Extreme Saving

The London Planetarium in Baker Street is closing down for refurbishment for six weeks after the 7th May. But for this week only (until Sunday 30 April) it's offering free entry for all visitors.

Opening hours are 10.30am to 6pm

More details here

Sadly the refurbishment means the end of the astronomy shows:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2017210,00.html

What next? The Natural History Museum as a furries convention centre?

I love this tip because I'm incredibly lazy about folding Tees - and they never seem to look quite right even when I do. The end result is a huge pile of T shirts stuffed into drawers or worse still crumpled up. Not very time saving (or money saving since my Tees resemble rags rather than clothes).

Watch the tip below for the inside scoop on how to fold T-shirts in seconds. Rather oddly the younger chap's T-shirt has the slogan "Girl of Slender Frame".

Ben and Jerry's are doing a free ice-cream on April 25th. And the stores in London are included!

• Leicester Square
• Oxford St
• The Strand
• Tower Place

Yum and double-yum. More details on their free cone day page.

Megatrain - which is South West Trains low cost alternative are now offering £1 tickets for more destinations:

• Bath
• Bournemouth
• Bristol
• Exeter
• Portsmouth
• Salisbury
• Southampton
• Weymouth
• Yeovil

Here's the details of how to get a free Pay as you go Vodafone SIM card:

https://www.v-store.co.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewpaytsim

My mission for this Easter (should I decide to accept it) is to defrost the fridge and freezers in my house. One of them has got so bad it was impossible to close the door properly yesterday. It looks like something out of Ice Age!

How to defrost your fridge:

1. Turn it off at the wall
   
2. Take out everything (including any frozen peas that have escaped).
   
3. Store your frozen nosh in another freezer, cool bag or cardboard box.
   
4. Put a large pan of hot water in the freezer to speed things up.
   
5. Very important: Do not stab at the ice with a sharp knife like an ice climber on speed. It's very satisfying I know - but puncturing the freezer is not money saving.
   
6. Catch the melting ice in a pan and empty when full.
   

None of this applies if you have a frost-free fridge - but if you have more than 1/4 inch of ice then it's time to get working.

Previous energy saving tips:

1. Energy saving tip - Use your kettle to boil water
   
2. Energy saving tip - Always turn off lights
3. Energy saving tip - Draw your curtains at night
4. Energy saving tip - Really turn off your tv
5. Energy saving tip - Turn it off before it's cooked
6. Energy saving tip - Turn it down

You might also like to read about some great deals on energy saving lightbulbs or how to save money by changing your energy supplier.

Yep it's voucher code time again. Spent a quid or more in Smiths and they'll credit your clubcard with £1.50 worth of points.

• 150 WHSmith clubcard points voucher
  Expires on 16th April

Just print the voucher at the link above and hand it in when you make a purchase.

Got a java equipped mobile that does GPRS? Then you can get a chart DVD or CD for 50p courtesy of CD-WOW and Reporo.

Basically you sign up to Reporo - a free service that lets you shop via your phone - and by way of an incentive they allow you to buy your first CD or DVD from CD-WOW for up-to £8.25 off.

If you'd like to help this site - then send me an email (timeandrelative at googlemail.com) and I'll send you an invite. This means that the site will earn £5 when you register at no cost to you.

www.reporo.com

WHSmith are doing various vouchers that give you extra clubcard points at the moment. All you have to do is print off the vouchers at the links below:

• 250 points
  (equivalent to £2.50) if you spend £1 or more. Expires April 9th.
• 150 points
  (equivalent to £1.50) if you spend £1 or more. Expires April 9th.
• 150 points
  (equivalent to £1.50) if you spend £1 or more. Expires April 15th.

According to the terms and conditions you are only supposed to use each voucher once.

• Obscure Horror film book from Stratford Library sale: 10p
• Price sold for on Amazon: £35
• Expression on other half's face: Priceless

I'm going to put together some tips together for selling your old stuff on Amazon and Greenmetropolis over the next few days. LMK - at the usual place at the top of the screen - if you have any.

This is a great time saving tip too. Boil water for cooking in your kettle rather than a pan (especially one without a lid) - it'll save you time and money.

Previous energy saving tips:

1. Energy saving tip - Always turn off lights
2. Energy saving tip - Draw your curtains at night
3. Energy saving tip - Really turn off your tv
4. Energy saving tip - Turn it off before it's cooked
5. Energy saving tip - Turn it down

You might also like to read about some great deals on energy saving lightbulbs or how to save money by changing your energy supplier.

Comfort are offering a free sample of their new fabric conditioner and a pashmina if you recommend a friend:

http://www.comfortcreme.com/pashminasample.asp