Who to use to print your pictures?

I've used the local fedex/kinko style shops, but is there a cheaper way?

Ive amassed many pics id like to start framing/decorating my home with, looking for the most financially sound way to go forward.

thank you for any comments

One good inexpensive option is for Costco members to simply submit shots for printing via the Costco website, and they are now returned via mail (it used to be that you simply went to your local Costco to pick them up an hour later). I have long used Costco for 4x5 or 8x10 prints when my wife was still teaching, and she would take individual photos of her Kindergarten students at the beginning and the end of the school year for class uses.
For larger paper prints I have used mpix.com and
For large canvas prints I have used collage.com

What type of prints and sizes?

Lately I've made several runs through Walgreens and have been pleased. Our local Walmart runs a Fuji Frontier so in past times I was able to get some of the wider format 8x12" and 10x15" done. The Walmart does not print on Fuji Crystal Archive but some other paper, passable but with a slight variation due to their paper choice.

I have a local lab that does the larger stuff on the Chromira SE. A 30x40" is $60 on Fuji Crystal Archive. A bare 30x40" canvas print is $120. Stretched with .75" printed edge is $211.