In the Halloween LiteWear giveaway, the winners are Susie H for the t-shirt and Evelyn for the hooded shirt!! Congratulations ladies! Please use my contact form and email me with your mailing address by this Friday to claim your prize.

This week I am being highlighted in “The Women of Personal Finance” series over at Wisebread! This is your chance to get prompt feedback from me. The lovely folks at Wisebread have set up a forum thread just for me, come on over and ask questions or make comments to your heart’s content. I’ll be… Keep Reading

I’ve got my article on pizza crust over at the Festival of Frugality this week. Dollar Frugal did a great job hosting! There are tons of great frugal articles-head on over. Can’t get enough of my writing. Try reading my article Time vs. Money over at Blissfully Domestic. Last week they published my article on… Keep Reading

Dear Frugal Upstate, I make maple syrup with Mapleine. However I cannot find a local supermarket that sells it anymore. Any suggestions? Thanks, Syrupless Dear Syrupless, I’m sure you could order it online and have it shipped, but then the shipping cost might outweigh your savings. Mapleine is made by McCormick Seasonings. According to their… Keep Reading

There were lots of great folks that I met at the Blog World Expo 2008. I got to meet the wonderful Colleen, my esteemed roomie for the trip and fellow Walmart 11Mom. She has a wonderful blog called Classy Mommy where she does vlog product reviews of baby and children’s items. I’m the one on… Keep Reading

While I was at Blog World Expo 2008, I was interviewed by Blog Talk Radio! Head on over to hear me on “Jennifer and Blog World Expo Talk Radio Show” and listen to the 11 minute interview. Be forewarned-I’m speaking fast 🙂 My natural speaking cadence is pretty fast to begin with-I’m a North Easterner… Keep Reading

Lens Shopper is running a giveaway contest in honor of World Sight Day. The prize? A years free supply of contact lenses! And the runner up gets a 6 month supply. Free is about as frugal as you can get-especially on something typically expensive like contact lenses. Head on over to their World Sight Day… Keep Reading

Guys, I have a favor to ask. I know many, many of you have already checked out my videos, Putting it All On the Line and How to Make Homemade Laundry Detergent. (and if you haven’t, shame on you!) If you have a YouTube account (or are willing to start one-it’s free) would you please… Keep Reading

In yesterday’s post about saving money by hemming and tailoring pants yourself I had an error. I totally spaced out while writing the post and forgot to link to the YouTube video I had watched (and followed) on how to take in the waistband on a pair of dress slacks. See, contrary to popular belief… Keep Reading

Just wanted to let you all know that in addtion to writing here at Frugal Upstate, and on the Financial Bliss Channel over at Blissfully Domestic, I am now a contributor at Divine Caroline! What’s Divine Caroline? Well here’s how they describe themselves: Divine Caroline is a place where people can write and publish stories… Keep Reading