Garbage Bag Confession

They say confession is good for the soul....well, okay...here it goes....I don't buy garbage bags!!  There, I said it.  I haven't bought garbage bags for years...I use my old grocery bags. Yep. The paper ones in the tall kitchen can and the Target/Walmart type ones in the bathrooms and other places. 

Why this confession now? Well, let's just say I was feeling a little guilty when I was standing in the "baggie aisle" the other day and I saw what my family had been missing. For instance, the colors....who knew garbage could be so pretty. And then there are the scented liners too.  Not only can garbage look pretty, it can smell pretty too! (And to think that I was of the opinion that since it was just going to be thrown out anyway it didn't have to be pretty or smell good.) I also know that my family has never had the satisfaction of stuffing a "flexible garbage bag" to the max without tearing it, because I've never purchased a flexible bag. *Gasp* I thought that when the garbage was full it should go out and since that was a bit of a struggle at times, why in the world would I want a bag they could stretch so that the garbage could stay inside longer? And since I'm bearing my soul, the whole drawstring thing is also something that my family knows nothing about!  They have not had the pleasure of tying our garbage into a neat little bundle with a bow on the top. So unless the Target and Walmart bags count, (we kind of tie the handle thingys) my family has been deprived once again.  Somehow I just can't bring myself to pay for something I'm going to throw away anyway....I have to do that for some other products...like toilet paper for example and that irks me.

So, there you have it.  My garbage is not now, nor has it ever smelled good, looked good, or been presented in a neat little package.  The lawn bags however......

Do you have a thrifty confession story?

Saving Money/Making Money,

Jean