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This Aussie mum’s 50 cent hack means you’ll NEVER be caught at the supermarket without shopping bags AGAIN!

It’s GENIUS! - by Amy Sinclair
  • 17 Mar 2019

It’s happened to all of us. You arrive at the supermarket to do a shop and realise you’ve left all of your plastic bags at home. 

Despite many of our best intentions, it’s easy to forget - meaning you’re often caught short and have to fork out more money for new plastic bags. 

This Aussie mum’s 50 cent hack means you’ll NEVER be caught at the supermarket without shopping bags AGAIN!

Well one Aussie mum has come up with a GENIUS way to stop this happening again - and all you need is a few 50 cent Kmart pencil cases. 

Taking to the always fabulous Kmart Mums Australia Facebook page, Aussie mum Jaime shared how she used the budget store’s ‘Black Small Name Pencil Case’ to end her shopping bag woes. Purchasing 5 of the pencil cases, Jaime  used the letters to label each one for various places where she’d like to store bags - and placed four to six bags inside!

She writes: ‘My simple, cheap and (hopefully) effective hack to make sure we have a shopping bag with us at all times. $0.50 pencil cases from Kmart!

Jaime adds: ‘There’s 4-6 reusable plastic bags (the 15c ones form Coles/Aldi) in each. Not enough for a big shop which I normally remember to take my big canvas bags for. This is for when I decide to just pop in to the shops and often get caught out! 😉’

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Jaime fills each of these cases with 4-6 bags - making sure she's never caught short!

Image: Kmart Mums Australia/Facebook

Don’t we all! Adding that you can fit four to six pages inside if you fold them tightly - Marie Kondo would be proud - Jaime’s hack got a big thumbs up from the other Kmart Mums Australia members. 

‘This is SUCH a good idea!’ wrote one. Added another: ‘That’s such a good idea! We are forever forgetting bags then buying them.’

Said a third: ‘What a good idea! I don't know how many times I've gone to pick the kids up and go into the shop without a bag. Off to buy a pencil case ... thank you for sharing.’

Added another: ‘Fabulous idea mumma! You really are going all Marie Kondo out aren't you!’

True that! And for more amazing ideas, make sure you head over to Kmart Mums Australia - click here for more! 

Amy Sinclair
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