Reaping Family Savings Smyrna-Vinings Style

Your passport to exotic world cuisine is at the Cobb International Farmer’s Market, right here on Smyrna’s Spring Road. A wonderland of tropical fruits, hard-to-find spices, delicacies of all types and myriad of ethnic specialties, this old supermarket space is now home to the globe. Kids adore this hands-on whirlwind tour of world cuisine, where an exploration of textures, colors, nationalities and smells keep them enthralled. Although perhaps not the best place to buy all your groceries, the fruits, vegetables and seafood here are unbeatably fresh and varied, and prices are far, far cheaper than at the large chain supermarkets. Have you ever felt the bumps on an Ugli fruit? How about watched a bucket of live crabs, crawling over each other and mad enough to pinch? Need some fresh sugarcane? Or if you’re adventurous enough to make fresh gyros at home, you can actually find a frozen whole lamb.

Break your children out of the chicken-fingers-and-fries or cheese quesadilla rut with a trip to an authentic French-style creperie. Crepe Revolution in the West Village development can gently help broaden their food horizons with spectacularly delicious crepes. Entrée crepes include the popular chicken divan savory crepe, creamy shrimp, chicken pesto, portabella mushroom, and many other enticing combinations. Crepe Revolution’s Signature Create-your-Own Crepe Experience can please even the choosiest diner. And on Monday and Tuesday nights, children under 10 eat free after 4 p.m. One kid’s meal (from the kid’s menu) is gratis with purchase of each adult entree.

Spring seems to be high season for consignment sales in Atlanta, and there’s no better source than Kindermart Consignment Sale at . The sale, which runs Friday and Saturday, offers children’s clothing and toys, infant equipment such as highchairs, car seats and strollers, books, sporting goods and more. Many items will be marked half-off on Saturday. Friday hours, 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. (no strollers before 11 a.m.) and Saturday 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

With all the news coverage, the entire Western hemisphere is undoubtedly now aware that the adored Justin Bieber had a re-style and trim on his famous swooshy mop-top. If your boys are clamoring to emulate the Beeb’s new ‘do, or if your daughters are in need of a shorter warm-weather style, has a bargain in the bag. Quick, efficient, and a deal at $11 for a kid’s cut, Supercuts requires no appointments and usually has little or no waiting. Join their email club and receive a coupon for money off a haircut. Locations are conveniently situated on Cobb Parkway and South Cobb Drive.

Depending on nationality, your offspring may call you Mom, Mami, Maman, Mummy, Mam, or Mutti. But the one thing everyone with children has in common is the fact that we want to live better on less money. MommySavers to the rescue! This user-friendly website facilitates active discussion forums on moneysaving ideas, budgeting tips, articles, blogs, and couponing. The “community” section features hobbies and home, recipe swaps, crafts, and most interestingly, a barter board where goods can be exchanged with no money changing hands.