Wanna Save Some Dough? Patch Can Help

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.

Frugal Family 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.

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We start this week off with two Whitefish Bay businesses that are offering luggage and handbags at discounted prices. Placesetters and Red Cap Luggage & Gifts are located across the street from one another, so it's a few steps to check out both deals.

Among Best Buy’s weekly specials are two BlackBerry phones for the thin price of one dollar. Other notable Best Buy specials are various television sets for up to $300 off.

Bayside’s Sendik’s grocer is targeting the beloved Sweet 16 for their weekly deals that include a flower special of Pom-Pom’s at $4.99 a bunch. But if that doesn’t suffice your aromatic bouquet, head over to Shorewood’s Cold Stone Creamery for a choice of four ultimate Sundae’s at $4.99 each.

•  Placesetters
  501 E. Silver Spring Dr., Whitefish Bay
  Deal: 20% off all Danny Kaye Handbags
  Good through: Mar. 31
• Red Cap Luggage & Gifts
  415 E. Silver Spring Dr., Whitefish Bay
  Deal: $100 off Tumi luggage
  Good through: Apr. 3
• Best Buy
  8755 N Port Washington Rd., Fox Point
  Deal: BlackBerry phones as low as $1
  Good through: Mar. 26
• Sendik’s
  340 W. Brown Deer Rd., Bayside
  Deal: Pom-Pom’s $4.99 bunch
  Good through: While supplies last.
• Cold Stone Creamery
  2907 N. Oakland Ave., Shorewood
  Deal: Four ultimate sundaes’ for $4.99
  Good through: While supplies last.