A lot of good reads out there today, but no exciting bargains or coupons that I’m seeing (yet).

More back-to-school talk. Crafting a Green World laments,

The stringent supply lists are maddening. I’m required to buy boxes of a specific, expensive brand of tissues, because it’s important that they learn how to blow their noses on old growth forests.

Autumn also provides, besides that chuckle, links for more green lunch supplies and to a pattern for those Capri Sun pouch bags that are popping up everywhere. teensygreen has a lunch supplies post, too. With all of the great information out there, if you are in the market for these items it should be easy to find something that will fit your needs.

Rookie Moms posted a related reminder, via Family Style Love, that it is great to buy all of the green products out there now, *if you need something.* Otherwise, even greener is to buy one less thing, and to repurpose something in your household to fit your current needs. Family Style Love’s post has a quick idea (and fantastic tutorial) for turning washcloths into bibs that I will definitely be using. In the same vein, Amalah (posting at Alpha Mom, rather than her eponimous blog) gives some great steps for extending your non-maternity wardrobe for as long as possible. I wish I’d thought of half of these during my triplet pregnancy, when I outgrew 3 different sizes of maternity clothes by the end.

I just found Amy’s Notebook. I think she loves collecting links as much as I do! I’m too busy with the blog move to go through all of them now, but I will be back for sure.