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Laura,

Yesterday, you showed a picture of a lunch. Was that your lunch? Where did you get that bottle for the milk? Did you buy milk in a little bottle and take off the label?

H. J. Tillman

H. J.,

Yes, that was the lunch I ate on Thursday. I have been bringing a glass of milk to work using those bottles for a couple of years now. I looked at every store in Salt Lake City to find a good bottle to put milk in, but I couldn’t find anything.

Fortunately for me, Mike likes Powerade.

We bought two packages of Powerade in the small bottles. After Mike drank the blue stuff, I removed the labels and washed the bottles in the dishwasher. They don’t warp or get damaged, even when I use the heated dry (top rack). When they start to look a little gross, I throw them in the recycle bin and force Mike to drink more Powerade out of little bottles.

I know some people are worried that reusing bottles like this might be bad for your health, but that’s mostly an urban legend:

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This method of taking milk to work has worked really well for me and I heartily recommend it. Don’t pay extra money for milk out of a machine or smaller containers from the grocery store. Just fill your own each morning and you’ll save money and get your daily supply of dairy.

Thanks for writing,
Laura