If you’re suffering from those post-holiday back to work blues, then these fifty incredible bargains ought to cheer you up. Some are completely exclusive and lots of them are limited time only, so get stuck in today and start smiling again!

• Top 20 bargains handpicked by the team!
• Eco bargains to save you cash
• Websites that can MAKE you money
• Websites that can SAVE you money
• Freebies!
• Good financial products up for grabs

Top 20 bargains handpicked by the team!

1. The Moneymagpie Student eBook

Student debt still weighing you down? Worry not, the Moneymagpie Student eBook is here to help you to shrink your debt. For a low price of £4.87 this fantastic guide covers covers everything students and graduates need to know about how to clear their student loans – the fast way.

2. FREE money making & money saving eBook

Our brand new 2011 50 Money Making & Money Saving Tips eBook is now available for you to download. Packed full with simple and exciting ways for you to make and save money, it’s the must have guide for anyone in need of a richer life! Claim your free copy right here.

3. Up to 70% off exclusive luxury holidays with Voyage Prive

4. Get up to 90% off dining out, experience days, spa treatments and more

Sign up to KGB deals to take advantage of their fantastic offers each day. Right now they have everything from hundreds of pounds off luxury hotel stays to discounted student kitchen sets and laptops. They are all available for a very limited time though, so you need to be quick to snap up anything that takes your fancy. Sign-up here.

5. £100 holidays with easyJet

Every Friday easyJet holidays offer holidays to 100 destinations for £100pp. The fantastic offers include destinations in Europe and further afield and include packages with flights from a variety of UK airports.

There are some truly great deals to be had, but they do get snapped up quickly so make sure you head here at 10am every Friday to get your hands on the best. 

6. Free delivery and big savings on Dermalogica products

11. £10 off Acai capsules at Evolution Slimming

For those of you looking to give your body a boost to prepare for the winter ahead, Acai could be the supplement for you. Packed full of powerful nutrients and antioxidants and used by celebrities, many people claim this wonder fruit can boost your energy levels and help you lose weight. You can put that theory to the test for less, with £10 off two months supply of Acai capsules from Evolution Slimming.

12. Burgers for £5.50 at Giraffe

Every Tuesday popular family restuarant chain Giraffe offers all the burgers on it’s menu for £5.50 from 5pm. What’s more, if you fancy a treat you can get 50% off selected beer and cocktails between 5 and 7pm too! 

13. £111 Bare Escentuals make-up kit for just £31.35

Containing Bare Escentuals foundation, blusher, two eye colours, a lip colour and two make-up brushes – this ‘Precious Gold’ collection is presented in it’s own vanity box complete with mirror. It’s an absolute steal at £31.35 from FeelUnique, and we reckon it won’t be around for long – so hurry! You’ll even get free delivery.

14. Win a year’s free shopping at Sainsbury’s!

How amazing is this? A special paint additive that keeps your home warm in winter and cool in the summer! Insuladd paint additive was developed with NASA and it has special insulating properties that you add to paint. By putting Insuladd into your normal paint, you’ll create a thermal barrier that also repels moisture, helping to prevent mould and mildew. You could save up to 20% on your energy costs and at just £23.99 the paint will pay for itself in no time. Take me to it.

23. Invest in a Hug Rug

If your old rug has seen better days, consider investing in a Hug Rug from Lakeland. Made entirely from recycled material here in the UK, a Hug Rug traps up to 95% of dirt, dust and moisture. At just £19.99 this is a great little investment.

24. Keep warm with a Radiator Booster

With frosty nights upon us this Radiator Booster should be on everyone’s shopping list. The booster uses a small fan to spread heat more effectively around your room, warming it up in half the usual time. Your boiler will then shut down quicker saving you as much as £140 per year in heating bills. And at the special price of just £18.95 the Radiator Booster is a small investment well worth making.

25. Save over £400 a year just by switching!

Switch your energy supplier and save yourself over £400 a year. We’ve made the whole process very quick and easy so there’s no excuse not to give it a go. Check out your very own step-by-step guide right here.

26. Recycle your gadgets for cash

There are lots of recycling companies out there dying to get their hands on your old or broken gadgets. What’s more, they’ll PAY you for handing them over, so you can make some extra cash whilst helping to save the planet! Check out  Mobile Phone Xchange who pay cash for mobile phones, games consoles, cameras, MP3 players and the like.

If you know it’s only your phone you want to sell, check out the Moneymagpie phone recycling tool now. In just a few clicks it will work out which recycling company will pay you the most for your phone. There really is no better way of going about it.

