Several people made suggestions on how I could make this site more professional in my “Improve My Blog” contest. After all, that is what I had asked for! But that led me to ask myself some questions. I do need to clean house a little, the comments directed at streamlining my sidebars and cleaning up… Keep Reading

Well, I’ve implemented the first blog change from my “Improve My Blog” contest. As suggested by Sarah Lewis I’ve installed the Feedburner reader widget over on my sidebar. There will be other changes coming slowly, but that was the easiest one to implement, so I did it on the fly today. Please, if you use… Keep Reading

I don’t know if this is a local deal or not, but the Dollar Tree stores near me are carrying Hunt’s Organic Tomato Sauce, Regular and Garlic flavored. I bought 35 cans the other day. I’m not sure how much this stuff costs regularly, but I’m sure it is more than a buck a can-I… Keep Reading

Welcome to the Ultimate Blog Party here at Frugal Upstate! This party is big. And I mean BIG. Like over 700 blogs BIG!! Wow! To my regular readers, this is a blog-love party being sponsored by 5-Minutes for Mom, head on over and check out all the fabulous blogs who are participating and maybe find… Keep Reading

This weeks Festival is over at “Getting Green“, which by the way is about getting MONEY, not getting ecologically sound. There are 19 entries this week, including 3 that are directed at being frugal in business, which is unusual for the festival. As usual, I have chosen to spotlight a few of the posts that… Keep Reading

Mary Celery!!! Please email me your mailing address at FrugalUpstate@yahoo.com to receive your $5 gift certificate! OK, for those of you who have absolutely, positively no idea what I am talking about, shame on you! I ran an “improve my blog” contest all last week (with additional info on the “Take a minute” post)! Folks… Keep Reading

I’m making food for a funeral luncheon today, so I’m bringing one thing that is cheap, easy and everyone always loves to eat. Deviled eggs! Everyone seems to love deviled eggs, but for some unknown reason people seem to rarely make them at home for themselves. (I guess it is because you feel like you… Keep Reading

Breakfast Snack: 1/2 YogurtWater Lunch Cracker Sandwiches (Ritz Wannabees w/Cheese & Pepperoni)Tomato SoupOrange Pepper Slices (left over from veggie platter I took to the cast party)Chocolate PuddingPink Milk Dinner Menu Spaghetti

**edited to fix the AFM link** As a “Frugal” blogger I don’t talk much about finances. Well, that sounds silly 🙂 I talk about finances on the “micro” level daily- saving and spending pennies and dollars. What I don’t really discuss is investing and wealth building. I see those issues as the “macro” or “strategic”… Keep Reading

OK folks, maybe I was wrong, maybe people DON’T like a contest 🙂 Although I’ve had over 800 hits since I posted the contest, and about 250 of those repeat visitors (so folks who hopefully are regular readers) I’ve only had 3 people post ideas on how I could improve my blog. So either I’m… Keep Reading