Frugal Family: Tex-Mex, Glasses and Movies

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 column will be 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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Then come back each week and see what we've uncovered together.

This week, Frugal Family scoured our local sources to come up with great deals on entertainment, glasses, lunch and more.

1. Philadelphia Wings
Deal: Two of them–either opt for WMMR’s promotion, which scores you $10 seats (which end up being about $15 after fees) in either end, or grab a family four-pack that gets you great seats in the lower bowl, plus a food voucher, for $110. Both are hefty discounts off regular seat prices.
Good through: April 10 on select games.

2. Lenscrafters Annual Lens Sale
Deal: 50 percent off lenses, 50 percent of kids’ glasses (a pair of frames and lenses). You can’t take advantage of this if you’re using vision insurance, but if you’ve already spent your annual allowance and just lost your third pair of glasses in the last six months, this is hard to beat.
Good through: April 3 on the lens sale, while the kids deal is an everyday deal.

3. Don Pablo’s Speedy Lunch
Deal: $5.99 lunch deals on tacos, enchiladas and tamales, Monday through Friday until 4 p.m. Hard to beat if you have hungry kids stuck at home on Presidents Day.
Good through: Officially a “limited time only” deal.

4. Lowes Bathroom Project Discounts
Deal: If you’re a dedicated DIYer, head over to Lowes to refit that downstairs bathroom, or finally add that half-bath you’ve been talking about for the last five years. You can save anywhere from $25 to $400, depending on how much you’re spending.
Good through: March 14, in-store only.

5. AMC A.M. Cinema
Deal: You want to take the family out to the movies, but even matinees are $7.50. Well, wake the kids up early on a weekend or a holiday and only drop $5 per person on any show before noon. We still can’t promise you’ll be able to sit through Justin Bieber’s concert flick, but at least you’re saving a few bucks.
Good through: All weekend and holiday showtimes before noon at any AMC–that includes the Deptford AMC 8, the Deptford AMC 6 and the monster AMC Loews Cherry Hill.