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Frugal Family: Great Buys For Parents

University Place Patch scours the South Sound to help find deals that can save parents a buck or two.

These days, we’re all watching every dollar. From coupons to Craigslist, local families are taking advantage of a variety of deals to stretch their budgets even further.

This weekly column is dedicated to giving you five great local deals each week that will help your family save money, and, since we are doing the legwork for you, save time, too.

Your guide for this low-cost journey is a self-proclaimed coupon queen who can empty the Baby Gap’s sales racks and the cereal aisle at Safeway for mere dollars.

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You, the reader, are a big part of this column. Feel free to share deals you have come across in the comments box below!

Check back each week to see what we have found to help save you money.

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1. Snapfish
The deal: Purchase 100 photo prints for $10, including shipping, using the code MONDAY100 at checkout. A great price to get those spring break or Mother’s Day photos printed in a timely matter. Good on 4x6 photos only.
Good through: May 11.

2. Gap
The deal: Get 25 percent off your regularly priced Gap Kids and Baby Gap purchase when you say “Must Haves” at the register. Not valid on sale or clearance items. New arrivals include plaid shorts for boys and ruffle tanks for girls.
Good through: May 14.

3. MacDonald’s
The deal: Get $1 off any size McCafé Frozen Strawberry Lemonade, Frappé or Real Fruit Smoothie with this coupon. Small frozen lemonades are currently $1.49, making them only $0.49 with the coupon. Limit one coupon per person per visit.
Good through: June 15.

4. J. Shelton Photography
The deal: “Like” several local vendors on Facebook to be entered into a drawing through this local photographer for a mom-and-baby gift basket worth $300 that includes personalized invitations and thank-you cards from Pickle Potomus Press, a tutu from Tiptoeing Tutus, blinged-out pacifier clip from Ice Ice Binky and adorable bear hat from Tiny Toppers. Go here for more details.
Good through: May 15

5. Redbox
The deal: Sign up for Redbox’s text club and receive a promo code good for a free rental on the first Monday of every month. New releases include “The Green Hornet,” “Little Fockers” and “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.”
Good through: Ongoing

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