Abram Siegel is the very excited winner of the 8GB iPod Touch! He correctly entered the words “purple” and “roses” and was lucky random number 90 as chosen by the Random Number Generator. Woohoo! Thanks to everyone who listened to Frugal Coast2Coast and entered. Hope you tune in to future shows!

Don’t forget to tune in tonight at 8:30 PM EST for Frugal Coast2Coast! Lynnae and I will be talking about ways to celebrate Valentines Day with your sweetie without spending a fortune. And don’t forget, this episode will also be your chance to find out the second key word that you need to enter the… Keep Reading

I’d like to get your opinion on something guys. Since joining the Walmart Elevenmoms, PR & marketing folks have been coming out of the woodwork offering me products to review. This has been a new phenomenon for me-I guess prior to my association with Walmart most marketers rightly assumed that a blog that pretty much… Keep Reading

Don’t forget to tune in to tonight’s Frugal Coast2Coast show to hear Lynnae and I talk with fitness expert Jonathan Roche about “How to Exercise on a Budget“. As always, we’d love to see you in the chat room, or to have you call in and ask Jonathan your fitness questions. Won’t be able to… Keep Reading

For most of my adult life I have felt that I could stand to lose a bit of weight. Yes, even while I was in the Army. Blame my genetics-the way most of the women in my family are built, any extra weight we put on goes straight to our bellies. So even at my… Keep Reading

This coming Monday on Frugal Coast2Coast Lynnae and I will be talking with Jonathan Roche-fitness expert and radio personality from “No Excuses Weight Loss” on the Flylady Network. Jonathan told me that he believes that you don’t need to spend a penny to get in shape. . . We are so excited to have him… Keep Reading

Should I have a budget? How do I create one? Where can I go for help? If you have these questions and more (or just like listening to us talk) tune in to Frugal Coast2Coast for the second show in our 4 part New Years Resolution on a Budget series. . . Budgeting. Remember, not… Keep Reading

On this weeks Frugal Coast2Coast radio show (How to Become Frugal) Lynnae and I got talking about libraries & books. As any longtime reader of Frugal Upstate knows, I am a voracious reader and I absolutely LOVE libraries. For those of you who haven’t tuned in to the show yet, there is a chat room… Keep Reading

Ahh, Christmas is over and the mailbox has gone from being packed with Christmas cards to being packed with seed catalogs. Yes. Seed catalogs. “Wow” you may be thinking “Those seed folks like to start a bit early don’t they. I mean isn’t there like a 1/2 foot of snow on the ground in Upstate… Keep Reading

Tonight at 8:30 EST is the premier episode of Frugal Coast2Coast! Come on by and listen! There will be a chat room going on under the show, and we will be taking callers questions in the second half of the show. To hear the show (either tonight live or the recording after it’s been archived)… Keep Reading