Frugal Family: Welcome April with Fantastic Deals

Friday marks the beginning of April. Here's to April showers bringing May flowers and April deals nabbing you lots of steals!

Entertainment

• Mom’s day out! Head over to Nordstrom in Towson Town Center on Saturday, April 2 from 8 a.m. - 10 a.m. for Beautiful Bright Now, highlighting the newest makeup, skincare and fragrance must-haves. Tickets are $15 and are redeemable toward your cosmetics purchase of $15 or more on the day of the event. Plus, receive a gift for attending the show, while supply lasts. Purchase a ticket at any Nordstron cosmetics counter. Then, from 10 a.m. - noon, get a FREE bra fitting in the lingerie department. If you purchase a bra, $2 will be donated toward Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
• Here's a sure sign of spring: The Baltimore Farmers Market, which takes place each weekend under the JFX, begins this Sunday, April 3! Grab local produce, meats, dairy and other goods that will have your Sunday dinner table brimming with yummy eats. Click here for more information.
• New members to RedBox's Web site get a FREE DVD rental just for signing up! Simply click here, sign up, reserve a rental online, and then purchase that rental. A free movie will then be automatically loaded to your account for next time!
• Commence the one-week countdown to baseball season! The Orioles home opener is Monday, April 4! Did you know admission to Geppi's Entertainment Museum is half price on any game day?

Household

• If a potty-trained child isn't on the horizon for you, Pampers Gifts to Grow rewards program is a must! If you sign up right now, you automatically get 100 points credited to your account. Those already part of the program can get 400 points by using the codes below:

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  2BEGINEARNING50 (50 points)
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  WELCOME2PAMPERS (50 points)
  WELCOME2VILLAGE (10 points)

Retail

• Update your kids' spring wardrobe and get something FREE out of it for yourself! Snag a free canvas tote from Old Navy outlet stores with any $40 purchase now through Thursday, March 31. Click here for the coupon.
• Will you be sending "some bunny" an Easter greeting? If so, take advantage of this $1 off coupon for any three American Greetings cards.
• The sights and sounds of spring are arriving. Now introduce the smells too with this buy two get one free coupon from Yankee Candles. I'm thinking "Country Lemonade" or "Garden Hideaway" will do the trick. Available through April 17.

Dining

• Here's a dinner option on the cheap! Click here to get any small sub at Quizno's for just $2.99. Sign up for their email-based Q-Club on the same web page and get a FREE cookie to go along with it!