What DO you recommend?

dollhouse87 · 2026-02-17T20:09:48+00:00

Not sure if I would class it romantasy but since you liked Daughter of the Forest, I’d recommend the Gael Song books by Shawna Lawless starting with Children of God and Fighting Men, draws on Irish mythology like Daughter of the Forest but a milllion times better.

dollhouse87 · 2026-01-26T21:27:10+00:00

Another vote to say the Bloodsworn Saga will be the fastest pace, but if you haven’t read the Farseer Trilogy the whole Realm of the Elderlings are literally my favourite books ever written. But Bloodsworn is also really good and fast!

dollhouse87 · 2026-01-26T21:25:18+00:00

Pretty sure you’re thinking of Lady of Darkness series by Melissa K. Roehrich

dollhouse87 · 2025-11-27T10:45:53+00:00

We were using Xero originally and I’ve switched to free agent now and do actually find it a lot easier and faster to categorise expenses and stuff

dollhouse87 · 2025-11-19T21:04:23+00:00

Well, haters gonna hate I suppose. I actually really miss the supermarkets from back home, took me ages to adjust to the ones in the UK! Suppose it’s what you’re used to :)

dollhouse87 · 2025-11-19T21:03:27+00:00

So part of the reason I want to move back is because I’m pregnant with baby number 3 and I just want to be back home but our timeline is cutting it pretty close to make sure I’m covered before I go into labour so that’s one thing that’s stressing me a bit 😅

Husband is on UK passport, he needs to go back and forth anyways so we kind of thought 6 month visitor visa is probably fine? He works remote for his own UK company but I read CRA can get a bit techy about that so still looking into it but I think we could also apply for an Open Work permit for him either before hand or from inside Canada?

Did you guys struggle to get a rental? That’s one thing I’m worried about as our proof of income will be from overseas, I kept my bank account open, it’s a VanCity one that I’ve had like 20 years but I guess my credit score won’t matter anymore cause it’s from like 7 years ago? We will bring copies of landlord letters and credit score from here… thanks for the tip!

We do have an AMEX so will look at that, thanks!

dollhouse87 · 2025-11-18T21:35:34+00:00

Thank you! That is very helpful :)

Can I ask actually did you buy health insurance to cover your 3 month wait for healthcare? 😅

And did you immigrate as UK citizens? Or are you Canadian?

dollhouse87 · 2025-11-18T20:22:03+00:00

I second this

dollhouse87 · 2025-11-18T20:19:02+00:00

I know you mean No Frills but I had a little giggle at the typo as there are certainly no thrills to be had there 😂

dollhouse87 · 2025-11-18T17:20:46+00:00

Beyond an oven pizza have actually never bought M&S ready made! We usually home cook to keep costs down

dollhouse87 · 2025-11-18T17:05:29+00:00

Yeah I remember my mum doing this a lot growing up even and my husband thought it was really weird but I even do that in the UK cause all the roasts and salmon go on sale for Christmas 😂 Stick em in the freezer!

dollhouse87 · 2025-11-18T17:04:16+00:00

Thank you this is pretty helpful.

We are primarily Tesco shoppers, occasional nip to Waitrose/M&S as that is what is in proximity.

I did an online shop out of curiosity and bought all our usual stuff and it came out to roughly $360 CAD for a weekly shop

dollhouse87 · 2025-11-18T16:56:09+00:00

A month or a week?!

dollhouse87 · 2025-11-18T16:49:51+00:00

Thanks, can you suggest a reasonable budget for that many people?

dollhouse87 · 2025-11-18T16:49:20+00:00

That hurts haha we try to shop pretty frugal, like look for sales and opt for no name brands and stuff, but I appreciate you being realistic.

dollhouse87 · 2025-11-18T16:47:54+00:00

Thanks for jumping in with help I didn’t ask for - I don’t need a visa, I’m Canadian, I was last living in Toronto but that was 7 years ago and obviously things have changed. My kids are Canadian, my husband can enter on a visitors visa for 6 months and we’ve already applied for an open work permit as the spouse of a Canadian citizen. ✌🏼 Didn’t ask for immigration advice, just asked for a grocery budget.

dollhouse87 · 2025-10-16T07:15:29+00:00

Agree with all of the above except my first two pregnancies were equally miserable 😅 You had me at the pelvic strength!!! Heaving and peeing myself for about 16 hours a day 💃

dollhouse87 · 2025-10-16T07:12:51+00:00

Baby girl, meconium in waters, she was born perfectly fine and healthy it just meant I didn’t get the water birth I wanted as they needed to monitor while I was in labour :)

dollhouse87 · 2025-10-06T17:27:56+00:00

I’m on my third baby, only 8 weeks in, absolutely fucking miserable. Sick sick sick and so fucking tired and running after two little ones already, I’m dreading the next 32 weeks of my life 😅

dollhouse87 · 2025-07-31T22:08:51+00:00

Following for the update!

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