Frugal Family: Fun PawSox Event, Free Admission to Smithsonian Museum

1. Need new glasses? Coastal Contacts, where you can order glasses with your prescription, has a Living Social deal giving you $60 to spend on prescription eyeglasses for only $19.

2. Groupon has a great PawSox deal, although there are very limited quantities of tickets available. For only $25 you can get:

• One general-admission ticket to the game against the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees on Friday, Sept. 2, at 7:05 p.m.
• One admission to an all-you-can-eat barbecue before the game from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. (a $26 value, including the game price).
• One ticket to a future game, either a 2011 playoff match or a regular-season game in April (a $7 value).
• One 2011 PawSox team card set and an exclusive run of the bases after the game (a $17 value).

3. Smithonian Magazine is hosting a Museum Day with free admission for two at participating museums, including Newport Art Museum, Whitehall House Museum, and Battleship Cove. Just fill out the form on this website and they will mail you your free tickets for Museum Day, Saturday Sept. 24.

4. . This is the last week for free gas and participating items this week vary from Dawn dish-soap to Tide detergent.

• Fixodent is $1 after extra bucks.
• St. Joseph’s aspirin is free after extra bucks.
• All CVS brand and beauty products are buy one, get one 50% off and if you spend $30, you receive $10 in extra bucks.

5. . There 1-cent deal of the week is college ruled 8x10 filler paper.

• $0.50 cents can get you black ball point pens, erasers, mini notebooks, and more.
• $1 can get you notebooks, legal pads, dry erase board eraser, HP everyday photo paper and more.
• Full Staples rewards are being offered on select pens and highlighters.