Frugal Friday

This week's highlights include 70% off wedding dresses, 3 for 2 offers on luggage, 80% off computer games, £12 rooms at Travelodge and a week long holiday in Ibiza for less than £75 per person!

Our regular frugal fanatic, Rachel Robson, is away on her holidays this week. I'll be taking her place and bringing you all the very best money saving offers. Enjoy!

Fashion, beauty and homewares

If you've only just got over waving goodbye to the summer sales, don't be too blue. Even though the new autumn collections are only just being launched, there are still some great discounts if you know where to look...

• Barratts are having a summer clearance with a further 20% off selected footwear. Many items now half price or less.
• Berties: 10% off shoes with the online code BSHOE until 15 September.
• BHS: Save up to 70% on over half of the BHS wedding range.
• Debenhams: Up to 25% off selected womenswear, up to 20% off selected occasionwear and 10% off fragrance and cosmetics.
• Dorothy Perkins: Get 15% off selected footwear, 10% off your next order and up to 30% off selected jeans.
• Elemis: 2 for 3 at Elemis. Buy any three full sized products and get the lowest priced item for FREE! Simply quote ONEFREE at checkout. Code valid until the 30th of September 2009.
• House of Fraser: Up to £25 off handbags, shoes and dresses until 13 September.
• Kew: Sales continue on fashion and accessories with up to 60% off selected items.
• Jigsaw: Up to 50% off selected womenswear and junior fashion.
• Oasis: Exclusive new season offers with up to £25 off selected items.
• Office: Up to 75% off selected footwear.
• Schuh: Up to 70% off a range of footwear. Free delivery on orders over £14.99.
• Superdrug: 100s of offers including 3-for-2s, BOGOFs (buy one, get one free), discounts on fragrances, hair care, make up and more.
• Shoe Envy: Up to 50% off top brands.
• Topshop: Sale continues with up to 50% off a range of fashion and accessories.
• Urban Outfitters: Up to 75% off selected fashion. New lines added this week.
• Wallis: 20% off everything on line and in store. Sale ends this week.

If you need to smarten up a bit for work, Marks and Spencer is offering some great deals on a collection of men's formal shirts. Buy a luxury pure cotton shirt for £39.50 and get a second one half price.

And the travellers among you can also get 3 for 2 on Marks and Spencer value luggage range with prices starting from £12 for a flight bag to £35 for a large suitcase.

Books and games

For those of you who want to spend the weekend relaxing with a good book, there are some fantastic deals on offer right now:

• At Amazon you can currently enjoy up to 50% off new releases and 1000s of paperbacks. If you're a fan of comedic duo, Ant and Dec, get their latest autobiography Ooh! What a Lovely Pair for the knockdown price of just £8 - that's £12 off. The book isn't published until Monday but you can pre-order now.
• You can also get up to 40% off new releases at Waterstones and 20% off thousands of ebooks. You can even get Jamie Oliver's Jamie's America half-price at £13.
• And at Borders you can save up to 50% off great new releases including A Week in December by Sebastian Faulks and The Death of Bunny Munro by Nick Cave.

If the only exercise you're planning this weekend is for your thumbs, check out The Hut where you can currently save up to 80% on games for the Xbox, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS and many more. Here are some of the best deals:

• James Bond fans should try out 007: Quantum of Solace for the Xbox 360. You can now pick it up for the bargain basement price of £9.93 - that's a massive saving of £40.06 off the recommended price.
• Or My Sims Kingdom for the Nintendo Wii is now just £8.73 with a huge saving of £31.26.

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Film and box sets

For those who fancy chilling out with a movie or two, there's loads of savings to be had with these DVD box sets and films:

The Hut is also having a brilliant end of summer sale where you can save up to 80% off the price of 1000s of DVDs.

Offer of the month

If you sign up to the TalkTalk Essentials broadband and home phone bundle deal with Simplifydigital here, you'll receive an impressive £50 cashback! This offer is exclusive to lovemoney.com readers.

TalkTalk Essentials is just £6.49 per month plus £11.25 line rental and offers up to 8 Mb/sec broadband, and free evening and weekend calls - as well as free local calls anytime. There's a one-off set up fee £29.99. This offer is valid until 18 September. Find out more.

Eating out

Fancy treating yourself to a meal out? Check out all the latest restaurant bargains in our Frugal Food round up. Read more...

Cheap days out

If you're looking for a cheap day out which won't leave you broke for the rest of the week, I've got just the ticket...

• There are still some fantastic deals on days out at Lastminute.com. Choose from trips to Warwick Castle for just £6.66, Buckingham Palace for £9.50 or Alton Towers Water Park from £10.
• And you can still save up to 40% on tickets to the London Sealife Aquarium with Lastminute.com too.
• Meanwhile, if you're a bit of race goer, you can enjoy £5 off premier and grandstand admission tickets at Ascot Racecourse in Berkshire. This offer applies to race days throughout the year. The next race meetings are 25 to 27 September. This offer is available through enjoyEngland.com. Quote ENGLAND when you book.
• Or, if you fancy an evening out at the movies get 25% off any film at Odeon with this voucher on Mondays to Fridays until 25 September.

Travel

Looking for a cheap getaway? Then check out the latest deals at monstertravel.co.uk for some amazing cut price holidays. For example, seven nights in Ibiza could cost as little as £72.08 per person flying from Stansted Airport in early October.

Meanwhile, the fantastic room sale at Travelodge continues with rooms for just £12 if you're staying between 1 January and 11 April 2010. Rooms are also available in Ireland and Spain for €12. If you can't wait until next year, rooms are available at £19 as long as you book at least 21 days ahead.

Mobile phone deal of the week

If you want to text to your heart's content, and you don't mind being tied into an 18-month contract, look no further than this great deal from 3 store.

With this plan, you'll get benefits galore including a stylish Nokia 6700 handset, unlimited texts, unlimited email and internet, unlimited 3-to-3 calls and 200 free minutes all for just £20 a month. This offer is valid until 30 September. Find out more

Freebie of the week

If you're stuck for something cheap to do with the kids this weekend, why not take them for a splash at your local swimming pool for free?

If you're a British Gas customer, you and your family can enjoy a free day out swimming at your nearest participating pool with this voucher. This offer is valid for up to 2 adults and 3 kids.

Competition of the week

Finally, this week's fantastic competition for all gadget lovers:

Have a great weekend!

Don't forget: although all prices and discounts were correct on the day this article was published, offers this good are subject to change and often sell out quickly.

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