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Best Of-Frugal Laundry/Clothing Care

April 26, 2008 By Jenn @ Frugal Upstate 15 Comments

As I was whipping up a batch of homemade laundry detergent, I realized that it has been a really long time since I’ve talked about making your own detergent and caring for you laundry. When I went back into my archives I saw that this post was originally written in the spring of 2006! Definitely… Keep Reading

Filed Under: Frugal Skills Tagged With: Best Of, homemade, laundry soap, Philosophy, skills

The Best of-Ground Beef Batch Cooking

April 12, 2007 By Jenn @ Frugal Upstate 6 Comments

This post was originally “aired” in my second month of blogging, but still gets hits fairly regularly from folks looking for info on “batch cooking”, so I thought I’d revisit it today. Batch Cooking is a wonderful way to take advantage of sale prices on meat (frequently one of the most expensive ingredients in a… Keep Reading

Filed Under: Frugal Living Tagged With: batch cooking, beef, Best Of, Food, freezer cooking, OMAC, Philosophy, skills

The Gift Box

September 23, 2006 By Jenn @ Frugal Upstate 2 Comments

Well, we are heading to our first birthday party of the school year today-although undoubtably not our last! I was so happy to be able to do the frugal, and easy thing and go to my gift box (which is actually a portion of the closet under our stairs) and pull out a Doodle Bear… Keep Reading

Filed Under: Holidays Tagged With: Gifts, Philosophy, presents, saving, skill

Quick Tip-Cards

April 24, 2006 By Jenn @ Frugal Upstate 5 Comments

As an auxilary to the Gift Box post of the other day, I was wondering, do you all keep a selection of greeting cards on hand at your place? If you don’t, you really should! If you have to run out and buy a card at the last minute you will usually spend about $4… Keep Reading

Filed Under: Frugal Living Tagged With: Birthday, card, Philosophy, quick tip, skill, thank you

The Gift Box aka How To Avoid Last Minute Runs to The Toy Store

April 22, 2006 By Jenn @ Frugal Upstate 5 Comments

Yesterday on the way home from visiting my adorable 10 day old nephew, I stopped at Aldi’s to buy some milk and bread. Aldi’s is about 30 minutes from the house, and with the price of gas already up to $3.01 here in the upstate area I decided I better stock up on a few… Keep Reading

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Filed Under: Holidays Tagged With: Gifts, Philosophy, presents, saving, skill

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About Frugal Upstate

About Frugal Upstate

I’m Jenn –an Upstate NY wife, mom, blogger and veteran. I talk very fast, read constantly, take on too much and make plenty of mistakes. I’m a real person, not perfection. I love to talk about the frugal lifestyle, “Village Homesteading”, living a more sustainable lifestyle and being prepared for all the curves life throws at you.

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