You beat me to it. I also use them as trash bags. I find the canvas ones generally too big, and I like to stuff everything into a backpack (I live in NYC and walk to the store, sometimes a mile or so depending on what I'm shopping for). The plastic ones are perfect for that.

I thought there was talk of not putting the charge into effect in New York, at least not immediately. But I haven't researched it in a while.

I always forget that I'm going to get paper when I'm in California, and the paper ones are dreadful because I can't sling them over my arm.

Seth