Five Great Deals: Feb 23 - March 1

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.

1. Megamind on DVD

Deal: Megamind for $13.99 or less delivered + $5 coupon.  Amazon.com has a Megamind pre-order deal that ensures your DVD will arrive on Friday, Feb. 25th AND you get the best price. Best Buy has it listed for $13.99, everyone else has it for $16.99.  If the price DOES go down between the time your purchased and the time it ships you will get the lowest price.  PLUS you get a $5 bonus to use on your next Amazon.com order for movies and TV shows (think Tangled out next month), PLUS the shipping is FREE. They also have action movie bargains for $6.49.

2. Dr. Seuss Storytime.

Deal: FREE at all Target stores on Feb. 26 from 9 am to 11am. Enjoy giveaways, coupons and hear Dr. Seuss favorites.  At www.target.com  you can order 2 classic hard-cover Dr. Seuss books (12 choices) for $10.  Parents can get 4X6 prints for 10 cents each.  You can even print photos from your Facebook page.  Grab some Stouffer's lasagna for $2.50, Smart Ones 3 Cheese ziti marinara for $1.80 or some hot/lean pockets for $2.09. Grab ANY 6 frozen food items and get a FREE big reusable freezer bag.

3. Make-up & Vitamins.

Deal:  Feeling run down? Walgreens has buy-1-get-1-Free vitamins.  Emergen-C, Centrum, fish oil, flax seed oil, CoQ10 even glucosamime chandrotin!  The beauty deal: all Neutrogena, Revlon, Cover Girl, Maybelline FITme and Garnier Skin care is Buy-1- get-1- half-off. Use the flyer coupons for 50 cent Arizona tea, Kleenex is 89 cents and Kraft mac and cheese is 69 cents.

4.  iTunes at Staples

Deal: $5 off two $15 itunes cards or $10 off two $25 iTunes cards this week at Staples.  You know your gonna use it, it's just a matter of when.  I never see discounts on iTunes cards so keep me posted if you do.  This past weekend  I was dying to read The Yellow House by Patricia Falvey.  It was sold out everywhere.  Then I really had to have it.  So my 9 year-old says "Mom, why don't you just download it to the iPad?" Duh?  Why didn't I think of that?  Happy mommy, happy family.  iTunes cards are great for having around for gifts that your forgot to get somebody.  You can really give them to a 3- to 93-year-old and they are great.

5. Rituals Spa Open House

Deal: New year, new you.  Enjoy complementary food, drink and mini services.  Enter the raffle.  One night only offes, for men and women!  Thursday, February 24th from 5 to 8pm.  Meet their new doctor.  Rituals is at 4 Water St., in Guilford; 203-458-7727.