Frugal Families: Best Deals Around Town

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 is 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.

Be sure to check with your local merchant for additional conditions. This week's deals:

1.) SEARS

Deal: Save on all power Lawn & Garden Equipment and Outdoor Storage over $99. Save $80 on Craftsman rear wheel self-propelled mower. Save $340 on Craftsman 21-HP yard tractor w/46-inch deck. Excludes clearance, Kmart products, Great Price Items, generators and snow removal equipment.

Good through: May 21

 2.) SIDWELL SUMMER BASETBALL AND SOCCER CAMPS

Deal: Save 70 percent on a week-long basketball or soccer summer camp at Sidwell Friends School in northwest Washington, D.C. Half-day, week-long camps are $75; full-day, week-long camps are $150.

Good through: May 18

3.) CALIFORNIA PIZZA KITCHEN (and other savings at Washingtonian Center locations)

Deal: Get 20 percent off California Pizza Kitchen with Washingtonian Center Spring Coupon. Find additional savings at FineWine.com, Tara Thai, Omaha Steaks and more.

Good through: May 31

4.) PARKER’S AMERICAN BISTRO

Deal: Get a $25 gift certificate for $4 when you enter promo code "DINE." Via restaurant.com

Good through: May 18

5.) GOOD EARTH GARDEN MARKET

Deal: Get 50 percent off all pansies at Good Earth Garden Market's Potomac location.

Good through: While supplies last