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Trader Joe's mini tote bags are the new Stanley cups. Not in the sense that they're a thing you should put water in, which obviously would not work great with a canvas bag, but in the sense that they're the latest mundane item to suddenly become all the rage. They are the "must have" accessory of the season that is in no way even close to a "must," even if our hyperaccelerated consumer trend cycle makes it feel that way.