About Canny Granny

Have you ever tried to stretch your dollar further, wondered where your next dollar was coming from, run shrieking “It’s not fair! It’s not fair!” into the night?

If you’ve woken up one morning and realised that not only has Life passed you by, it’s actually left you behind- Canny Granny is in the same boat.

When I look around I see that the system has gone awry, my income is worth only 30% of what it was and prices have gone through the roof. Of course, understanding the global reasons for my rapid slide into near poverty doesn’t alleviate my circumstances, but when I tell myself daily that I am canny it keeps me alert for ideas on frugality. At the very least it keeps me busy.

Frugality can be a tart dish so you have to sweeten it with loads of humour. There’s no other option.

Canny means adroit, artful, astute, ingenious, intelligent, judicious, knowing, nimble-witted, perspicacious, prudent, quick, quick-witted, sagacious, sharp, shrewd, skillful and wise. Ok, I haven’t managed all of them yet, to be truthful I haven’t managed one of them yet, but I will.

In this blog I share recipes, hints on living cheaply and still maintaining optimum health, coping with the panic-attacks of growing older and comments on the world seen through my tired eyes.

I’ve been called many names over my life. I won’t bother you with the assorted variations, nicknames, pet names or the unfriendly ones I’ve had to wear over the years. Just call me, as a handful of small people do, ‘Granny‘.

Can you spare a dime for an old dame?

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