Dear Anglika, Thanks so much for the correction.
So, the sentence should be corrected as "Now,I feel it is better than last year. At least I could go to the market to buy any food by myself."
"I felt [You start the sentence with "now" = the present] it was better than last year. At least I could go to the market to buy the dairy stuffs [only dairy products? or any food?] by myself." Thanks again. Yengfong