Yesterday I found the COOLEST THING EVER when I was out shopping. I was at Petsmart, of all places, gazing blankly at the random crap by the register as I waited in line to check out, when my eyes fell upon this (my car key pictured for scale):
It was marketed primarily as a way to hook a bunch of dog leashes together to walk a whole pack of dogs at once, but not being a dog walker or even a dog owner, I didn't particularly care about that function. HOWEVER, there was a much smaller picture of someone using the carabiner to hold a bunch of plastic grocery bags all at once (something like this, which appears to be a similar product). This use I AM IN LOVE WITH. Depending on how many cat-litter-scooping bags we are in need of I either get my groceries in plastic bags or I use our reusable tote bags. Either way I end up carrying several in each hand up to our third floor apartment, setting them all down, unlocking the door, and then doing a snazzy dance maneuver to pick up the bunches of bags while using one foot to keep the cats from sprinting outside and straight off the balcony.
Frankly, these things were awesome. The padding on the carabiner is much more comfortable to carry than the plastic/canvas bags we use, especially when there are particularly heavy groceries involved, and picking up all the bags after opening/unlocking my door no longer involves stringing each finger through a different handle while standing on one foot and shooing the cats back away from the door. I just pick up the two handles and all the bags come with. ROCK.
The other thing I just bought is an updated version of my lunchbox. Normally lunchboxes are not terribly exciting, I will grant you. But I am completely in love with mine, and if those darn legislatures would just let me I would totally marry the thing. This is the version I have now, complete with a random lunch I packed whenever I took this picture:
It is from Laptop Lunches. I've had it for about a year now and it is the best lunchbox ever. I love that four different containers fit in a nice little box and are all space-saving and cute. I love that it makes me think a bit more about what I pack for lunch to get it to fit and be a balanced lunch. I love that it is so damn CUTE.
The only thing I didn't love about it was that of the four containers pictured in my lunch, only the green one comes with a lid. The other three stay closed by being flush with the top of the lunchbox when it is closed, but that doesn't help if I want to bring more than one wet food (pudding, applesauce, yogurt, etc).
NO MORE. They came out with a Bento 2.0 box that has lids for two containers, and now I can buy Bento Buddies that fit in the new box that ALL have lids. You cannot imagine how unnaturally excited I am about this. I am such a lunchbox geek.
Anyway, those are the two best things I've purchase in the last 24 hours. Just in case you were wondering.
