Big Grocery Shop! Ocado, Tesco & Holland and Barrett

My household has a bit of a weird grocery shopping system. We’ll do one big £40 shop just after payday, and then buy things as needed throughout the rest of the month. We’ve found that this helps us keep our costs down! We can plan meals, but still make last-minute changes when needed.

Recently, our go-to recently for these big shops has been Ocado. We’ve fallen in love with it because of its amazing range of products for vegans; they have so many great alternatives, including a frozen pizza and a wide range of ice-cream! Nosing into others’ shopping is always fun, so I thought I’d share what we bought in our last big shop. It also included some other bits I grabbed from Tesco and Holland & Barrett.

Reflections on my first year at university

I’m going to start this post off by saying it’s more for me than anyone else. Although I’m sure this may be helpful for some of you who are about to start first year, I really just want to document my progress through university so I can look back on a detailed record of how I was feeling. With that being said, here’s a summary of how first year was for me.

My Experience working at Lush Cosmetics!

Winter was pretty hectic for me last year. I was at university and it was the first Christmas in our flat, but on top of that I managed to land a seasonal job at Lush Cosmetics! Lush was one of the first brands I’d ever experienced “consumer loyalty” for, and I desperately wanted to transfer that passion into selling the products, so I applied to three different stores around my area! I managed to get an interview, a trial shift and then eventually a job at the one in my university town.

Working at Lush is something I get asked about a lot, so I thought it’d be worth writing about. Everyone associates the brand with overly enthusiastic sales assistants, so many people assume working there is the best thing ever. I loved my time at Lush (and I often wish I had the time and energy to go back!) but, like any other job, it has good and bad points.

Follow Your Heart's Vegan Egg Review

I’ve wanted to try Vegan Egg since Follow Your Heart first announced it but hadn’t managed to find it yet, so I was super happy when it turned up in this month’s The Vegan Kind box! I didn’t really eat scrambled egg before I was vegan, but black salt has become a staple in my kitchen, so I was very interested!

Exploring Copenhagen (+ the best vegan burger EVER)

Last week, my sister and I went for a short trip to Copenhagen. We wanted a holiday together because we never see each other, and to be honest we chose the destination pretty much at random.

5 Eco-Friendly Ways To Decorate Your Accommodation

Art by Ben Cameron

It’s the time of the year where a bunch of 18-year-olds suddenly realise they’ll be moving out next month. This is an absolutely terrifying time for even the bravest souls; leaving your family to take on university and a new life elsewhere is daunting, so making this transition as eco-friendly as possible can easily slip your mind. Here are five easy ways to make your new accommodation feel like home, in a greener way.

Veganism is not inclusive.

If you’re reading this, you’re probably white. You’re most likely middle class, or upper working class, with a relatively stable income. You probably completed secondary/high school education, and you may even have a degree or be working towards one. Finally, you’re almost certainly in a western country.

Today I saw a bunch of vegans claiming that veganism is something everyone can do, no matter what social groups they’re a member of, on a Facebook group I’m in. However, the demographics I’ve listed (of which you probably fit at least two) suggest otherwise. How can veganism be “for everyone” if it’s a movement dominated by white, middle class Westerners?