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.

1) Buy one, get one free on Mayfield ice cream at Kroger through Friday.

2) $13.50 for youth booster seats by Harmony at Walmart through Saturday.

3) $298 Compaq 15.6-inch laptop computer with 2 gigabytes of memory, 250-GB hard drive and 2.2-GHz Intel Celeron processor (#CQ56-219WM) at Walmart through Saturday.

4) $25 added to your Kroger card when you transfer your prescription to the Kroger Pharmacy.

5) Buy one, get one free on Kellogg's cereals and V8 Splash at Publix today.

You are a big part of this column. Let us hear about the deals you've seen. Just add them to our comment box. Then come back each week and see what we've uncovered together.