THAT'S MY BAG, BABY!!!

Almost overnight, it seems, every supermarket and lots of non-super ones have come out with their own reusable shopping bags. Bully for them! We credit Trader Joe's with being the first (whether they actually were or not) but are grateful for every chain that has adopted this great green initiative.

Now that carrying your own bag to the store has become the "in" thing, you'll find yourself with myriad choices in your bag style, size and material. Below we've compiled links to sites where you can purchase some pretty funky carry-alls. Of course if paying $15 for something in which to carry a $3.99 box of Ring Dings seems a bit ostentatious you can always just grab one of the offerings at the checkout of your local supermarket. At a buck or two they'll do the job just as well, if not as stylishly.

• Reusable Bags
You'll find anything and everything to do with reusable bags right here. Lots of choices and a broad price range, from a $4.95 plain organic cotton tote to the Heavy Duty XL Hemp Tote. Our fav on this is site is the Basura Bag, which is made from juice bags collected from the streets in the Phillippines.

• um, random
This site of quirky items featured a few quirky canvas bags. Our favorite has a gorilla face illustration on one side. There's also a cool Asian-inspired catfish bag. You can look funky fresh while saving the earth, all at the same time! Not a bad thing at all.

• 1 Bag at a Time
Schoolteacher and company founder Lisa Foster created this company after a trip to Australia in 2005 ingrained in her the importance of reusability, something already firmly ingrained in the Aussie culture. She's actually the supplier of Ralph's, the supermarket giant, bags.

• Envirosax Mono Bags
These bags are tres chic and, at $34.95 per, tres expensive. These bags have been mentioned in magazines ranging from OPRAH to ELLE to METROPOLIS, so you know when you buy one that you'll be very haute, not to mention green.

• BAGGU
We like these a lot. Designed by a mother/daughter team these are made of nylon, which means they're lightweight yet strong, easily cleaned and portable (they come with their own 5"x5" pouch. 4 colors to choose from.

• ECOBAGS
Another in the category of haute bagging. They specialize in mesh bags that were featured on OPRAH a couple of times, and so have a very large following. All their bags have a summery Hamptonseque feel to them.