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Eddie Bauer made these great collapsible totes that zipped up very compactly into a teeny pouch, with a keychain clip. I checked their site and couldn't find them, but perhaps they still sell them in the stores. My problem with bringing bags was that I would never remember to grab it on my way out; because this is so small and lightweight you can keep it with you. The material is also incredibly strong, even though it's thin, and the straps are long enough you can carry heavy stuff over your shoulder.

Hey, can anyone suggest something to use in the dryer other than tennis balls? The laundry room in my building is adjacent to two other apartments, and the walls are pretty thin, so I imagine the incessant thumping inflicted on my neighbors for an hour would not be appreciated....

Wow, AT you read my mind. I was Searching for posts on this yesterday. I’m switching apartments in my building to a quieter one, but the adjacent building, managed by the same company, has a bright light shining over the parking lot there, directly into my window. Yes, you can read by this light. I'd ask them to move it but they’re already irritated by my switching apartments, and I think they would just start ignoring me. Screwed if the toilet floods or something.

I’ll choose light pollution over noise pollution any day but if I can’t afford those $300 blinds, I’m really going to miss light streaming through the window to wake me up on Saturday morning. We’re not allowed to have pets. The dark curtain suggestions above are great, but so far having a cat and getting automated blind$ seem to be the only ideas that allow you to have it both both ways. I would shamelessly ask someone with good aim to take the lights out with a BB gun but there’s another apartment’s window right underneath it! So I can’t do it.