Frugal Family: The Best Family Deals 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.

This week, Frugal Family scoured our local sources to come up with great deals on jeans, hot dogs, a bowling birthday party and more. Remember to check with the merchant for additional conditions.

1. , DeSoto Square mall
Deal: Donate your jeans and get an additional 25 percent off new jeans.
Good through: Feb. 13.

2. , DeSoto Square mall
Deal: Printable Visitor Savings Pass for 10 percent savings on a wide selection of merchandise.
Good through: March 31.

3. , 1207 3rd Ave. W.
Deal: 25 percent off each bill and complimentary birthday cake in celebration of the restaurant's one-year anniversary.
Good on: Feb. 15, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

4. , 4208 Cortez Rd. W.
Deal: Two hours of bowling and pizza for $14.87 per person for groups of 10 or more. Shoes included.
Good through: March 27.

5. G.WIZ - The Science Museum, 1001 Blvd. of the Arts, Sarasota
Deal: Any student with an "A" in science gets free admission.
Good through: February 31.