Websites that can MAKE you money

27. Make money from online surveys

If you spend a lot of time in front of a computer why not start making some cash from it? Online surveys are a great way to make a little extra cash for minimal time and effort, and whilst they won’t make you a fortune they can provide a nice little bonus to your regular income. If you’re interested in giving online surveys a go we recommend that you sign-up (for FREE) to these websites: Lightspeed and Toluna. For more tips and advice check out our online survey article here.

28. Make money from competitions

Few of us ever bother with competitions because we think our chances of winning are so slim. Wrong! Your chances are often a lot better than you think, but as the old saying goes ‘You gotta be in it to win it.’ For very little time and effort you could win anything from a year’s supply of chocolate to a three week holiday in the Bahamas. Get Me A Ticket is a great website for fun and easy competitions and if you get really serious about them you should consider investing in a copy of From Beginner to Winner – The Comping Essentials.

29. Get paid to shop

It always surprises us here at Moneymagpie that so few people know about cashback websites. In a nutshell these websites will pay you cashback every time you make a purchase through their site, and some will even pay you just for signing up. They’re quick and easy to use and lots of top retailers are linked to them. We particularly like Quidco, Cashback Shopper and Ecashback. For more tips on how to get started check out our cashback article here.

30. Make £6 referring a friend

Hugely popular group buying site Groupon will give you £6 credit for every friend you refer. To get the credit your friend must sign up and purchase a deal within 72 hours, so make sure you send them a deal you know they’ll love. Considering how many great deals they have you shouldn’t have any trouble finding people to sign up! Find out more here.

31. Sell on eBid

Clear out all your old junk and make a profit in the process. You’ll all be aware that you can buy and sell items on auction site eBay, but another site that works in pretty much the same way is eBid. What’s different about eBid however, is that you don’t have to pay to list your items (called an insertion fee and ranging from 10p to £1.90 for most items). Although, as with eBay, they do take a Final Value Fee – of 3%.

All you need to do to get selling is sign up to a buyer’s account – then upgrade your account from buyer to seller. This gives you access to a standard auction format.

32. Rent out your driveway for cash

Do you live near a station or a busy, urban area with little parking? Do you have a garage that’s rarely used or a driveway that’s often sitting idle? Then why not advertise for free on Parkatmyhouse or Park Let and let thousands of people know about your space. Both sites do charge commission but this is still a fantastic earner for those of you with space going spare. Find out more right here.

Websites that can SAVE you money

33. Make-up bargains

Ladies stop buying your make-up and skincare on the high street! You can save a lot of money by going online and buying your favourite beauty brands from discount sites such as Lookfantastic.com and Feel Unique. For a little taster of just how good these sites are, check out these fantastic offers running right now:

• Feel Unique: Elemis Anti-Ageing Face and Eyes Collection – £60 including free delivery (RRP £75)
• LookFantastic: Free Peace, Love & Juicy Gift Box worth over £11 when you purchase the Juicy Couture fragrance.
• Check out our fab article on the best beauty websites around.

34. Perfume bargains

There is no reason why you should still be paying full price for your favourite perfume, no reason at all! Not when there are sites out there like HalfPricePerfumes and CheapSmells who offer discounts of well over 60% on many of the most gorgeous scents around. Take this 100ml bottle of Vera Wang’s Glam Princess for example. With an RRP of £58 it doesn’t come cheap, but at CheapSmells.com you’ll get £18.55 off (taking it down to £39.45) plus free UK delivery! What’s not to love about that?

35. Food bargains

Take a few minutes to check out these websites and we guarantee they’ll save you money on eating out at great restaurants:

• For fine dining: Toptable and 5pm.
• For high street restaurants: Moneymagpie’s very own Cheap Eats Vouchers & 2for1 meal deals.
• For fine dining and food experience days: Lastminute.com

36. Luxury for less

If you enjoy the finer things in life but haven’t got the budget to fund them, get yourself signed-up to a group buying site. They’re free to join and will save you an absolute fortune on everything from spa breaks and hotel stays to Michelin star meals and adventure days out. We especially like Groupon and Keynoir.

37. Cheaper phone calls

Don’t pay premium call rates – use the website SayNoTo0870 which lists alternative (and sometimes free) phone numbers for companies who only offer expensive 0870/1 and 0845 numbers on their websites.

38. Cheap hotels

If you’re planning a hotel break at some point this year check out Expedia, eBookers, Hotels.com and Laterooms for incredible offers that could save you hundreds of pounds. Do not book a hotel room without checking out these websites first – you’ve been warned!

Freebies!

39. Freebies online

There are lots of dedicated freebies sites – such as Freebietown.co.uk and Britishfreebies.co.uk – where you can find listings of various items that are offered for free online. These sites can be a bit tedious to trawl through but there are some great goodies up for grabs if you’ve got time to search.

