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Spring Flings and Graduation Gift Ideas

Celebrate the warm weather with some fun outdoor events, and celebrate your graduate with deals on laptops and phones.

Marietta's Frugal Family scoured our local resources and have found some great Marietta deals. This weekend, there are several festivals that have become Marietta favorites: The Taste of Marietta and The Yaarab Shrine & Carnival Circus. They are this weekend! Yay! On the more practical side, Staples has some great gifts and deals for upcoming graduates.

Happenings:

 on Sunday, April 29. Free Admission. The 19th annual event takes place in Marietta Square and features over 80 restaurants and caterers showcasing their best food. Tastes range in price from just $0.50 to $4.50. There . The event also features games for the kids in the Kid's Alley, a sports corner as well as a cooking stage with cooking demonstrations. Rain or Shine. 

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The World's Largest  at . Price: $10 (adults), $6 (children six to11), Free (children 36" and under). With more than including: high-flying trapeze acts, aerials and acrobats, show horses, elephants, bears, daredevil acts, thrilling carnival rides and, of course, world-famous Shriner clowns and . 

at . The kid in all of us can enjoy a day on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event is free.

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Gifts:

  1. Free PC Tune Up: Will speed up start and shutdown time, clean up unnecessary files and scan for viruses.
  2. Android phones for $0.01 with 2-year agreement on Verizon, AT&T or T Mobile
  3. Dell Laptop. $499, Regular $629.99. Save $130 Plus get a $100 Prepaid Visa Card when you select Windows 7 PCs’6GRAM, 500GB, Intel Core

Ad good Sunday, April 22 through Saturday, April 28.

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