I was hitting the after-Halloween sale at Target early Sunday morning. Got several rolls of ghost-adorned Bounty paper towels, some black disposable plasticware for lunch boxes and a host of other bargains.

At the register I was delighting in watching all the items ring up at 50% off when my reverie was cut short by the clerk. “And two bags,” she said, hitting another key on her pad.

“Excuse me?” I said. I thought she was charging me for the cloth bags that I was using. Could she not see they were not Target products? One clearly said “Publix” and the other was from some long ago book festival I attended.

“You get 5 cents off for each reusable bag you use!” she replied.

Huh. I didn’t know that. Makes me regret deciding to just throw the paper towels loose in the cart, should have brought in more bags to use from the car. Now I know.

And so do you.