I am afraid I don't do internet shopping. Husband deals with things we need, which are mainly to do with electronics or the business. I prefer to go to a shop and see what I want after, in the distant past, having a few bad experiences with catalogue shopping, which is the old internet shop.
Groceries are easy if you know your supermarket and can opt out of substitutions. Mind I only do tins, packets and frozen vegetables. Wouldn't trust them with fresh stuff.
But that's because I don't drive and am not into hefting heavy shopping on the local rural buses.
Shoes I have to shop online as there's only one shop in the country that does ones which fit. And it's well off the beaten track.
I am fortunate that I have a car available to drive, so can do a shopping trip every week. Combine it with delivering charcoal and sawdust if I can to save fuel. For things at the local shops I walk, but they are at the bottom of the hill and we live at the top, so can't manage too much. I tend only to buy milk, fruit and veg there though. For shoes, I like to try them on. My feet are more or less a standard size, but do need to try as some are more comfortable than others.
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MR for hair washing I use a large tablespoon of bicarb in a litre jug of warm water... then rinse under the cold tap.....followed by several glugs of cider vinegar in a large bowl of warm water...first jugful goes over the top, then pour and dunk as required...and another cold tap rinse.
If the tap water has a lot of treatments in it, finish with a jug of filtered or bottled water .
I came across a group that might be able to put foil behind the radiators on my outside walls here whilst at a talk yesterday. We'll see if we ever hear from them.
The local crop sharing group was there too. Am open to suggestions for veg now I'm not a grower. Their demo basket was lovely. An enormous white cabbage. Their growing area is good for brassicas. Not a fan of cabbage one little bit but will eat other greens. No fruit in the main. Stick with Riverford perhaps. More food miles but includes fruit and you can pause a week if you need.
The lady from county hall giving the talk on the changes to the household bin systems was called Doctor Fail. Think she's seen it all over the years. Government good intentions should have MPs on the ground trying to train the public I think, She had some tales.
I am sure she did. We have been given our food waste bin now, and the collections start some time in October. Not sure what is going to go in it, but might try to get husband to put tea bags in it as I am fed up with removing the remains from the compost heap. Otherwise, not a lot except bones, fruit stones and the odd mouldy slice of bread or bad potato.
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