Today is National Brown Bag It Day

Growing up, I never Brown Bagged It at school, because my family was on the Reduced Lunch Program.  We were able to get Hot Lunches at a reduced rate because my parents didn't make enough money to afford the meals for five kids at full price. I used to beg my parents to let me bring cold lunch to school but they didn't see the point in buying sandwich fixings and snacks, when we were able to get a nutritious hot meal for less money.

I used to envy my best friend whose mother would leave a daily note somewhere in her lunch bag. There would be a drawing of a monkey with the quote, "I'm Bananas Over You" written in black marker on the peel.  Or a note on purple paper sitting on top of her grapes that read, "Have a Grape Day."

Sometimes, she would leave joke in her lunch,
 What are twins favorite fruit?
   -  Pears!

What do you call an apple that plays the trumpet?
    - A Tooty Fruity!  

Soon, I grew up and I started making my own lunches to bring to work, so that I could save money and eat my favorite foods that were more nutritious than fast food.  There were days, when money was short and I would run out Ziploc sandwich bags, or brown paper bags so, I had to make my own containers.  Plus, it's more environmental friendly to reuse and re-purpose the items that you already own.  So, I would use small shopping bags from boutique stores, newspaper or pieces of fabric to wrap my food in.

I looked around my house for things to use for National Brown Bag It Day because of course, I don't have any brown bags or Ziploc bags. Then, I remembered that I have all these cool A-Boxes from Avon.   

Every campaign Avon creates a box that you can buy for only $10 with any $40 purchase in our store.  They call it, The A Box.   

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I love Campaign 12's A-Box! Palm Chic:Get The Look - -  It comes with Gel Finish 7-in-1 Nail Enamel in TerraCotta, Avon True Color Eyeshadow Duo in Orange Crush (love, love, love!), True Color Glimmersticks Waterproof Eye Liner in Midnight Blue and an A-Box Exclusive, the Palm Leaf Dangling Earrings in Goldtone.  This box is over $37 in Value! 

These A Boxes are great gifts for college grads, birthdays, or just something to pamper yourself, because you deserve it!  

I already took all of the goodies out of my A Box and I have been using the products so now the A-Box has been sitting on a shelf waiting for me to re-purpose it for the greater good.

Bento Box

You can make the A Box into a stylish Bento Box for cold lunches.  I used parchment paper to wrap my Deli Meat Roll-Up (Tortilla, Cream Cheese, Deli Turkey, Ham, Roast Beef, Slice of Cheddar Cheese, Lettuce. Roll it up and slice it into bite size pieces).  Then, I grabbed some grapes and a couple of cookies for my dessert.  Cover the food up with some more parchment paper and close the A Box lid and you have a stylish Bento Boxed Lunch!  

How are you using your Palm Chic A-Box?