Frugal Family: Best Deals Around

We're all watching our family budgets these days. Whether shopping with coupons or looking for buy one get one deals, households are taking advantage of various offers and savings that help in stretching our hard-earned dollars farther.

Patch's Frugal Family column will be dedicated to giving you great local deals each week that will help your family’s bottom line. Since we do the scouting for you, you can save time as well as money.

We know we may have missed some special offers. Let us hear about the deals you've seen by adding them to our comment box below.

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

Deal: will celebrate the beginning of spring by offering free water ice today, Sunday, March 20.  Enjoy one free, regular size (10 oz.) cup of Italian ice in the available flavor of your choice. Rita's in Newtown is located on Swamp Road next to . has two locations in Doylestown: 4403 Swamp Road, in the Cross Keys Plaza, and 12 S. Main Street. Rita's also can be found in Richboro.

Deal: Enjoy $8 pitchers of domestic beer and 40 cent wings every Monday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. at in Newtown.

Deal: in Doylestown is offering a great lunch deal -- a half a hoagie, chips, and a drink is just $5.50.

Deal: Does your dog need some dental work? Do it before the end of the month! Indian Walk Veterinary Center in Newtown is taking 10 percent off pet dental procedures through March.

Deal: Tangles Hair Salon in Richboro is offering $3 off any service or 10 percent off any hair product with this online coupon (http://www.tanglesrichboro.com/coupon/Tangles_Coupon.pdf). Good for one use. 

Deal: in Newtown offers half price bottles of wine every Monday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Deal: Bibliophiles in search of bargains can find them at Doylestown's . Sure, the used bookstore offers an eclectic mix of older and one-of-a-kind tomes, but there's a good chance you can find novels still on the bestseller list. The best part? They sell for a fraction of the retail cost. We spotted new James Rollins books, for example, for just $5.95.