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Frugal Family: 5 Deals To Check Out This Week

Check in with us every Wednesday for family friendly deals around town. This week check out the deals on house cleaning services, a mani-pedi for mom and more.

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 week, our Fruglista of Forsyth scoured our local sources to come up with great deals on ice cream for a good cause, half-off appetizers, free eye drops for those pesky spring allergies, 20 percent off spa services and 78 percent off of a good spring cleaning for your home.

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Deal: It is 31 cent scoop night at Baskin-Robbins. Ice cream prices are reduced to $0.31 per scoop from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. This promotion benefits the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF).

Good through: Wednesday, April 27 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

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Deal: Half-priced appetizers Monday through Thursday and Saturdays from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday appetizers are half-price all day for ladies. Sunday appetizers are half-price starting at 11 a.m. in the bar area.

Good through:  Ongoing.

3.

Deal: Get Blink Tears or Gel Tears lubricating eye drops for free with Extra Care card. The drops are priced at $7.99 but you receive $7.99 in Extra Care Bucks towards your next purchase when you buy the drops.

Good through:  Saturday, April 30.

4. GLORIOUS MAID SERVICE

Deal:  Give mom a break in May and get a two hour deep clean valued at $250 for $69 when you purchase through Halfoffdepot.com. Although Cumming is not listed as a service area I confirmed they do work in Cumming. Appointments must be booked 10 days in advance.

Good through:  December 31, 2011

5.

Deal:  Receive 20 percent off when you spend $30 or more in services with this coupon.

Good through:  Ongoing.

Editors Note: We recently found out that the 20 percent off coupon for Essence Nails and Spa, mentioned in this article, is no longer valid. We were told that the former management had made the coupon offer available and cannot be removed from the salon's Web site. Prior to publication of this article we were told that it would be accepted. We hope this has not caused you any inconvenience. (5.10.11 at 6:15 p.m.)

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