I finally got round to sorting through the gazillion plastic carrier bags which were bursting out of my kitchen cupboard. The cupboard door was always slightly ajar because there were just so many bags that they wouldn't all fit. Living in Wales, these little beauties are valuable (well, they're actually worth 5p, but you get the point... and if you don't get the point, maybe you're reading this from England, but just you wait until Autumn 2015...).
Anyway, look at them all. They flooded across my kitchen floor like an ocean of plastic waves, all shapes, all sizes and all colours. All kept "just in case" we ever ran out, but as you can see, that was never likely to happen.
So I sorted through them all and recycled 75% of them, but put the ones I wanted to keep into two categories - normal size and bags for life.
Along the way I came across some bags which I was kind of sorry to see go, but nevertheless they did because at the end of the day, these things are just plastic bags! But I photographed them for posterity...
First up is this cool (non-plastic) bag from HMV marking the release of The Simpsons Movie on DVD. That was in 2007, which shows how long I've had this collection of bags...
Next we have a bag for Hermann's teddy collection, which is a bit of a mystery as I have never bought, and do not own, a Hermann's teddy bear. Plenty of other teddy bears, but not a Hermann one. Cute, though...
Next we have a bag from Macy's department store in New York City. I've been to NYC three times (get me!) so I'm not sure how long I've had this bag, but it's nice to have. Or not have now.
Another NYC-related bag next, although it's paper and not plastic, like those ubiquitous strong paper bags Americans carry groceries around in. This one is from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which is cool, obvs.
Now this is a strange one. It's obviously from New York again, but at no point have I ever seen The Phantom of the Opera, on Broadway or anywhere else, so I'm not sure how I came to have this! It's for a shop called Phantom of Broadway, but I have no recollection of going there either.
I'm no cat fan - I'm definitely a dog person - but this Sainsbury's bag made me smile.
Are you bored yet? I bet you're finding this embarrassingly interesting, and I'd also wager it's made you think about rooting through your own plastic bag collection to see what "interesting" bags you have.
Next up is an arty bag from the Tate in London. Been there.
Plastic bags are like diaries of where you've been. Here we have two bags from the Tower of London. I stole a raven from the Tower in one of them.
Time for a bit of patriotism with this unidentified carrier sporting the Union flag. I had real doubts when I decided to throw this one!
And finally (I can sense the disappointment in you), a rather florid bag from the Victoria and Albert Museum. The colour palette reminds me of those disgusting chocolate lime sweets you can buy, which I despise, so I had no qualms about ditching this one.
And there you have it. Plastic carrier bags I have known. Now go and look at yours... ;o)
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