Frugal Family: First Edition

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 strrrrretch 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. And, if you are a business owner offering a special you want our readers to hear about, please email me!

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

THIS WEEK:

Our first edition offers families the chance to see China's most gifted tumblers, contortionists, jugglers, cyclists, and gymnasts at the Music Hall. Or you can sign up to contort yourself across the street at Yoo's Martial Arts -- among other great deals:

1. 

Deal: The Music Hall is offering a $10 discount off the full price on all remaining tickets for the Amazing Peking Acrobats. Instructions: Pick seats and put them in shopping cart. Click one of the "Apply Discount" buttons. Enter code "patch". Apply coupon price to all tickets.

 Good Through: Show date of February 25, 2011, while seats are available.

2. 

Deal: February is FebruANY. All month long, absolutely any regular footlong is a $5 footlong.

Good Through: February, 2011

3.

Deal: Winter items (clothes and more) at this Tarrytown consignment shop are 25% off.

Good through: The season

4.

Deal: Sign up for 12 days for $12. 

Good through: February, 2011

5.

Deal: Before visiting Raymond's new location on N. Broadway, go to their website to print out coupons for computer glare-free glasses ($175 package), and 25% off polarized lenses with the purchase of designer sunglasses at regular price.

Good through: April 1, 2011