Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - NYC Style

This city is starting to get on my West Coast-let's recycle everything we can find-and use cloth bags for our groceries etc-mentality's nerves. It's insane. I went to the grocery store today to buy eggs, milk, flour, veggies and that sort of stuff. I'd gone gro-shopping a week ago at this place and the veggies were pretty bad. So I walked a couple extra blocks to the Garden of Eden and stepped into fruit and veggie heaven, and recycling hell.

The grapes were in paper - the type I use on the tops of gifts that have been bagged. And in more paper than I would use for the biggest type of bag.

Anyway. So I got all my stuff and proceeded to the check-out. I had my cloth bag with me and told the lady I'd put everything except the milk and eggs in it. She looked at me like I was from another planet and proceeded to hand me my sugar and to put the rest of the items into two massive plastic bags. It bothered me. So much so that I walked briskly back home, threw (well - placed) my eggs and milk in the fridge and signed on to blogger.

Right. Now - back to unpacking. Ugh. Or to Skype...hmmm

ps. I didn't buy any apples...not yet ready to fall from Grace