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Vi’s Top Voucher Picks for August

Friday, August 28th, 2009

I thought it was about time I had another look through the vouchers that are on offer via BView, and let you know which ones are my favourites.  There are some good ones on there at the moment too, vouchers that can save you a pretty penny if you use them right!

My first pick is a freebie (well I do like a good freebie!).  Lots of youngsters are generally thinking about learning to drive at this time of year, and it’s an expensive thing to do.  Well up and down the country there are a few driving schools listed on BView at the moment who are offering free lessons.
Lakeside School of Motoring in Dorchester, Starfish Driving in Weston-Super-Mare, Devans Driver Training in Plymouth, and Walkers Driving School in North Lanarkshire are all offering the first lesson free.  SLK Driving school in Blackpool is offering a free lesson when you refer a friend – the more friends you refer, the more lessons you get for free. All good stuff!

My second voucher pick is for Zizzi Italian restaurant who are offering a choice of two deals at the moment.  The first is two main meals for £10, and the second is buy one main meal, get the second for just £1.  Both are excellent deals as Zizzi do some really nice food.

For my third pick, I’ve stuck with the food theme again, and it’s another fab deal this time from Pizza Express who are offering Free pizza when you buy any other pizza at full menu price.  It is only available on collection, and there are a couple of exclusions, but it’s still a great way of having a really nice meal on the cheap.

How many of you can’t wait for the kids to go back to school?  Well here’s one for any of you who need to buy back to school items and just can’t face taking the little dears into town!  M&S are offering Free delivery on school wear with the code SCHOOL09 as well as having lots of 3 for 2 offers on school wear items.

Finally, my last pick for this month, is one that is close to my own heart being a green issue.  Clean and Green Ltd. Are offering 20% off all orders placed and free delivery by using the link on the BView site.  Now that is a good way to try a green cleaning product if you’ve not already done so before!

Good luck, and feel free to let me know what your favourite vouchers are too.

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Reading – A cheap hobby or an expensive one?

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

Reading – a hobby that we can all enjoy pretty much anywhere.  Something that lets us indulge in many passions and experiences just by delving into the pages of a book, and we can be swept off to a palace full of dancing or an island with palm trees, or even up amongst the stars.  I am an avid reader, I have a wall of books at home in my study, and you know I once sat and worked out how much my reading habit would cost me if I bought all the books I read new – trust me, it was an absolute fortune!

I’m lucky though, I have an excellent library here in Milton Keynes where I can borrow books for free, and even CD’s and films as well.  There are various other ways you can read cheaply too though.  For example, you could raid your friends bookcases and swap books with them.  Or there are many charity shops which will sell you second hand books for anything from 10p each up to around half the price you’d pay new.  (I was lucky enough to find the latest book by my favourite author in my local charity shop a few months ago – and it only cost me 50p too!), if you’re lucky you might even find you have a second hand book shop in your area – I have one near me called Daeron’s Books which specialises in second hand sci-fi and fantasy books.

If you were feeling really adventurous, you could host a book swapping party.  Invite a few friends or even a lot of friends, have a drink and discuss your favourite books and swap with other people.  It makes for a different and fun evening.

There are also websites for swapping books such as readitswapit.co.uk where you can choose who to swap with by looking through what they have and what they want.  These can be great if your bookshelves are overflowing a bit too.

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