to think using FRENCH bags for life is poncery?

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in the Uk natch.

That thing is like the Stokke Xplory of Shollies.

GetOrfMoiLand - in Paris people use shopping trolleys which imply that you (a) shop on foot (b) don't go to the street markets, both of which are très chic . So I don't actually own bags for life, or have any need for them, as no grocery shopping goes on by car in this household!

ahah! Anna you win!

a mme lindt btw

Anna wins the poncey competition.

My mum would love one of those.

to NOT go to street markets is chic?
i cant keep up with the rules in paris

That was a mistake - I meant to write don't go to supermarkets but to street markets!

Nowhere near as poncey as only eating home baked biscuits .

grr

is there a book i can buy somwhere anna?
"rules de paris"

No not photos, they are little self-portraits (?) by the children...

they are etchings
not as mundane as photos

Oh, I beg your pardon.

Of course. Little works of art.

Shopping bags today, tomorrow the Louvre

Why would you need a book when you have moi at the touch of a keystroke? . In a state of permanent update, too!

One Ecole Active Bilingue Paris bag for life 2009/10 going to the highest MN bidder - proceeds to a school in Kenya!

but does someone tell you anna or are you like this all the time
what if YOU GET IT WRONG?

ooh lala

Of course no-one tells me! I love scrutinising people, and I have lots of like-minded friends. DP is a great sounding board, too!

I did actually earn my living doing this sort of thing once upon a time...

what as a cool hunter
were you?

arf

I worked in business academia, on lifestyle marketing - basically telling lots of boring head-in-Excel senior executives what were the über-trends in high-end markets that would soon be filtering down into their more mass market environments...

we have four HUGE bags for life from Auchan - they're massive and much more sturdy than anything you get here. Perfect for a damp load of laundry, moving house, games kit, dirty wellies. All they say about us is that we're the sort of saddo booze'n'cheese shoppers who buy in bulk.

My DP do like to make sure I get a Booths grocery bag when I need one at home, though. They might not have Waitrose up there, but they do have quality supermarkets.

lol once in booths they had an aisle marked " forrin foods"

M&S is the epitome of posh where I live. The nearest one is about 60 miles away. You would not believe the amount of ponces that go to the local supermarket (Tesco, Dunnes or Lidl) with poncey M&S bags.

Yes it is poncy. I did this for quite a while because we brought big, top quality super-u bags back from france.

I stopped using them after a few montsh because I realised the ponce levels were dangerously high.

There are levels of ponce though. I would say the Carrefour and Auchan ones are poncier than the SuperU ones.

Oui, les cartes de vie est poncetastique!

I ended up buying a couple of french ones in the Alps and yes I do use them in Waitrose and Sainsburys for that matter.

One is Sherpa the other is 8 a 8.

I don't think I use them for poncey reasons but I suppose I enjoy thinking back to my holiday when I use them.