DFTB Reminds Us: Don't Forget the Bag!
by Kara DiCamillo, Newport, Rhode Island 
on 11. 6.09
Image via Orianna Helms.
You head off to the local market with your grocery list in hand...and then you get there and realize you forgot your bags reusable bags! It's happened to all of us and darn, isn't it so frustrating? Not to mention that so many stores give us money back now if we bring our reusable bags. It would be so much easier if we had a little reminder as we walked out the door, which is exactly why we need these cute DFTB tags.
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