Frugal Friday

Highlights this week include75% off clothing, half-price Xmas trees, 20% off Penguin books, the Gavin & Stacy boxset for £17.99, a show at the Globe Theatre for £5, three months' free broadband and a free Toblerone chocolate!

The clock is ticking - Christmas is exactly 14 days away! But if you haven't sorted out your Christmas shopping, fear not, we have plenty of cracking bargains for you!

Fashion and homewares

Whether shopping for family and friends, or just sorting out an outfit for your Christmas party, there are loads of great sales taking place on the high street right now!

• Barratts: 20% off any order online, using the code AMAZINGB at the checkout.
• Burton: 20% off EVERYTHING ordered online.
• Coast: Up to £40 off party dresses.
• Debenhams: Up to 25% off all departments.
• Dorothy Perkins: Up to 30% off coats, knitwear and jackets.
• Faith: Up to 50% off selected lines.
• Hobbs: Up to 40% off occasionwear
• House of Fraser: Range of tempting Xmas offers, including up to 25% off women's eveningwear and 40% off men's formal wear.
• Jane Norman: Up to 50% off a range of fashion and accessories.
• Monsoon: 25% off lingerie until 18th December.
• New Look: Half price partywear and footwear.
• Next: All sale items half price or less.
• Office: Up to £40 off party styles.
• Schudoo: Up to 70% off shoes and boots, and free delivery and returns.
• TOPMAN: Sale items from £5.
• Urban Outfitters: Up to 75% off clothing and home.
• Wallis: Up to half-price on the mid-season sale.
• Warehouse: Final reductions in mid-season sale.

And if you still haven't sorted out your Christmas decorations, you might want to give Homebase a try. They are offering 50% off selected artificial trees and Christmas lights, as well as three individual hanging decorations for £5.

Fantastic value!

Books and games

Borders may have hit the wall, but thankfully there are loads of cracking offers on books and games from the other major retailers.

• At Penguin Books you can get a 20% discount when using the code PenguinTD.
• The Book Depository has a great range of deals on stocking filler books, including 50% off Sir Ranulph Fiennes' autobiography, Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know, which you can get hold of for £4.47.
• WHSmith is continuing its amazing 80% off books extravangaza, so if you fancy following some of Nigella Lawson's quickfire recipes you'll be sure to want to check out Nigella Express, available for just £7.50 - saving you £17.50!
• And finally, Amazon has a great new selection of books in its Deals of the Week section, including Jeremy Clarkson's Driven to Distraction (available for £8.40, saving you £11.60) and Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck Cookbook (55% off at £15.75)

If you'd rather spend your weekend on your favourite console, there are also some great deals on offer for computer games

• When I was a kid I was a massive Super Mario fan, so I'll definitely be getting the New Super Mario Brothers game on the Wii. Get it from ShopTo.net and you'll pay £32.86, saving you £7.13!
• If you are more of a Grand Theft Auto fan, you can get Episodes from Liberty City for the Xbox for £17.73 at TheHut.com, saving you £17.26.
• And lastly, if you want a game for the PS3, you can get hold of Lego Rock Band for the bargain price of £24.73, again from TheHut.com, saving you more than £15!

Film and box sets

I know what I'll be doing this weekend - curling up in front of the telly with a good DVD! If you fancy doing the same, why not check out these awesome deals.

Eating out

Put that pinny and rolling pin away! If you fancy going out for a meal this weekend, make sure you check out all the latest restaurant bargains in our Frugal Food round up. Read more

Eating in

If you'd rather get your hands dirty in putting together a magnificent meal on a budget at home, have a look at our very own Frugal Recipes series for some inspiration! This week there's a Christmas dinner meat option and veggie option. Read more

Cheap days out

Looking for something to do this weekend, but don't want to break the bank? Have a look at these great offers:

• If you fancy a day at the theatre, lastminute.com has a host of special offers for festive shows. One that caught my eye takes place at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, which is hosting its first every Christmas production, with a Christmas Cracker show. Tickets are just £5.
• Alternatively, if you fancy getting your skates on, print this voucher from enjoyengland.com, and enjoy two for one on tickets to the Bristol Ice Rink.
• And finally, if you want something a bit more educational, this voucher, again from enjoyengland.com, gets you one free admission with one paying adult to the Midland Air Museum in Coventry.

Deal of the week

Sign up to Virgin Media with broadband on the L package and your phoneline on the M package and you'll get three months' free broadband (£12.50 per month thereafter)! Find out more.

Freebie of the week

Without fail, every year my Dad gets a big bar of Toblerone at Christmas. He just loves the stuff, and to be honest he'd probably be a bit disappointed if we got him something else.

So if you have likeminded family or friends, this week's freebie is definitely for you. Just go to the Toblerone website and fill in your details, and if you're one of the first 20,000 to do so you'll get a free Toblerone Tebelle, a new version of the chocolate!

Competition of the week

Finally, this week's competition. Be quick as it ends on 16 December:

Have a lovely weekend!