Sustainable Suburbia Forum!

I have decided to create a forum based here at Sustainable Suburbia! I hope it will be a place where like-minded people can meet to discuss issues of sustainability, frugal living, gardening, cooking, creating, water saving, transport and more. If you have an issue you’d like to discuss, please feel free to visit and leave your thoughts.

It is brand-new as of today, so I’m wide open to suggestions from you all as to what forums I should add, or what should be changed, and I’ll be on the look out for some moderators if it actually becomes popular Just look up the top to find the link!

Thank you all for visiting Sustainable Suburbia - I really appreciate all the wonderful comments and encouragement from you all so far!

No, I’m not a crazy cat lady!!

Today I drove up to the local shopping centre, as my housemate needed my car to get his new elliptical trainer home. While I was there, I remembered that I had run out of milk and wet cat food for Gob. I also didn’t have any bags on me. ‘No problem’, thought I - ‘I’ll just get a tin or two to tide him over’.

But when I got to Woolies, they were having a sale - 20c off each tin! So, of course, I bought six of them - and my three litre bottle of milk.

The first strange looks I got were inside the shop - I didn’t have a basket, so I was just balancing the six cans in one arm while carrying the milk in the other hand. The second look was from the checkout girl when I said “Oh, I don’t need a bag thanks!” (how could I face you all in light of my No Bags Challenge if I took one?). So, once she had scanned them, I took a moment to precariously balance my cans once again (luckily there was no-one waiting in the queue behind me!) and off I went.

Every person who walked past me in the shopping centre did the same thing - their eyes flicked to my arms, then to my face. By the time I got outside, I had a grin - they had all looked at me as if I was crazy! And given the fact I was carrying the cat food and milk - well.

I had my suspicions confirmed when I reached the car, and Cam (housemate 1) said “you look like a crazy cat lady!! Why didn’t you just get a bag?” And of course, I had to update him on my Challenge and that I couldn’t let myself or anyone else down.

So, I have stuck to the challenge so far - no bags taken from any shops! And I’ve gotten a bit of amusement into the bargain. Let’s see how the rest of the month goes.

Does this ever happen to you?

There I am, home after work, with my computer on my lap… but not for long, apparently.

And again the next morning…

I only ask - who is in control here?