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.) ARUT ORIENTAL RUGS, 7934 and 7942 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda

Deal:  Going out of business sale. Up to 75 percent off entire inventory of antique Persian rugs and new Oriental rugs. Extra-5-percent-off coupon on page A6 of Sunday's Washington Post.
Good Through: No end date specified

 2.)  LUBE CENTER AND AUTO SPA, 11612 Middlebrook Rd., Germantown  

Deal: Get $5 off a 15-point oil change or $10 off a mobile 1 synthetic oil change. Get the auto spa works' inside and outside cleaning package for just $13.
Good Through: April 11

3.)  BORDERS BOOKS, 5333 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Washington, D.C.

Deal: This is the Friendship Heights store's last week in business, and everything is being sold, from books to furnishings. Many books are 60 percent off; law books are 80 percent off.
Good Through: The end of the week, or while supplies last. The store will close this weekend.

4.)  RITE AID, 10134 River Rd., Potomac

Deal: Get $2 off of Rimmel Mascara at the Rite Aid located in Potomac Village.
Good Through: April 17

5.) EASTER GIFT DEAL

Deal: Send a sweet Easter gift for 50 percent off. Buy an Easter Cake Pop Basket to ship for $15 — half off the normal price of $30 — via Certifikid.
Good Through: April 12