. Zippies attach to zippers and the like via a durable, sturdily constructed metal push-open ring, which closes securely to ensure a secure fit. I added my name and our home telephone number to the back of each Zippie, since they’re on our childrens’ belongings primarily for security purposes. As an added bonus, with each Zippie being unique from one another, children can pick their favorites and ensure that their belongings always stand out from the rest.
Visit ZippiesFun.com to order 5 Zippies for $6.99, or 20 Zippies for just $12.99!
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CandlesandFavors.com is your go-to source for invitations, thank you cards, favors, labels, and other stationery products related to birthdays, weddings, holidays, and special occasions such as anniversaries, graduations, and religious events. They offer dozens of customizable designs for birthday party invitations, bridal and wedding invitations, party favors, thank you cards, address labels, and much more. You can mix and match different styles for a completely unique look for your party, or you can browse the available selections by style, in order to have a perfectly-coordinated set of everything from the invitations to the favors to the thank you cards. CandlesandFavors.com was generous enough to provide me with birthday invitations and party favors for my seven year old’s birthday party.
CandlesandFavors.com makes it incredibly easy to pick out what you want, and then customize it. The customization options allow you to choose your font, text alignment, color, and of course, the text itself. Customizing invitations can make the hassle of preparing for a party so much easier, because it saves you a lot of time spent writing, and thus makes the party planning much more efficient. And who doesn’t love party favors?! The Princess Fairy Personalized Candy Bar Wrappers were incredibly easy to use on standard Hershey chocolate bars, and they were a huge hit at the party – and definitely worth saving as party keepsakes.
Thanks to CandlesandFavors.com, my seven year old’s birthday party was efficient, fun, creative, and as unique as she is. Definitely check out CandlesandFavors.com for your party needs!
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Do you know how to properly set a table? How to ask for a dish of food, decline a dish of food, where to put your elbows (hint: never on the table!), or what to talk about with the person sitting next to you? No? Then say hello to Lovely Manners. Lovely Manners is a company that produces reusable, eco-friendly, stylish and quite all-around awesome placemats in three different colors: gray, blue, and orange. Each placemat shows the proper setting for a table (placement of plate, cup, napkin, and utensils), and each placemat also has unique pieces of advice and general table etiquette/info written around the borders.
Lovely Manners sent us one of their 6-piece placemat sets, in orange, to review and enjoy. They were an instant hit on our table, and stayed there until the holidays, when they were put away only because it was time to bring out our holiday place settings. I admit, the placemats have been handy in reminding me of the placement of the utensils (you’d think that at 27 years of age this would not be a problem for me, but I digress…). But more importantly, the placemats have helped my five year old son and seven year old daughter set the table, as well as learn and reinforce table manners and etiquette.
Lovely Manners’ 6-piece placemats are just $26.95, and since they are eco-friendly and reusable (after three months of being used they show very little sign of wear – they are quite durable!), you’ll definitely want them gracing your table.
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