Eco-friendly shopping bags are all the rage, and regardless of how you feel about its trendiness, it’s a positive step towards environmental conservation. The U.S. lags far behind other first-world and even third-world countries when it comes to reducing or eliminating the use of plastic bags. My sister lived in Taiwan last year and informed me of strict regulations regarding plastic bags; they must be purchased and you will be fined if the bags are not properly recycled.

I’ve noticed that more grocery stores are selling reusable cloth or canvas shopping bags; Trader Joe’s has a few types on hand, and the new Whole Foods by our place even has a design with the name of our neighborhood on it.

I love grocery shopping and I have an insatiable bag fetish, so imagine my delight when I was able to snag one of the highly coveted, ultra-limited edition Anya Hindmarch canvas shopping bags, pictured at left. At face value, even! $15! (These things were going for upwards of $200 on eBay, and if you’d like to know what the big deal was, read this article: Just the Thing to Carry Your Conscience In.) I bought mine from the Anya Hindmarch website and it’s the even rarer forest green Japanese edition as opposed to the navy blue American version sold on the East Coast this past July.

At this point, you’re either glazed over with boredom and/or apathy or, if you’re a bag fiend like me, wondering what other stylish shopping bag options are available. I’d recommend Fling’s ONELESSBAG (pictured below), a lightweight canvas bag silkscreened with a cheeky design. The company’s based in Chicago, and at $10 a pop, you can afford to buy two and support a local artist at the same time.