Mortgage free in Forever Home :-)

badmemory

I used to use supermarketwatch which appears to have changed its name to trolley.co.uk

Karmacat

KajiKita said:

I have a fair few of MSE type plans / actions to do, so I think it would be good if I pulled them all together here:

1. Vegan ingredients / foods over and above weekly grocery shop:
- Make list of what I use - chilled & store cupboard
- Google alternative names for them e.g. my last bag of farro wheat turned up labelled as 'wheat grain'
- research online and shop costs (e.g. H&B, MrS, MrT, other sites i will google - see next point)
- ask in my vegan FB groups where they buy their 'obscure' items
- do a (discreet!) price comparison v. research above in my local health food shop

Hello KK, good to see you working so hard on taking back control of your money and getting things on a safe footing.  The last point in your (edited) post above is what I wanted to give you feedback on - I'm vegetarian, and I've used a website called Healthy Supplies for about 6 years now, never had any problems.  There's a slight discount for buying some things in quantity - chickpeas, for instance, 2kg organic chickpeas is £7.25.  Sainsbury do 500g ordinary chickpeas for £1.99.  Free delivery over £50.

KajiKita

Thanks @Karmacat  

Someone else has also suggested buywholefoodsonline as well, so I have a couple of comparison options now 

KK

South_coast

Buy Whole Foods Online sell on eBay as well, so you can get a bit of TopCashBack too 👍

KajiKita

South_coast said:

Buy Whole Foods Online sell on eBay as well, so you can get a bit of TopCashBack too 👍

I don't know anything about TopCashBack .... something else to investigate!   (Feels like things have changed a lot since I last looked at all this stuff - c. 15 years ago .... ) 

KajiKita

Broke my run of no-spend days yesterday - £60 for a physio session. Pretty pricey but he is very good and being in less pain / discomfort is definitely helping my sleep. It will be the last session for a while, partly because I am feeling a bit better but also because that feels like a lot of money to spend on me!

I will need some physio heel wedges to continue the exercises with but am hoping to shop around for those (once physio has provided a link to what they are - couldn't find them at all last time I looked).

Made a start with surveys - largely being disqualified though. 

KK

Suffolk_lass

badmemory said:

I used to use supermarketwatch which appears to have changed its name to trolley.co.uk

Ooh thank you for that. Looks to cover the same stores from a quick look

Suffolk_lass

KajiKita said:

Broke my run of no-spend days yesterday - £60 for a physio session. Pretty pricey but he is very good and being in less pain / discomfort is definitely helping my sleep. It will be the last session for a while, partly because I am feeling a bit better but also because that feels like a lot of money to spend on me!

I will need some physio heel wedges to continue the exercises with but am hoping to shop around for those (once physio has provided a link to what they are - couldn't find them at all last time I looked).

Made a start with surveys - largely being disqualified though. 

KK

I was referred to a podiatrist through my GP last year for my foot issue (torn plantar tendon, but not the usual one) and he got me sent two pairs of custom orthotics, one pair in my walking boots under the insole, and one in my wellies - and they have really made a difference.

Suffolk_lass

I meant to say, I have bought from both WholeFoods (the Amazing-owned US organic produce seller) and from Buy Wholefoods Online (UK company, like Healthy Supplies, and both are based in Sussex) and like both. I choose to buy from the non-Amazing one as prices are comparable and so is quality in my experience. Note to self - not too much variety when buying nuts in bulk or they will go rancid before being used...

KajiKita

Suffolk_lass said:

I meant to say, I have bought from both WholeFoods (the Amazing-owned US organic produce seller) and from Buy Wholefoods Online (UK company, like Healthy Supplies, and both are based in Sussex) and like both. I choose to buy from the non-Amazing one as prices are comparable and so is quality in my experience. Note to self - not too much variety when buying nuts in bulk or they will go rancid before being used...

Good tip about the nuts when aiming to make up the order value for free postage .... 

KK