New & Improved Bag Box

As previously reported, our recommissioned ramen noodle box did a dandy job as a plastic shopping bag container. Ours held up to 70 bags, easily accessible and ready for reuse. Most importantly, it kept migrant bags from cluttering up our house and vehicles, where they were at risk of being whisked away by the wind.

Our new bag holder doesn’t hold quite as many bags -- ours can tolerate about 60 -- but it doesn’t take up as much space, either. It’s basically a large kitchen trash bag box. The cardboard sunroof is just as good a compressor as the plastic covering on the noodle box, but less ugly -- especially after we covered it with wildlife pictures clipped from old magazines.