Tonight on Frugal Coast2Coast Lynnae and I will be talking with Kathryn Finney, author of “The Budget Fashionista” and blogger at the website of the same name.I personally believe that you don’t have to spend a fortune to look good-and that looking good is important! Now I know that sounds somewhat superficial-but hear me out…. Keep Reading

Nicole of Mom Saves Money and Dina are the winners of the Pint Sized Polka’s CD’s. Congratulations ladies. I hope that you enjoy them.

Frugal Upstate is featured on the Syracuse Post Standard’s Family Life blog today (written by the very wonderful Gina Chen!) For those of you visiting here for the first time from that site-Welcome! My name is Jenn. I write here at Frugal Upstate, am co-host of the Frugal Coast2Coast Radio show every Monday night at… Keep Reading

Have you ever been half way through a recipe and realized that you were out of a crucial ingredient? Or been scrambling to make dinner (for shame-you need a menu plan) and had the perfect recipe-except for that one item? Who wants to run out to the store for just one thing? You waste gas,… Keep Reading

Last fall I was contacted by a very loyal reader* who said her husband had produced a music CD for children. She asked if I would consider reviewing it and giving a couple away to my readers. What kind of music was it? Polkas for kids. No-really! I know, the only two polkas I even… Keep Reading

Don’t forget that Frugal Coast2Coast is on tonight at 8:30 EST. Tonight Lynnae and I will talk about how to have a great time without spending a fortune with your kids on spring break. I know, it’s a ways off, but it’s good to start planning ahead. I gave my top 7 ideas for a… Keep Reading

Books on personal finance are boring. Right? Well not this one! The Wealthy Barber, a slim little 199 page book by David Chilton, is such a fun and easy read that you will barely believe that you are learning something. The setup is this: A young man and his wife are expecting a child. As… Keep Reading

I am very excited that Monday night on Frugal Coast2Coast Lynnae and I will be chatting with JD Roth from “Get Rich Slowly” about getting out of debt. I am so thrilled to have JD speaking with us! Since April of 2006 he has chronicled his journey of debt reduction for thousands of daily readers…. Keep Reading

As you all know, I don’t do a lot of reviews here at Frugal Upstate. But when I my good friend Colleen from Classy Mommy asked me about reviewing Energizer Rechargeable batteries I jumped at the chance. Why? Because I love the concept of rechargeable batteries-why buy something once and throw it away when you… Keep Reading

I realized during last night’s episode of Frugal Coast2Coast that there are a lot of frugal kitchen tips that I use frequently but don’t always think of mentioning here on Frugal Upstate. Many of them I have written about in the past-but let’s face it, most of you don’t spend huge amounts of time rummaging… Keep Reading