I only really noticed I had a problem on this trip. I was at Mallacoota in Victoria when I noticed a snaplock bag on the ground.
"I could pick that up and wash it and reuse it", was the horrifying thought that raised the red flag of addiction. "Whoah!", I thought, "That is ludicrous, yet...it looks really useful", . I mused. The addiction fades to the background during 'normal' life but once I start to travel then the beast raises its ugly head. "I could put my soap in that", I think when I see a little snaplock bag the right size. Unusually sized snaplock bags make me salivate.
Snaplock bags come in many sizes which is tres useful when travelling.
Obvious uses are for food.
But they are great for receipt filing...
...storing henna, frozen and unfrozen...
...also odds and ends like: notes, business cards and credit cards you don't use often...
...and storing photo CDs.
As demonstrated here, snaplock bags are primarily useful because of their transparency. I have looked in this bag a dozen times or more since I left Adelaide because I can't remember what's in it.
Oh, that's right (empties bag, wastes 10 seconds) ...my extra toiletries!
I am not a snaplock snob though, I collect all sorts of other bags too.
I love collecting bags, most are completely free! You don't have to pay a cent. Incredible but true.
Many in my bag collection are recycled, and in this world of Global Warming that is a positive message that bag addiction brings. The bag on the left came with my back rest and is now used as a home by my clothes, much as a hermit crab would use a coke can.
The bag on the right came with my optical drops and I now keep it for hair accessories. It is the perfect size.
This is a great story, this one! I bought some hair product in Price Attack and they gave me the hair product in this beautiful bag...absolutely free! And who said there is no such thing as a free lunch?
I also collect rubber bands...that's another story.
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