Entertainment

Applausestore.com
A useful resource if you fancy seeing some of your favourite shows (including Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Top Gear and X Factor) for free. You'll be emailed whenever shows are looking for audience members. I've been to a few of these and there's a bit of waiting around, but it's fascinating to see how it actually works.

Free entertainment during the day
London is brilliant for free entertainment. Head to Covent Garden or Embankment during the summer and you'll catch magicians, mimes and the odd clown *shudder. Head to PennyGolightly.com or This Little Lady Went To London.com for full details of events.

Audio Tours
If you fancy seeing London through fresh eyes, try one of the London Audio Tours (www.walktalktour.com). They're usually around £5.95, and you download the tours onto your iPod/MP3 player. Then simply follow the directions!

Free knitting/crochet/sewing patterns
Crafters have a huge number of sites they can visit for free patterns. Crafty Crafty.tv, Craftster.org and Dork Adore.com all offer regular contributions from the crafting community.

Spotify.com
As long as you don't mind constant interruptions from an irritating advertising bod, Spotify is a great desktop (and mobile if you subscribe) app to listen to your favourite music without having to pay or download. You can even get your friends to collaborate on playlists and share them on Facebook and Twitter

Lastminute.com on Thursdays
Lastminute.com, provider of cheap hotels and theatre deals, tends to have the best deals and sales on a Thursday, so hold off if you're planning on booking anything until then.

Qype.co.uk
Twitter users can't have failed to have noticed the various review notifications floating around from Qype users, and it's a great way to contribute your views of the latest restaurants, bars and cafes you've visited. It also has the added bonus of allowing members who reach a certain level to attend various free eating and drinking events.

Orange Wednesdays
An oldie but a goodie. Orange users can get 2for1 cinema tickets on Wednesdays. They've recently paired up with Pizza Express for 2for1s too, so ideal for a date. Just head to
http://web.orange.co.uk/p/film/cinema_tickets for details.

One household car insurance
If there's several of you in a household that own a car, you can save a bucketload by all jumping on a one household insurance policy. I saved around £150 doing this last time I insured with this policy.

Library
Sounds boring, but joining my local library has saved me a huge amount in book purchasing, DVD renting (average renting cost is £3 for three weeks) and internet access when mine fails me at home.