We saw this same behavior in my maternal grandmother and now experience it with my mother. She is obsessed with hoarding plastic bags and packing things in plastic bags. Plastic grocery bags, produce bags, ziploc bags, bread bags, you name it. She’ll bypass using luggage for plastic bags claiming it’s easier. Has anyone heard of or witnessed similar this behavior?
Dementia is unpredictable, no rhymn or reason.
My MIL wasn’t a hoarder either but my husband’s grandmother was another story altogether. She kept bags, bought extra of everything. She had an entire closet full of toilet paper! LOL
You would not believe the crap that was in her home when she died. She didn’t get rid of anything!
Her home was neatly organized and her housekeeper came three times a week and stayed all day long. She had a very large home uptown.
Every time I took her to the grocery she bought toilet paper! She died long before the pandemic, over 20 years ago.
All in all--it wasn't something I ever gave 2 thoughts about. When she began to wear incontinence briefs, we were always glad she had a spare bag to put the wet Depends in.
My grandma kept rubber bands. Thousands of them. Also, many 'missing' puzzle pieces. Like we would do a puzzle and be missing one piece and then go through the 100's of pieces she had saved to find the right one.
Living through the Depression was Gma's excuse. Mom was just a packrat.
I'd put my foot down about using plastic bags for luggage. That's just nutty. (I am thinking of the thin, cheap grocery store ones, not the heavy 'vinyl' carryons.)