Frugal Family: Deals For This Week

We're all watching our family budgets these days. Whether shopping with coupons or looking for two-for-one deals, we're taking advantage of all sorts of offers and savings that help us stretch our dollars.

This column will be dedicated to giving you five great local deals each week that will help your family’s bottom line, and since we do the scouting for you, you can save time as well as money.

You are a big part of this column. Let us hear about the deals you've seen. Just add them to our comment box.

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

1.

Deal: Get 20 cents in Fuel Perks for every $50 you spend on restaurant gift cards.

Good through: No date set but only for a limited time

2.

Deal: Get three, 24 packs of Nestle Pure Life bottled water for $10, a one-step folding stool for $9.99, and an eight-piece paint tray set for $6.99.

Good through: End of February.

3.

Deal: Men’s Steens Mountain and Women’s Benton Springs Fleece only $29.99.

Good through: You may want to hurry on this one as it’s good through Feb. 9.

4.

Deal: Large sizes of Mega Men and Women’s Ultra Mega vitamins are just $26.99.

Good through: This one won’t last long, Feb. 10.

5.

Deal: A small Sweetheart Bouquet of chocolate covered strawberries is $34 in time for Valentine’s Day.

Good through: This Valentine's Day offer will only be for a limited time.