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Currently happily sitting under a 9kg blanket I only paid $35 for, when every other local shop I could find was like $50 for something much lighter or $100+ for something this heavy. It's just polyester and we'll see how it holds up long term but I really didn't want to pay a lot for something I wasn't even sure I'd like. The price seems to have gone up to $60, I guess they were having a sale? That's still pretty good, though, and there's a nice range of other options.

It's via a 'market partner' but I didn't have to pay extra for postage, even though it was delivered separately, no idea if that's always the case. I looked up the bedding company and it costs MORE to buy from them directly??

I only discovered it because I was ordering something else and Bunnings has fixed postage, so I was putting random things I wanted into the search bar. For non-Australians: they're a gardening and hardware store, so not a typical place to get blankets! They also sold the USB cable I wanted, so it was definitely a successful shop :)

I've only had it a few hours so can't say what overall effect it will have on my anxiety but I do feel pretty good right now. If warm, it'll likely be more pleasant when it's not mid-Summer.

Crossposted/edited from Facebook. I KNOW but that's where the majority of my local friends hang out.

Food adventure mark 1: Thanks to Tiki for suggesting I go to the Swansea markets. They were easy to get to by train, accessible (if poky) and had lots of delicious and interesting food I can eat! I've been there before, back before I got my chair, but didn't realise they were so close to a train station (Oat Street). Venison, chocolate free panforte, vegan caramel syrup, grass jelly, and some nice fruit and veg.

Food adventure mark 2: Golden Choice fruit and veg on Roberts Rd Subiaco a few doors down from the train station: great range, good quality, decent prices (mostly better than Swansea St).

Also went to Farmer Jack's supermarket up on Rockeby Rd, they have a wide range of fancy/unusual food including some fancy cashew "cheeses" I can eat. There were some almond milk icecreams but at $17 for 500mL I think I'll stick to small amounts of low fat icecream and mild indigestion.

The cheese: The "classic cheese" tastes more like french onion dip than cheese, but has a nice creamy texture. I may try replicating it with french onion mix and cashews. Delicious but less vegan in a smoked salmon and lettuce sandwich. $13 for a medium sized jar but it's quite strongly flavoured so you don't need much.

Can you draw adorable anime-esque animals? Then this job might be for you (via Fauxmonstur on DeviantArt, who works for them and seems pretty happy about it)

I've found a new muesli I can eat! Heritage Mill Australia Colonial Five Grains muesli has no coconut or dried fruit and is just various grains, nuts, a little oil, and treacle. We bought the toasted one and it's quite tasty.

Cam and I got glasses today at the Morley Laubman and Pank, we both really like them for helpfulness and competence. They're not extra specially cheap, but we always end up happy with our purchase, which is pretty important when you're spending so much money. I'm still buggered though, all that concentrating on tiny differences and walking about looking at frames really takes it out of me.

mandragora2003 asked for bells for her birthday, and this is what I could find.

I did some searching and these are the online Australian stores I could find selling bells:
Eureka Beads Kind of pricey, but a large range (where I got her present)

Bead Inspired Only one sort of bell, but they sell it in bulk pretty cheap

Chic Beads n Jewelry A small range of cheapish bulk bells

This is what I could find on etsy:
http://www.etsy.com/search_results_shop.php?search_type=user_shop_ttt_id_5321609&search_query=bells
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_list_2&listing_id=31331216&ga_search_query=bells&ga_search_type=user_shop_ttt_id_6396559
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=18982788&ref=sr_list_8&&ga_search_query=bells&ga_search_type=&ga_page=&order=date_desc&includes[]=tags&includes[]=title