Frugal Friday

This week's highlights include 70% off Burton menswear, cut price Ugg boots, great DVD and book offers for all Dan Brown fans, bargain hotel rooms from £18, free entry to famous buildings in London, and 2 days for the price of 1 at Alton Towers.

Hurrah! It's Friday, which means it's that time of the week when we round up all the best discounts and deals, and I have got some crackers for you this week!

Fashion and beauty

Sadly, the temperatures are really beginning to drop, but the high street sales are just as hot as ever. I reckon a spot of online shopping in the comfort of your own home could be a great way of keeping out of the cold. If you do, too, make sure you check out these great bargains:

• Barratts are having a summer clearance with a further 20% off selected footwear. Many items now half price or less.
• BHS: Get 20% off selected lines in the back to school range.
• Boots: Get 3 for 2 on a range of over 1000 beauty products, make-up and skincare.
• Branch309: Save £64.99 off Ugg Ultra Short Boots at a discount price of £105.
• Burton: Final menswear clearance with up to 70% off.
• Debenhams: Get 20% off selected men's denims.
• Dorothy Perkins: Save an extra 20% off everything until 20 September with online code IMAVIP. Save 10% off your next order when you sign up to the Dorothy Perkins newsletter.
• Gap: Up to 40% off everything online and in stores for a limited time only.
• Kew: Sales continue on fashion and accessories with up to 60% off selected items.
• Jigsaw: Get up to 30% off, 30% to 50% off and over 50% off selected womenswear and junior fashion.
• Oasis: Exclusive new season offers with up to £25 off selected items.
• Office: The sale on footwear continues with 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, BOGOF, discounts on fragrances, hair care, make up and more.
• Shoe Envy: Final reductions with up to 50% off top brands.
• Topshop: Sale continues with up to 50% off a range of fashion and accessories.
• Wallis: 10% off the final few items. Selected items for less than £10.

Ladies, if it's about time you got some new underwear, you'll be glad to hear Marks and Spencer is offering 3 for 2 on its pretty Per Una lingerie range. Prices start at £11 per set with a third item for free!

And if you fancy getting away this weekend, why not pick up some cut-price luggage from John Lewis. This Eminent Boston Trolley case in graphite is a steal at just £50. That's £50 off!

If it's a touch of luxury you want, Liberty are offering an exclusive £15 off when you spend £100 for all lovemoney readers. Simply use the promotional code LOVEMONEY15, offer valid until 24th September.

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Books

If you plan to curl up with a good book, there are some great money-off deals ready and waiting to be snapped up this weekend once again:

• If you're a fan of author Dan Brown, pick up his latest book, The Lost Symbol at Amazon for just £4.99. That's a massive £14 off. It's already topping the best-seller lists.
• Amazon are also offering lots of great deals on other books this week, including up to 50% off new releases, up to 50% off thousands of paperbacks and up to 50% off our favourite books.
• For those of you who love dining out, pick up the brilliant restaurant review bible, The Good Food Guide 2010 at Amazon for the bargain price of just £11.04. That's £5.95 of the recommended price.
• While at Waterstones you can get up to 40% off new releases, great savings on back to school titles and 3 for 2 on hundreds of books.
• And at WHSmith, Twilight fans can enjoy Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer for the bargain basement price of £3.49. That's a saving of 50%.

Games

The gamers among you are sure to be looking for a great deal weekend and you won't be disappointed. The Hut is still offering up to 80% off games for the Xbox 360 and PC. Just check out these great bargains:

• You can pick up Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer for the Xbox 360 for just £4.93. That's a massive saving of 80% off.
• And get Overlord - Dark Legend for the Nintendo Wii for just £9.93. That's a saving of 72% off.

Meanwhile new release Batman: Arkham Asylum for the PS3 can be picked up at Shopto.net for just £34.85, with a saving of 30% off the recommended price of £49.99, saving you £15.14.

Film and box sets

If it's raining outside, why not stay indoors with a movie? Even better, you can save loads of money with these cut price DVDs and boxsets:

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, CDs, games and books.

Finally, for all you Patrick Swayze fans Asda has some great offer on his CDs and DVDs this week.

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

Why not spend the weekend with the kids at a theme park, at the zoo or catching a movie? Check out these top cheap days - and nights - out:

• There are still some fantastic deals on days out at Lastminute.com. Choose from trips to Alton Towers where you can enjoy 2 days for the price of 1, up to 50% off Chessington Theme Park tickets and Thorpe Park tickets from only £18.
• If your little monkeys love going to the zoo then Lastminute.com also has money off deals at up and down the country. This includes 10% off Blackpool Zoo with prices starting from just £9.00 and 2 for 1 tickets at Paradise Wildlife Park in Hertfordshire with prices starting from £13.
• Meanwhile, if you live in or near Essex why not enjoy a day out at Colchester Castle? Each child goes free with a full paying adult. Adult tickets cost just £5.50. This offer is available through enjoyEngland.com.
• Or, if you fancy an evening out at the movies get 25% off any film at Odeon with this voucher, which is valid on Mondays to Fridays until 25 September.

Travel

Lastminute.com is having a fabulous hotel sale with rooms going for as little as £18. With hotels available in the UK, Europe and worldwide you're bound to find a budget option in the destination of your choice.

And Monstertravel.co.uk has come up trumps again this week with more amazing holiday bargains. You can save up to 50% off late deals to Tenerife with breaks in the Playa de las Americas starting from just £112.

Meanwhile, check out Laterooms.com where you'll find a range of special offers including 3 nights for 2, 2 nights for 1 and up to 70% off hundreds of rooms.

The fantastic spring sale at Travelodge continues but sadly all the £12 offers have now sold out. But worry not because rooms are still available at just £19 as long as you stay between January 1 and 11 April 2010.

Freebie of the week

If you're going to be in the capital this weekend and you love architecture and design, don't miss Open House London. On the 19 and 20 September, 700 buildings throughout the capital will open their doors completely for free.

Check out the Open House London website for a list of all the participating buildings and booking details where required.

Competition of the week

Finally, this week's fantastic competition is for coffee-lovers everywhere:

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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