Reusable Shopping Bags, Nice Idea when remembered

I thought it a novel idea instantly, reusable shopping bags at the grocery store, and for only .99 cents! Everyone after all, is 'going green' what better way to practice what you preach then to stop filling land fills with plastic that (a) blows around all over the place, (b) doesn't bio-degrade and most importantly (c) kills. I scooped up some green canvas bags from various supermarkets and thought, 'yay for me- such a good do bee.' I should have considered the odds of whether or not I would remember to grab my special bags to take with me every time I shop- before I bought.

I'm sure I'm not alone when I say that I remember, only after I have already made it to the grocery store, that I have those reusable canvass bags under the kitchen sink. Oh well. Next time. You know what? Those 'next times' happen every time. I am literally at the point where I can remember to scold myself for not remembering the shopping bags whenever I shop.

If I were smart I would load the bags into the trunk of the car after unloading the groceries from them. But you know something else? That would mean another trip to the car. When I shop, I shop. I usually have to make three to four trips back and forth, car to house, car to house, car to house and finally car to house. I'm tired by the end of this last trip of lugging groceries in, and where I live doesn't help matters any. For anyone who has ever seen Terminator 2, or any other movie for that matter that implores the use of suspense by providing the protagonist with many doors to escape through, all with different keys and complete with chainsaw maniac after them- you need not see my home.

There is an outer security door requiring key 1, my apartment door automatically locks when closed requiring key 2 because I must close it between trips so that the kitty cat doesn't escape, and not to mention key 3 to the hatch of my Subaru because 'Old Blue Hair' won't open unless you turn the key while you pull. Aren't quirks in old cars cute? Such cruel irony.

After considering my bad luck with what started out as a great idea I thought of another novel idea. Cubbies. Cubbies like we had in Kindergarden. I could pay for my reusable bags, keep them in a cubby at the store and pick them and shop when I needed. Of course this still leaves the problem of remembering to bring them back to the cubby from home. Perhaps if I were rewarded with a free bag, or a five dollars off next purchase coupon every time I returned ten bags I would remember to bring them back. Shoot- I think I would even take a sticker.