One of the coolest things that we did with Take Care Now was get reusable nylon shopping bags with our logo on them. In 2006, the craze about reusable bags had not quite hit yet, and we wanted to do something a little different to do with TCN.
Then Cool Mum found the ChicoBag online. It seemed like a smart way to counteract the mountains of plastic shopping bags that we would accumulate.
Made from nylon, ChicoBags are lighter and much cooler-looking than traditional canvas shopping bags. They are much stronger than the usual plastic bags. Here, I stuffed 22 lbs of groceries – canned goods and 4 jars of spaghetti sauce – into a bag, and it barely stretched.
This bag was so full that it deftly hid Cool Mum’s pregnant belly.
And the nylon lets the bag crumple into a tight little ball and stuff into its own bag that’s sewn into the side.
We ordered 100 bags in ‘06 and have been slowly selling them, giving them as gifts. or using them to barter services. We might have 50 or so left. It didn’t help when Publix and other stores started selling reusable bags for 99 cents when ours were going for $5 (now $3).
This could be considered a cheap plug to help unload our ChicoBag inventory. However, just like our microwave, scale, and cache of khaki shorts, all of the bags are in Florida. So we couldn’t sell them to you if we wanted to. However, if you really want one, we can probably dig them up on our next trip to FL…
This post is part of Works for Me Wednesday.
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I’m in for two. Let me know! Thanks!
You bet, Rowan.
(racking brain on where in Florida those bags might be…)
Very cool.
Thanks, Kaycee!
Still my favorite bag ever. We use ours ALL the time. Literally. Daily. There’s always at least one in my purse or the backpack. I suppose that it helps that we live in a country where you have to a)carry your groceries home via public transit and b)pay for bags at the store if you don’t use your own. I was just thinking the other day that I’d like to get a few more from you guys.
What an endorsement! Maybe we’ll hit it big in the Republic.
I bought about 20 ChicoBags through a coop a couple of years ago and love having them to throw in stockings, baby shower gifts, etc. You can even use them TO PUT THE GIFT IN, thus reducing the use of wrapping paper, tissue, etc. I didn’t know you could put your own logo on them though! Did you only get green ones??