The Piñata that is! There is just something so festive about having a piñata at a birthday party-it looks fun! And the kids just love letting out some pent up aggression by beating the heck out of it 🙂 Making a piñata is actually very easy, if not particularly neat. You need: NewspaperFlour and water… Keep Reading
Birthday Decorating on a Dime.
Princess is 5 today! Her birthday party for her little preschool friends is on Saturday. All the kids attending are between the ages of 3 and 5. Honestly, Princess doesn’t really CARE what the theme of her party is. She doesn’t care how much money I spent on decorations. She specifically wanted a Barbie cake… Keep Reading
Birthday Week! (In A Birthday Month)
This week is a busy week for birthdays in Frugal Upstate’s household. Not only do both my and Princess’s birthdays fall in the next week to 10 days, but we also have at least 2 of Princess’s school friends birthday parties to attend, as well as my nephew and SIL’s birthdays. That same SIL is… Keep Reading




