Frugal Friday

Highlights this week include 70% off men's suits, half price books, games for just £9.99, the entire Rocky collection for less than a tenner and 20% off tickets to Alton Towers!

Winter has now truly begun, and that can only mean one thing - it's time to start thinking about your Christmas shopping! Hopefully these discounts and deals can get you on your way to a frugal festive period!

Fashion and homewares

Sales season is well and truly upon us. Just check out all of these amazing bargains available at the moment!

• Barratts: A further 20% off selected footwear.
• Bertie: Up to 50% off selected footwear.
• Bhs: 20% off kids' coats, and 30% off selected men's jackets and coats.
• Burton: Up to 50% off selected lines.
• Debenhams: Up to 50% off items in the home department, and 20% off children's coats.
• Dorothy Perkins: Up to 70% off selected fashion. Free standard delivery on all orders over £75.
• Faith: Up to 70% off selected footwear.
• Hobbs: Up to 50% off selected coats and boots.
• House of Fraser: Up to 50% off women's coats and jackets.
• Jane Norman: Up to 50% off a range of fashion and accessories.
• Moss Bros: Up to 70% off men's shirts, ties and suits.
• Next: 50% off selected items.
• Oasis: Up to 50% selected fashion.
• Office: Up to 60% off a range of footwear.
• River Island: Sale now on with some items just £3!
• Schuh: Up to 70% off selected footwear. Free delivery on orders over £14.99.
• Schudoo: Up to 70% off on a range of footwear.
• Topman: Sale now on, with some items from £5
• Wallis: Up to 50% off a range of fashion and accessories.
• Warehouse: Up to 50% off selected fashion.

And if you are after some bargains to spruce up your home, Debenhams is the place to go, with up to 50% off items in its home department. So you can get your hands on this lovely extendable dining table set for £899.10 - reduced from almost £1,500!

Gadgets and gizmos

CDiscount.co.uk is the place to head to this week if you're on the hunt for some bargain gadgets, as it has loads of very exciting bits and pieces at cracking discounts.

If you're on the hunt for a digital camera, you can get 33% off this Pentax 10-megapixel digital compact camera, which includes the ability to record movies in high quality HD! It's just £59.99.

You can also get 30% off this Topfield Digital TV Recorder, which not only gives you access to 48 Freeview channels, but also allows you to record upto 250 hours of programmes! You can even record two programmes, while watching another, and all for £199.99!

Argos also has some cracking deals, with an 8GB Creative Zen MP3 and portable video player for just £49.99, as well as this 32in HD Ready Digital LCD TV from Alba, for £269.99 - a saving of £60!

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Books and games

Now that we are well and truly into winter, there's nothing I like more than curling up with a good book. And luckily there are loads of great deals on books at the moment!

• Waterstones is a great place to start, as it is currently offering at least 50% off its top 100 bestselling books!
• At Borders, you can get a brilliant 25% off children's books.
• Finally, be sure to check out Amazon's deals of the week. Here you can save 55% on Marian Keyes' The Brightest Star in the Sky which is now £8.54. You can also save 55% on both Take One and Take Two, the autobiographies of Take That! Both of these are £9. But be warned the deal finishes on 1 November.

If games are what you're after, then check out these awesome gaming deals!

• For the PS3, why not check out the brand new Pro Evolution Soccer 2010, for just £29.71 - a saving of more than £15 - from Asda.
• And if you're more of a Wii person, then head over to HMV, where you can get your hands on Sonic Unleashed for just £9.99 - saving you £15. Bargain!

Film and box sets

If films are what you need to get you through the long winter nights, then why not check out some of these absolute bargains!

Eating out

Run out of inspiration in the kitchen? Why not treat yourself to a meal out and check out all the latest restaurant bargains in our Frugal Food round up. Read more

Eating in

If you'd prefer to stay in, check out our very own Frugal Recipes series to find out how you can cook delicious meals on the cheap. Read more

Cheap days out

If you're looking for a fun day out on the cheap, why not pay a trip to Alton Towers? And right now at Lastminute.com you can enjoy up to 20% off tickets!

Alternatively head over to Visit the Heart, where you can get a voucher enabling kids to go free to Cadbury's World!

Freebie of the week

This week's top freebie is for all of you who, like me, fancy losing a few pounds before all the excesses of Christmas kick in!

Head over to LA Fitness and you can get your hands on a brilliant three day gym pass. The pass can be used at any of LA Fitness's 88 gyms across the country! To take advantage, just fill in your details here.

Mobile phone deal of the week

If you want a phone just to make phone calls, and aren't bothered about all the other add ons, then you should take a look at the Samsung E1100, which you can get on pay as you go with Talk Mobile for just £4.95, plus a £10 top up! Find out more.

Alternatively, if you need your phone to offer you all of the extras, including email on the go, then you need to check out this incredible deal. Via Omio, you can get your hands on a Blackberry Curve 8520, with an Orange contract giving you  400 free minutes and unlimited texts, for just £20 per month over 18 months. Find out more

Competition of the week

Finally, this week's competition. If you love a good gadget, then you'll definitely appreciate the Kubik Edge media player, boasting a touch screen mp3, video and YouTube player, built in camera, and 8GB of memory!

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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