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Festival of Frugality

November 7, 2006 By Jenn @ Frugal Upstate Leave a Comment

This weeks Festival of Frugality is hosted at “No Credit Needed Blog”. It is written in the form of a Financial Fairy Tale (how cute!) and has 31 entries-including mine about how to play Bunco. Here are the ones that caught my eye this week. There is a recipe for Frappuccinos this week at Manage… Keep Reading

If you build it, they will come. . . .

November 6, 2006 By Jenn @ Frugal Upstate 15 Comments

but apparently they won’t comment, at least much! Just wondering today-why don’t I get many comments to my posts? I average about 140 hits a day, and about 1/2 of those are folks who check back in, and the other half are from various search engines (google of course being the big one-my dry laundry… Keep Reading

Bunco (or Bunko)-Free (or at least Cheap) Fun!

November 4, 2006 By Jenn @ Frugal Upstate Leave a Comment

Last night my girlfriend had a Bunco (Bunko) Party. It was so much fun-plus it was just great to get out without the kids and hang out with the girls. (well, the girls plus Steve, my friends husband-poor guy, having to spend the evening with 7 lovely ladies. . . ) Bunco is an easy… Keep Reading

Festival Round up

November 2, 2006 By Jenn @ Frugal Upstate Leave a Comment

Well, here it is! There were 19 articles, as I said yesterday. These three particularly caught my attention. Get Rich Slowly has an article with great advice on saving money and buying organic produce. As I’ve stated several times recently, I have become very interested in Organics, however the price tag worries me. Since my… Keep Reading

Festival of Frugality #46

November 1, 2006 By Jenn @ Frugal Upstate 1 Comment

Well, between 2 school Halloween parties and a bout of trick o treating last night culminating in a party with our circle of friends, I really didn’t get onto the blogosphere yesterday. So here is the slightly belated link to the Festival of Frugality over at Lazy Man and Money. There were 19 entries, which… Keep Reading

Daylight Savings? What Daylight Savings?

October 30, 2006 By Jenn @ Frugal Upstate 2 Comments

Funny thing is, a 3 year old doesn’t really understand the concept and gets up at 5am!!! So I was up early this morning. I’m sure you are wondering what frugal goodness I was up to at that early hour. Uh, nothing. Absolutely nothing. I made coffee and sat on the sofa and read while… Keep Reading

Pumpkin Festival

October 27, 2006 By Jenn @ Frugal Upstate 1 Comment

Today for all those local readers I wanted to write about the Pumpkin Festival in Norwich NY. Serendipity interviened! While I was googling for a link, I happened upon this website called “YES!-Safe Choices for Kids” sponsored by Senator Libious. The quote from the website says: “YES!, formerly called YESCAP, remains a unique drug and… Keep Reading

The Festival Roundup

October 26, 2006 By Jenn @ Frugal Upstate Leave a Comment

Well, better late than never. I’m sure those hardcore Festival of Frugality fans out there have already followed the link I posted earlier over to Pragmatic Finance and read the entire Festival. Those of you who haven’t yet, here are 5 of the 25 articles that caught my eye. VicPick has information about a “student… Keep Reading

Welcome Vestal MOPS!

October 25, 2006 By Jenn @ Frugal Upstate Leave a Comment

Hope you all enjoyed my presentation today. Take a few minutes and browse around, especially in the “Popular Posts” section to the right.

Festival of Frugality #45 Link

October 24, 2006 By Jenn @ Frugal Upstate 1 Comment

Well, I want to at least post the link! I’ve been busy working on my presentation on Frugality for my MOPS group tomorrow. So I haven’t actual had a chance to read it yet. . . . I’ll try to write my review later.

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About Frugal Upstate

I’m Jenn –an Upstate NY wife, mom, blogger and veteran. I talk very fast, read constantly, take on too much and make plenty of mistakes. I’m a real person, not perfection. I love to talk about the frugal lifestyle, “Village Homesteading”, living a more sustainable lifestyle and being prepared for all the curves life throws at you.

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