Frugal Friday

Highlights this week include an extra 20% off men's fashion, 50% off bedding, massive discounts on SEA LIFE tickets, 30 free music tracks, a free SKY+ box with £50 Marks & Spencer voucher, half-price books and more than £5 off Singstar: Take That.

Uh oh - it's exactly five weeks to Christmas! The clock is ticking if you want to get those stockings filled with gifts for your loved ones. Luckily there are plenty of cracking bargains at the moment to take advantage of!

Fashion and homewares

The high street sales never end thankfully. So if you're on the hunt for some new threads, these are the places to start your bargain hunt!

• Barratts: 20% off any order online, using the code AMAZINGB at the checkout.
• Boots: For this week only, this clever electric shaver from Braun is better than half price - saving you a whopping £83.30 - at £73.29!
• Burton: 20% off everything you order online and in-store on 20th November!
• Debenhams: Up to 25% off in all departments
• Dorothy Perkins: 20% off everything you order online.
• Coast: Up to £40 off party dresses.
• Faith: Up to 70% off in the mid season sale.
• Hobbs: Up to 40% off occasionwear
• Jane Norman: Up to 50% off a range of fashion and accessories.
• Next: Selected items half price or less.
• Oasis: 20% off all collections if you use the online code COLLECTIONS09.
• Office: Up to 70% off a range of footwear.
• Schuh: Up to 75% off selected footwear. Free delivery on orders over £14.99.
• Schudoo: Up to 70% off shoes and boots, and free delivery and returns.
• Topman: Many sale items now just £5.
• Wallis: Up to 50% off a range of fashion and accessories.
• Warehouse: Final reductions on the mid-season sale with jewellery starting from just £1.

If you'd prefer to put your cash towards sprucing up your home, then Debenhams should definitely be your first stop - it is currently offering up to 50% off duvets and pillows!

John Lewis also has some cracking deals for homeware, with this nest of tables currently just £339 - a saving of £145!

Books and games

If you fancy curling up with a nice book this weekend, then these magic deals should be on your radar.

• First off, Waterstones has identified a whole host of books that will make great Christmas presents, and is offering them at a discount of up to 50%!
• There are also some cracking new books in the deals of the week over at Amazon, including the brand new Adrian Mole book, Adrian Mole: The Prostate Years, at just £8.54 - a saving of 55%!
• And finally, The Book Depository has a magic promotion offering bumper discounts on the best books of 2009. Some of the top deals include 50% off Superfreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt, available at £9.96, as well as 50% off the new Nick Cave novel The Death of Bunny Munro, which you can get your hands on for £8.45.

If you'd rather pass the time with a bit of gaming, then luckily for you there are some cracking deals on offer at the moment.

• If you fancy snapping up the new Assassins Creed II game, then The Hut is your best bet. You can get it for £32.73 for both the PS3 or the Xbox, saving you more than £7.
• However, if you'd rather do your best impression of Gary, Mark, Howard and the other one, The Hut is once again the place to go if you want to get your hands on Singstar: Take That. You can pick up the game for just £14.73, a saving of £5.26!

• And if you'd rather use your computer console to get fit, then why not snap up the new Wii Fit Plus game (with board) from Toys R Us, where you can save a whopping £21! It's currently available for just £68.99.

Film and box sets

My Christmas list is dominated by DVDs each year, and this time around is no different. So if you need to snap up some DVDs for friends and family, then why not start with these bargains!

It's also worth noting that if you plan on doing some shopping at Play.com, you can get £5 off if you spend £50 by using the code PLANW09. However, the code expires on 6 December so be quick!

Deal of the week

There's always some brilliant telly on over Christmas. So if you want to get the most out of your TV, SKY is currently offering a brilliant deal. If you sign up to any SKY TV package online before 17 December, you'll get a free SKY+ box plus a £50 voucher for Marks & Spencer!

Eating out

If you don't fancy getting the pinny and rolling pin out this weekend, you can check out all the latest restaurant bargains in our Frugal Food round up. Read more.

Eating in

If you'd prefer to stay in and cook up a delicious meal without blowing the budget, check out our very own Frugal Recipes series for some inspiration! Read more.

Cheap days out

If you fancy taking in one of the SEA LIFE centres across the country (the centre in Brighton has been a favourite since I was a kid), you can get up to 30% off tickets if you book via lastminute.com.

Keeping on the animal theme, you can get 2 for 1 on tickets to Shrepreth Wildlife Park in Hertfordshire thanks to enjoy England. All you have to do is download the voucher. 

But if you would prefer to throw yourself into some serious chocolate eating, kids go free at Cadbury World with this voucher from Visit The Heart.

Mobile phone deal of the week

If you are on the hunt for a cracking pay as you go phone, then why not have a look at this excellent offer from Omio. You get a Samsung J700 phone, which boasts its own camera, radio, MP3 player and video playback, all for just £39.95 with O2 (price includes a £10 top-up). Find out more.

Freebie of the week

If you fancy trying out some new music, then you should head over to the Independent's website. The newspaper has a free 30 track album ready for you to download, featuring a host of new artists! You can download the lot in one go, or go for individual tracks. Find out more.

Competition of the week

And finally, this week's competition. Hurry as this competition ends on 8 December!

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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