Back to School Bargains: Lunch Container at Aldi

Aldi?

Yes Aldi.

For back to school shopping?

Yes. You just never know what you're going to find in the store on Talcottville Road.

Maybe it was a chance encounter, but the insulated school lunch bag by Adventuridge for $4.99 was too hard to pass up.

Besides, it was purple and pink, the favorite colors of the first-grader.

Still having nightmares about the neighbor's Partridge Family metal lunch box that was run over by the speeding lunatic mom with the big old station wagon way back when. It bounced about 6,000 times and, when it came to rest, it was all dented up and the Thermos bottle inside was in pieces.

Not that this would survive a hit-and-run, but the sturdy zipper, the fabric coating and two-year warranty make it much more practical to lug around. It will fit inside a backpack and there is plenty of room inside the bag itself for a sandwich, a side dish and a drink bottle.