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Continue reading →: Why I Chose a More Frugal Lifestyle
What you need to know about me is this: I was brought up in the age before the internet by parents who hate waste – especially food waste – and that has rubbed off on me. And not wasting food (and the money that paid for that food) has become…
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Continue reading →: Why it’s Important to Know What You’ve Got
I don’t know about you, but I live a pretty busy life. Between working part-time, running the house and doing the garden, as well as doing this blog, my author blog and writing for Medium, I’m full on hectic. So, it will come as no surprise to learn that I…
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Continue reading →: Delicious ways to use up stale bread
I must admit, bread is not something we usually need to use up. I live with a teenage son who eats me out of house and home and loaves of bread are practically inhaled by him. However, on the rare occasions there are stale slices of bread left over, it’s…
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Fourteen Creative Ways to Use Up Boiled Eggs
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Continue reading →: Fourteen Creative Ways to Use Up Boiled EggsWhat can you do with leftover boiled eggs? Well, let the Canny Lass give you some suggestions.
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The Freeloading Chicken and Cheaper Soap Powder
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Continue reading →: The Freeloading Chicken and Cheaper Soap PowderSo, this week has been a bit crazy as per usual. I’ve had a few visitors, which has been lovely, and I’m keeping up with my goals of writing on my two blogs twice a week, which is great. I wrote this post about how to use up old bath…
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Continue reading →: Don’t Toss Those Towels! Creative Ways to Reuse Them
So, I’ve been looking for more ways to stop throwing out as much and use up what I already have. One of the issues I have in my house is that we produce too much waste. We could be doing more to cut down. With that in mind, I’ve been…
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Continue reading →: Baking, Gardening, and Smart Food Management
Remember how last week I told you my car is in the garage needing £800 of repairs? Well, this morning I got a call from the garage saying their supplier sent them the wrong parts and they would have to send them back and order new ones. Sigh. I know…
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Continue reading →: Ten delicious ways to use up yogurt
I don’t know about you, but I’m terrible about not using up plain yogurt before it goes off. I hate that I do this, but I never know what to use any leftover yogurt in. So, I went on the internet and had a wee scout around (so you don’t…
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I’m Dawn
Welcome to the Canny Lass, a website where I’m aiming to live better, greener and in a more frugal way.
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