Comments on: A napkin alternative http://thefrugalgirl.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/a-napkin-alternative/ Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:05:09 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: agreenfire http://thefrugalgirl.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/a-napkin-alternative/#comment-353 agreenfire Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:52:04 +0000 http://thefrugalgirl.wordpress.com/?p=447#comment-353 Found your blog from the carnival of trash on Fake Plastic Fish. Great post! I have been thinking about switching to cloth napkins for a while now, and this gives me another reason to try them. I'm going to point several of my friends to your post because they have small children and I know they deal with this sticky issue all the time. This is just a GREAT idea and I know they will appreciate it. Thank you. Found your blog from the carnival of trash on Fake Plastic Fish. Great post! I have been thinking about switching to cloth napkins for a while now, and this gives me another reason to try them.

I’m going to point several of my friends to your post because they have small children and I know they deal with this sticky issue all the time. This is just a GREAT idea and I know they will appreciate it. Thank you.

]]> By: Kristen http://thefrugalgirl.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/a-napkin-alternative/#comment-351 Kristen Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:45:50 +0000 http://thefrugalgirl.wordpress.com/?p=447#comment-351 Well, we hardly ever eat out, so we don't run into this often at all. :p Side benefit of being frugal, I guess...eating at home is usually green as well as being cheap! I'm on vacation right now, so we're actually eating out a few times. Last night we ate at Outback, and all we got was cloth napkins, so we didn't even have to use paper then. The bottom line, though, is that I go out to eat SO infrequently, I don't worry myself about the paper napkins that much. If I ate out every day, I'd probably take it more seriously. Well, we hardly ever eat out, so we don’t run into this often at all. :p Side benefit of being frugal, I guess…eating at home is usually green as well as being cheap!

I’m on vacation right now, so we’re actually eating out a few times. Last night we ate at Outback, and all we got was cloth napkins, so we didn’t even have to use paper then.

The bottom line, though, is that I go out to eat SO infrequently, I don’t worry myself about the paper napkins that much. If I ate out every day, I’d probably take it more seriously.

]]> By: Crafty Green Poet http://thefrugalgirl.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/a-napkin-alternative/#comment-350 Crafty Green Poet Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:06:18 +0000 http://thefrugalgirl.wordpress.com/?p=447#comment-350 Good advice, what do you do when you go out to restaurants though? My experience is if you take a cloth napkin you'll still get given a paper napkin that will be thrown away by the waiting staff after you leave the table.... Good advice, what do you do when you go out to restaurants though? My experience is if you take a cloth napkin you’ll still get given a paper napkin that will be thrown away by the waiting staff after you leave the table….

]]> By: Kristen http://thefrugalgirl.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/a-napkin-alternative/#comment-349 Kristen Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:10:58 +0000 http://thefrugalgirl.wordpress.com/?p=447#comment-349 Beth, I doubt I'd be very effective. My own husband still does that! lol Beth, I doubt I’d be very effective. My own husband still does that! lol

]]> By: Beth Tery http://thefrugalgirl.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/a-napkin-alternative/#comment-348 Beth Tery Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:21:55 +0000 http://thefrugalgirl.wordpress.com/?p=447#comment-348 OMG, will you PLEASE call my husband and explain to him about the nasty wet wadded wash cloth thing? It drives me crazy. He will not wring out sponges either. Thanks for submitting this post to Carnival of Trash. It will be posted shortly. Beth OMG, will you PLEASE call my husband and explain to him about the nasty wet wadded wash cloth thing? It drives me crazy. He will not wring out sponges either.

Thanks for submitting this post to Carnival of Trash. It will be posted shortly.

Beth

]]> By: Kristen http://thefrugalgirl.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/a-napkin-alternative/#comment-341 Kristen Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:37:55 +0000 http://thefrugalgirl.wordpress.com/?p=447#comment-341 LOL at you! Go garden for a little while or something! =P LOL at you! Go garden for a little while or something! =P

]]> By: Annie's Granny http://thefrugalgirl.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/a-napkin-alternative/#comment-340 Annie's Granny Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:28:17 +0000 http://thefrugalgirl.wordpress.com/?p=447#comment-340 I swear I'm getting senile. Yes, I commented that I use cheap wash rags as napkins, but it was on someone else's blog! Methinks I've been spending too much time on this computer :-) I swear I’m getting senile. Yes, I commented that I use cheap wash rags as napkins, but it was on someone else’s blog! Methinks I’ve been spending too much time on this computer :-)

]]> By: Annie's Granny http://thefrugalgirl.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/a-napkin-alternative/#comment-339 Annie's Granny Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:24:29 +0000 http://thefrugalgirl.wordpress.com/?p=447#comment-339 Same here (as I said in my comment yesterday *g*). I buy the packages of colored ones for special occasions, which means when the family comes for dinner....I haven't done "fancy" in years! But I buy white for every day, and each evening I run a little hot, soapy water into the kitchen sink, add a splash of bleach, and wipe down all my kitchen surfaces. Just a quick wipe, no deep cleaning. That leaves the "napkins" fresh smelling, white and ready to drape over the towel bar to dry and await the next load of wash, and it makes me feel like I've annihilated any nasty salmonella or such that may be lingering on my counter top, all in one easy step. Same here (as I said in my comment yesterday *g*). I buy the packages of colored ones for special occasions, which means when the family comes for dinner….I haven’t done “fancy” in years! But I buy white for every day, and each evening I run a little hot, soapy water into the kitchen sink, add a splash of bleach, and wipe down all my kitchen surfaces. Just a quick wipe, no deep cleaning. That leaves the “napkins” fresh smelling, white and ready to drape over the towel bar to dry and await the next load of wash, and it makes me feel like I’ve annihilated any nasty salmonella or such that may be lingering on my counter top, all in one easy step.

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