Perfect Bag For Tree Hugging Wine Lovers By SarahMichigan on Apr 03, 2009 - Updated Oct 15, 2011

I hate accumulating plastic shopping bags and prefer to use cloth reusable bags when I can. So, my husband and I have picked up several canvas bags for shopping over the years. They are sturdy and can carry a lot of heavy cans, and I love it. However, one drawback is that they are white, and they stain easily if something leaks onto them.

At a recent visit to Meijer, I saw that they had small but cute blue reusable shopping bags, and I had to have one. They're a good value- it's hard to beat 99 cents. I didn't notice until the bagger started using it that it's actually subdivided into 6 sections. This is perfect for carrying out wine, and it's what I use it for most often now. It's good, really, for carrying out any kind of glass container, from jam and pickle jars to jars of pasta sauce. The cloth dividers keep the goods from clinking together.

My only complaint is that I wish the bag was just a wee bit bigger. It'd be nice to have maybe 8 sections instead of 6.