Frugal Family: Best Deals Around

We're all watching our family budgets these days. Whether shopping with coupons or looking for buy one get one deals, households are taking advantage of various offers and savings that help in stretching our hard-earned dollars farther.

Patch's Frugal Family column is dedicated to giving you great local deals each week that will help your family’s bottom line. Since we do the scouting for you, you can save time as well as money.

We know we may have missed some special offers. Let us hear about the deals you've seen by adding them to our comment box below.

Then come back each week and see what we've uncovered together. Happy saving!

Deal: Celebrate your own TGIF's. Genuardi's in Newtown has their $5 pizza "happy hour" from 4 to 7 p.m. on Fridays.

Deal: All day on Monday, Ned's Cigar Store, State Street, has a special Mondays: buy four cigars get one free (of equal or lesser value). 

Deal: If you have a reading habit to support, Central Books, in Doylestown, can help you manage your addiction without going broke. The shop sells a mix of older or hard-to-find books along with newer bestsellers. For example, you can pick up Stieg Larsson's "The Girl Who Played With Fire" for just $3.25.

Deal: With the weather warming up, people are heading outside to run, walk, play tennis and more. Pick up some new activewear at Bucks County Running Company for 50% off. The shop on Doylestown's W. State Street often rolls a rack of bargains out on the sidewalk.

Deal: Feeding a family in this tight economy can be a challenge. Check out Genuardi's Family Friday $5 deal. This past Friday, the Doylestown Genuardi's deal was a whole roasted chicken for just $5.

Deal: Seniors older than 55 save five percent on purchases over $30 with this coupon at in Richboro.

Deal: With Spring in full swing, it's time for gardening season. Deals at the Gasper Garden Center for this week include buy two, get the third free pond plants; $12.99 annuals flats and many more.