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Replenishing

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Yesterday I replenished my produce stash.

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I got everything at the regular grocery store. Grapes were on sale for 88 cents/pound, vine-ripe tomatoes were 2.49/pound, oranges were on sale, basically it was one big sale-fest.

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I buy everything at the regular grocery store or TJ’s, except….

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….. Vegenasise . I went to Whole Foods for that singular item. Walk in, don’t stop, don’t browse, you will get sucked in$$ if you don’t have a clear mission.

I needed to replenish my Vegenaise stash so I could make more Vegan Slaw Dressing

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Sometimes I make Broccoli “Salad” (minus the bacon and sometimes minus the raisins, i.e. so just plain broccoli) and that gets smothered in slaw dressing.

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Or sometimes I’ll make Horseradish Relish Dressing with Vegenaise. No charge for the extra kick that comes with it.

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And I went to the post office, mailed a parcel, and replenished my stamp stash. I try to pay all my bills online and do everything as paperless as possible, but sometimes I can’t avoid using snail mail and need stamps.

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I do try to avoid paying retail for all dry goods, household goods, protein powders, body wash and tons more and order everything from iHerb.com

I order things like:

5 pounds of bulk white stevia powder

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to Liquid Vanilla Stevia

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to bulk cinnamon orders and re-filling my existing jars and saving $30 in the process

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to Nooch for 15+ recipes that I use it in

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to using iHerb for the probiotics and other supplements I take

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I highly encourage you to give iHerb a try. And never pay retail or WF prices again!

If you do try iHerb , you can use code: AVE630 at checkout to save $5

From my last post about my new camera bag , thanks for the compliments on it!

And thanks for letting me know if you’re purse and bag junkie like I am and what, if anything, you’ve ever had custom-made .

Dessert: Chocolate Macroons (Raw and Vegan)

If you don’t have a dehydrator, feel free to bake them in your oven.

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Questions:

  1. What do you buy online vs. in a regular store?

I love saving money by ordering my bulk items, non-perishable food items, and dry goods online.

Produce, certain specialty food products, my Target trips, my trips to the mall and MAC store , well, those things I buy in a real store.

  1. What have you replenished lately?

I replenished my produce stash at the grocery store.

I replenished my nooch, probiotics, and steiva stash from iHerb

I replenished our clean clothes by doing laundry

And I replenished my sanity by going on a glorious run in the 70F and sunny weather and then I came home and did 20 minutes worth of workout moves in my garage.

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What have you replenished lately?