I think it’s official. I think I’m a treehugger. It’s been sneaking up on me, but I have been seeing some of the clues… my “Hug a Tree” t-shirt being one of them, my obsession with recycling anything and everything being another. But today I think it became official.
Awhile back I started buying the Ukrop’s (our local grocery store) reusable bags. I have come to the realization that I might be a little obsessed with them. I’ve actually returned home to retrieve them before or gotten a little snippy with the bagger there when they don’t fill them up all the way and then start using paper bags. I paid the 99 cents for the bags for a reason people! But for two days in a row now, I’ve handed them to cashiers in other stores. Yesterday it was Trader Joe’s, today it was Target. In total disregard for my personal image I have handed over bags with “Ukrop’s” printed in very large letters and produce all over them to cashiers who have stared dumbly at me. Well, at Trader Joe’s I did get to fill out a ballot for a $50 store card for bringing my own bags and that cashier had no idea what Ukrop’s is. But today, in my very own personal Target with people that I might have to see again, I handed the lady my bags.
Okay, so maybe that doesn’t sound like a big deal, but I don’t exactly live in a “treehugger” part of town. In fact, I am eagerly awaiting the arrival of my very own personal Trader Joe’s to my consumeristic, ever-developing neighborhood. But the good news with that is that THEN I get to be the “organic granola lady” along with the “treehugger!”
Hey, if they ever make fun of me I’ll just give them your name… I do believe that a good part of this “transformation” is your fault!
Did you buy any of the cute Trader Joe’s bags? I have 3 of them and I use them all the time at Whole Foods (tree huggers capital, so its not so weird there) and at my local grocery store. So I know the feeling. I do feel weird using their bags at the local grocer, but hey, its okay. Using re-usable bags are awesome. I just wish they would make some that are a bit more trendy and stylish. I have the bright blue surfboards one from TJ’s. that’s about as fashion-y as they come. You aren’t a real tree hugger until you start using cloth diapers!
well then, may i never become a real tree hugger!
i actually did think about it with tessa, but couldn’t do it. i’m trying to make up for it in other ways!