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UNFRUGAL GOURMET Grocery bags from Hermès and Stella McCartney—not for the coupon clipper

PAPER, PLASTIC, OR HERMÈS?
Bagging groceries has never been chic, but the checkout girls will be floored when you get in line at Super Stop & Shop with your re-usable designer grocery sack, courtesy of high-end labels like Hermès and Stella McCartney. The latter's organic canvas shopping bag goes for a modest $495. The Silky Pop Hermès tote is made of hand-wrought silk and folds down into a petite pouch that fits in a wallet. It sells for a trifling $960, so unless you have a sizeable dry-cleaning budget, shopping for eggs may be out of the question. But if you can afford a thousand dollar grocery bag, are you really shopping for your own eggs?

SEX CELLS The solar-powered vibrator looks just like a mobile phone, but users must provide their own digital service

SUNNY DELIGHT
Is that a vibrator in your pocket or are you just saving the environment? The answer is both! A company called California Exotic claims to have created the first ever solar-powered vibrator, appropriately named Solar Sensations. Disguised as a cell-phone, the device fits anywhere (ahem), and once charged offers up to two and a half hours of guilt-free pleasure.

Photos, in order of appearance: Hermès, Stella McCartney; California Exotic