I love Dollar Stores. I know I’ve said in the past that they are evil-and they are, mostly because I can’t resist them. I especially love a local chain called “Real Deals”. They seem to have a much wider variety of items then the national chains. Here are the great deals I picked up this… Keep Reading

You know, I get so jealous when I hear Meredith talking about meeting with local bloggers. I don’t know anyone in real life who actually blogs. I would love to be able to get together with some other folks and just discuss some of the ins and outs of this bizarre hobby of mine 🙂… Keep Reading

Here is an interesting article at “You Grow Girl” about how food gardening is on the rise! Apparently more folks are looking at food prices and deciding to put in gardens. I’ve seen this in my own life, as at least one girlfriend who has only done flower beds for the 4 years I’ve lived… Keep Reading

We had several trees cut removed at the Frugal Upstate household a couple of weeks back. Now Yankee Bill is a pretty handy guy when it comes to a chainsaw and all, but when it comes to pine and maple trees that are 4 or 5 stories tall, and impeded by buildings and power lines-well,… Keep Reading

In case you’ve been living under a rock somewhere, prices on food in the US have been skyrocketing. (I’m sure that some of my international readers can tell their own stories as well!) I was thinking that in June it might be a good idea to highlight a different inexpensive food each week (for example… Keep Reading

Can you believe that one of the most popular Google searches that bring random folks (Hi Folks!) to my blog is “Land’s End Free Shipping”. The problem is that the post it takes them to is about 1 1/2 years old-so of course the code doesn’t work! But these folks have the right idea. Whenever… Keep Reading

As we have all noticed, prices are rising on all foodstuffs. There are lots of articles and “talking heads” going on and on about this right now-but it is pretty hard to sort through all the information. Cheap Healthy Good has written an excellent article “The Ultimate Guide to Understanding the Food Crisis“, with many… Keep Reading

(edited to add photos) I’m one of those-you know, those mothers who buy unsweetened cereal for my kids. If you look in my cereal cupboard you’ll see homemade granola or inexpensive store brand of rice crispies or cornflakes.* How do I make this palatable for the kiddos? Well, firstly I’ve never really offered any other… Keep Reading

FIRE Finance released this months PF blog rankings-Frugal Upstate still comes in 29th or 40th, depending on which of the 3 metrics he uses 🙂 (I don’t show up at all on the 3rd, but I think it’s because I don’t use that measuring statistic) Putting this list together is a daunting amount of work…. Keep Reading

Here are some interesting articles I’ve run across this week: Cathy at the Chief Family Officer summarizes an interesting article that was in the LA times about eating home vs. eating out. In a nutshell: Eating out in a midrange restaurnt was more expensive that eating in using high end ingredient bought in “snooty” grocery… Keep Reading