03/06/2020
Yesterday through Facebook memories, I was reminded of the start of our journey: I was blogging about my and it was yesterday 4 years ago that I stumbled upon my first bulk store. At the time (http://blogota.weebly.com/nothing-new-year/in-exciting-news)I believed that once we moved back to Ireland there would be bulk shops aplenty...and that's how this story began!
While the situation around Dublin has much improved there is still no one stop shop where you can get every single thing you need, but is that really essential or is it ok to occasionally stop by somewhere different to pick up a few bits? ...for me yesterday it was nut butter and sesame oil from The Source Bulk Food (and an impulse buy of jellies because I had a spare jar since only jars of a certain height fit under their nut butter machine), so there you have it, just a little bit of preparation and organisation required! Yesterday it suited me to walk to Rathmines because I wanted to get out of the house and take advantage of the last day of sunshine, but under normal circumstances you could also combine a trip with meeting a friend for coffee, going to the cinema or checking out the charity shops, no great sacrifice required.
These aren't normal circumstances though, so maybe you won't be able to visit until this crisis is over (public transport is still reserved for essential journeys for example) and if you can there are a few little things that you can do to help: weigh and label your jars at home , so that the staff spend less time with them (this is a next time scenario for me), limit your browsing, respect distance from staff and other customers, clean your hands...and all the other things you are doing everywhere at the moment.
Big shout out to all the people working to keep bringing us our in these difficult times. Thank you!
