This sounds daft, but it is a very true experience as I become a "happier" and "greener" shopper, by not only not using the dreadful plastic bag and, not even using the supplied and branded by the supermarket "greener bag" things.

The solution is simple.

There was a free bag with "Cosmopolitan", a free one with "She", a free one with "Red"..(and one other I forget..)
Ok, I got some reading material as well!(hmmm, thats debateable..), but MY WORD!, do I splendid walking around with my trendy shopping bags or what??

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Top tip. I also like to use those big Ikea bags. You can get your weekly shop in two of them. Once you get home, sling one over the shoulder and carry the heavier one. Easy to load the car and unload to the kitchen.

The biggest one is the "She", "Beach" bag, huge!
Now I actually read the afore-mentioned mag a bit more than the others, but I must say that the "recipe cards",enclosed as well, although a seemingly useful idea, are mere reminders of easy things to cook, and I certainly would not want the clutter of little things like that in my kitchen.

An ad for a gadget in there, however, nearly amused me enough to order one.
The Olive Pitter.(!)
It looks a bit like a staple remover and should have the slogan above the ad saying "hours of fun in front of your favourite film de-stoning olives..Forget the crisps!"

Mrs Mart claims that the mags were a