Found - stockist of washing soda!

Another weird excitement of trying to be green - finding a local stockist of washing soda!

Years ago I could get it at Tescos who then stopped doing. Every now and then I've found it in a supermarket, even for a short while back again at Tescos. Then there is a little general store near Clapham Common (other end of London, but I got there with a friend to the cinema sometimes).

I find washing soda great for several things, but particularly added to the washing up bowl. It gets the grease off the plates, including the ridges underneath. It stops my pans going black and, slowly, slowly is getting rid of the black on the pans I was using before I started using washing soda when washing up.

There is a Pound Store in the Leytonstone High Road that occasionally has its 15 minutes of fame as, in nearly as big letters as the store name, is the sign saying most things are 95p. I've seen the shop's photo in Time Out and elsewhere. I suddenly thought, maybe they have washing soda. I went in on Saturday and to my delight they did! Much easier getting it home in the shopping trolley than having to lug a couple of bag backs on the tube and walk from Clapham.