Melbourne

Was going to get some Zylkene but the voucher only applied to food... Bought a bag each of Melbcat's new foods to use up the full amount, I may actually keep them in the fridge/freezer so they stay fresh as mould is on my mind. (I wonder if washing that cereal cliploc is ok or I should toss it. Maybe from now things should stay in original packaging to monitor expiry dates and batch numbers.)

Still bought the Zylkene as by the time babygirl comes back she'll have run out. I might have to ask for a lift to grab some in the meantime. This should have been done so much sooner... the number of capsules was noted when her stuff got packed, should have ordered then, but I was really unwell and very preoccupied.

It's possible she needs a higher dose too. The next size up is a fair bit more expensive but with a much better unit price... I still got the smaller cheaper bottle just for now due to cost, I'll talk to the cattery staff member/owner and ask what dose he would recommend and whether he thinks Zylkene is genuinely effective or a placebo.

Still waiting to see if I get the refund but can save that for the next order with her flea products. (If only coupons stacked.) Getting that too would just about comp the two unusable bags I got with a little bit over. (I cbf getting a return on the one bought from a local shop even though I have the receipt, and as it's in a storage container - ironically for freshness - the original bag is long gone.)

I'd also previously got a bunch of the Smitten wet cans because they were giving boosted Woolies points and I would be buying them anyway. I'm really happy these are tolerated and hope there are no longer term effects from buying cheap food. I'll ask cattery owner about the quality. (Weirdly buying an even number gave me a low amount of points in total... removing a single can from the cart made it bob up from 150 to 750. Wut.)

The Coles cans seeem to work too but seem slightly lower quality and may give her a tiny bit of a tummy ache? That tends to happen after meals though. If the Smitten cans are ok to become the main wet food the Coles will be the backup food, just a few emergency cans if we're running low when I'm doing the Coles shop.

So even with the voucher I've spent some money. (That always freaks me out. I may not buy some clothes and things I was going to, though I do need a new planner for 2024.)

But this puts me in a position where I'm well stocked up on cat food, the only things needed for a while other than flea stuff can be sorted in my supermarket order, and I can now be more choosy about topping it up when it's on sale or giving extra points. (If it's at a time I use Woolies, that is. If I can maintain food stock and don't need to go Woolies I can wait for $2 slots from Coles. I wish I had some sort of timetable for when things went on special or had bonuses but I don't have the brain space to track it.) Also trying the Woolies Smitten brand cat litter to see if it's the same, and will try to always wait for the specials to buy the brand one at Coles.

I'm so annoyed that there isn't a can refund machine nearby so I could go refund the cat cans without a car... eh. No matter. With my completely fucked neighbourhood it wouldn't be safe for me to walk there alone anyway.