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Twelve pounds of old paperwork to Staples to shred. 2 comic books to the comic book store. One box of paperbacks to the dump's swap table.

If getting rid of paper counts? i'm on a roll!

Major filing cabinet purge this morning. I have almost a full box of papers to take to the shredder at Staples.

I'm working at trying to use up all the bits & bobs of produce. One thing I'm really bad at resisting: produce porn. The CSA we belong to has a "free" table every week of food they have to donate...

Decided to change how I store my planner, tools, & stickers. Recently I bought new stickers, 1/2 are gifts, the rest are mine. I came up with new storage spot & I'll can sell the old containers at...

I ground chickpeas into flour this morning. The plan is panelle for dinner. Never made panelle before.

I'm a #2 as well. One thing I did years ago was try to eliminate duplicate clothes, or use things for more than one season... so I use tank tops and leggings year round. As "long johns" in winter and...

We've been waiting for a month for a package from Japan. Japan mail says it was sent. USPS says they haven't seen it... Who knows?

Jewish pizzas here tonight... bread pizza on plain bagels. It's what I had.

The Greek jam DH and I just found is now gone from where we'd bought it, so is all the Chivers (British) condiments. We like the orange marmalade, but this store almost always had Lemon Curd and...

Not sure what dinner will be tonight? We have LOTS of veggies to use up, so maybe salad. We have people coming to measure for windows so whatever it is will have to sit a while. A big salad? Still...

Viking House? Seems like it must be... there's not that many exotic food places on Main St. in Concord! It's where I buy my golden syrup. Waay cheaper than I can get it at a local supermarket.
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Admitting something hasn't worked as planned is difficult. Culling the thing afterwards before you planned to is difficult. I struggle with that many times. Bravo!

I suggested to DH this morning...

I'm working on another box for the bookstore, while DH works up another donation for his donation spot. When we get it done (this weekend?) we'll deliver them.

I looked at the clutter and decided...

The last of the corn relish with some chopped lettuce, celery, red & green bell pepper, tomatoes, snow peas, etc. Crunchy salad!

What's your best money-saving, inflation beating technique? I think mine are:

Use chicken thighs instead of breasts.
Use the "flour dregs" from when we make bread/biscuits in dumplings or to...

Re coffee, one technique I know people use is to reuse 1/2 their used grounds and 1/2 new grounds for the next pot. DH hates it, but I know others who don't. YMMV!

We built a kit greenhouse this year and I've been slowly moving garden equipment into it.

My "rave" is that I'm keeping myself to what will store there and discarding any excess. The yard will be...

We get power outages every winter, sometimes for a few hours, occasionally for a few days.

We use a wood stove to augment our minisplit all winter, so firewood, paper, fire starters, and matches....

Mailed this week: books, puzzles, and family photos. The books are more store stock, yes, I'm still purging that, although almost done now... But the puzzles and family photos are new. I am...

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I'm not sure if I'm happy, overwhelmed or ? This has been a goal for so long...

Next: get rid of the excess books. Both easier and harder at the same time!

HappySTuff: Sorry about...

Partly used paper towels hang around all day til they're used up, or tossed in after dinner clean up. Rarely are they not completely used. We use paper towels to mop up all oils/fats off dishes, pots...

I will finally be out of our storage unit this month! I closed my store 16+ YEARS ago and had storage units before that. It has been a l-o-n-g haul!

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It looks like we scored the stovetop I've been craving for years on CL, for 10% of its new cost. If/when it happens and we get to install it, I will be PSYCHED!

Try sticking the romaine in a jar with a little water in the bottom. When I worked in a farm stand, that's how we kept the lettuces in the fridge (only it was a lug). I've had lettuces start to root...

Re the price of gas? Look on gasbuddy.com for your cheapest local gas station.

The biggest thing for us is to use less expensive options I think. I made a pizza blank and sauce from frozen...