I have gotten a bit out of the habit of posting the Festival of Frugality roundup. With fall in the air, school starting, and a general feeling of change-well, I make a pledge to get back in the saddle and keep you all up to date! This week’s Festival of Frugality is hosted by Stephanie… Keep Reading

Well, I had decided previously, after much input, to name my new blog (starting in October) “Beyond Frugal Upstate”. Now I’m suddenly thinking that “Jenn Upstate” sounds better. If I go with “Jenn Upstate” then I can use that as my signature when I comment various places, and still have the name tie in with… Keep Reading

Is anyone else having fruit fly issues? I am overwhelmed with produce right now-mostly tomatoes. And of course, since I haven’t gotten to them right away they have attracted/grown/created fruit flies. I’ve tried a couple of methods in the past, but nothing seemed to work very well. Just a few minutes ago I found a… Keep Reading

Do you remember where you were? I was at work, in the Army still, and Princess was a baby. Someone came in my office and told me that a plane had hit the world trade center (at that point noone knew if it was an accident or not). The post was immediately locked down with… Keep Reading

****edited to add links-sorry for the duplication to folks who read in a feed reader**** Well, with all the best intentions in the world, I meant to get to the second part of Allymonami’s question today, about what baby items are the most necessary/frugal/useful when you have very limited space for storage. I was going… Keep Reading

Both Alexandra (Happy Hearts at Home) and Meredith (Like Merchant Ships) have tagged me with the Frugal Subversive Award.I am honored to be tagged for this award. It was created by Rhonda Jean at Down–to–Earth, a simple living/sustainability blog that comes to us from down under! The purpose of the award is recognize bloggers who… Keep Reading

Welcome! If you are a new reader who found me via this week’s Dollar Stretcher Newsletter, I just wanted to take a moment to introduce myself. I’m Jenn and this is Frugal Upstate-a blog dedicated to conscious spending and living within your means. A little bit about me personally. I’m a US Army veteran (11… Keep Reading

Ah, here we are on Saturday, and I’m just getting around to the Festival of Frugality Roundup for the week. Shame on me! I try pretty hard to be a very consistent blogger, but occasionally life et al does catch up with me. This weeks festival is over at The Happy Rock. I just think… Keep Reading

I got a very interesting comment on my post “House Bids and Such” today. For those of you who don’t read back comments I thought I’d post it here and comment on it more fully: Can you please explain something to me (and your readers). Kindly explain why someone (you) who has a blog dedicated… Keep Reading

I hope you enjoy this guest post from Debt Management Talk: Before I retired I was an attorney and I had to dress the part. Having grown up in a VERY conservative household, I like to live inexpensively but I also like to look good, and there are plenty of ways to do both. Nothing… Keep Reading