The Little Grocery Store Item I Always Pick Up as a Travel Souvenir — Shopping

I worked as a cashier at my hometown grocery store for years — on weekends when I was in high school, and during the summer when I was home from college. Over the years, I bagged my fair share of groceries, and was always impressed when a customer brought a particularly interesting reusable shopping bag. (First of all: Good job saving the planet! And second, love that you clearly put some thought into it!)

Sometimes it was an obvious souvenir item, like an "I (heart) New York" tote, or something more sophisticated, like a French-looking mesh market bag. As I got older and started grocery shopping for myself, I accumulated my own assortment of cute bags from Trader Joe's and Whole Foods, but decided to diversify my collection when I left for a semester abroad during college.

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