40. See shows for free

Apply for free tickets to your favourite TV show or tour, as well as live and promotional events for new music:

• Applausestore – Get tickets to big shows like Britain’s Got Talent, Big Brother, The X Factor and The Sunday Night Project.
• Lost In TV – Where you can apply for tickets to shows like The Cube, the Paul O’Grady Show and The Apprentice: You’re Fired!
• SRO Audiences – For The Alan Titchmarsh Show, Dancing on Ice, 8 out of 10 Cats and Most Haunted Live – to name just a few.

41. Phone calls for free

Chat to your friends and family for free with  Skype.com – all you need is broadband then you can download it for free here. Once you’ve registered you find the username of the person you want to call and then click the green phone. If your computer doesn’t have a microphone built in you’ll need to buy earphones and a microphone – visit Amazon which has lots of reasonably priced headphone and microphone sets here.

42. Grab free stuff

Craigslist: Click on the ‘Great Britain’ menu then choose your nearest city. Look on the ‘for sale’ menu for the ‘free’ option and see all the items that are available to you for no money. All you have to do is pick them up.

Freecycle: Join a Freecycle network near you. Once you become a member of a local group you can view the items being given away, and post your own items. Everything posted must be free, legal and appropriate to all ages.

Gumtree: Check under the ‘Stuff for Sale’ tab and click ‘freebies’ for a list of free things in your area. You’ll need to collect the items – the posts will provide a contact to call or email. You can also try posting an ad of your own saying what items you need.

Snaffleup: This is the newest free item site of the four. It works in exactly the same way as the others. It’s a good idea to register your postcode so the search prioritises items that are in your area.

43. Have a free holiday

Don’t bother with expensive hotels – kip on someone’s couch instead!

Couchsurfing is great for meeting new people and having an authentic holiday experience – you choose who to stay with and they give you a bed to sleep in. Then you can repay the favour and sign up as a host yourself.

Here are some sites to get started:

• Couchsurfing.com
• Globalfreeloaders
• Hospitality Club

Doing a house swap is another way to get a free holiday. Sign up to a house swapping agency – then explain where you want to go, when you can go and browse through the listings. Check out our article on the subject for more information on house-swapping. Jasmine belongs to Homeexchange.com which she thinks is great.

44. Get someone to do your chores for free!

Swap your skills with other people to get jobs done for free. Local Exchange Trading Schemes (LETS) have been set up all over the country to help communities swap their skills. They work by creating a unit of ‘currency’ which can be collected when you provide a service – and then used to ‘pay’ for someone to provide a service for you.

For example: if you’re a great cook, you can bake someone a cake and then use those credits to get someone to do your gardening. Check out LETSLinkUK for more information and to find your nearest scheme.

45. Free cinema tickets

Sign up to SeeFilmFirst for some free movie tickets. They email you when free screenings are available and give you a screening code which you enter on the home page. Tickets are available on a first come, first served basis so you’ll have to be quick!

46. Free beauty treatments

There are beauty salons and colleges all over the country in need of some guinea pigs to practice on and if you register your details with Salon Guinea Pig they can get in touch with you directly if they need models. You can nab yourself a free spray tan, a free haircut or even a free wax!

Good financial products up for grabs

47. £100 to switch

Switch to a First Direct 1st Account and they will give you £100.

The Moneymagpies think this is a great account with outstanding customer service. You have to have at least £1,500 per month coming into the account to get it for free.

If you don’t like the account after you’ve tried it, they’ll give you another £100 and help you get set up with another account elsewhere! Find out more about the First Direct 1st Account now.

48. Half price home insurance

Right now you can get a massive 50% off home insurance with Churchill if you haven’t claimed in the last five years. Churchill’s home insurance policy includes up to £50,000 contents cover, up to £500,000 buildings cover, new for old replacement PLUS 24-hour claims and emergency helplines. Find out more right here.

49. 20% off pet insurance

Get 20% off pet insurance with Churchill if you apply online. As with any type of insurance you should shop around before you decide but with this big discount it’s worth considering this latest offer at the same time. Churchill pet insurance customers get two levels of cover – Pet Emergency and the standard Pet Insurance.

With both of these you get cover for vet fees and up to £1,000 for advertising or reward if a pet is lost or stolen. They also offer cover for emergency kennel or cattery fees, the use of help lines including bereavement counselling and the ability to pay in monthly instalments at no extra cost. If you have a cat or, particularly, a dog you should have pet insurance to cover the escalating price of vet bills. Get the discount through this special pet insurance link.

50. Pay off your debt with 0% interest for 22 months

Barclaycard Platinum Credit Card is now offering a whopping 20 months with o% interest on balance transfers. The offer does include a 3.2% handling fee but if you’re sitting on a chunk of debt that’s taking time to shift, this could be the card for you. Find out more about is the Barclaycard Platinum Credit Card now.