Dan and I are just getting ready to sit down and watch the final round of the Tour Championship, so I thought I'd sneak in a blog.  It's been a great day so far. 

A bit of a lie-in for me, getting up around 8:30 and then we were off to breakfast at a local bakery followed by a stroll through the farmer's market.  Today's purchases included some delicious figs, cheese, a zucchini mix, cherry tomatos, pears, some gorgeous lettuce and two loaves of bread (vegan...yummy!).  We took our reusable bags with us and also re-used one of the plastic bags from last trip.

It's a bit ironic to me that the farmers' market, wherein all sorts of greenies hang out, uses a ton of plastic sacks each week.  People give me strange looks when I say, "Oh, I don't need a bag," but I have gotten some positive comments as well.  More importantly, I save about 10 bags each time I go, since every vendor puts each group of like items into a separate plastic bag.

I went to the website for reusable bags (1 Bag at a Time) that has some interesting facts and comparisons in it for those who are interested.  They make their bags out of petroleum products, similar to the single use bags we get at the market.  But their bags are designed to be reused for up to two years.  They're washable, roomier than regular one-use bags, and recyclable at the end of their life.  I may pick up a few next time I'm at the store.  Right now I have 3 different bags from three different stores.  One's canvas, one's a sort of fiberous material (free at a store's grand opening and in need of mending after a year of use), one's of the same material as the 1 Bag at a Time brand.

I did remember one other green thing I'm doing (left off of yesterday's list).  Dan and I both are switching from drinking bottled water to drinking the filtered water we have in the house.  That should save at least 24 bottles per week from this household.

But I digress.  After the farmers' market, we went out for a long walk in the neighborhood.  Lots of hills around here!  The rest of today will be laundry (using up the last of the "less bad" soap before switching to green soap), watching the game and cross-stitching, barbequing with our friends Tom and Renee' and watching the Chargers win (I hope!) tonight.  I'm wearing my team shirt all day today...if that doesn't generate mojo, I don't know what will!

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