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Every week, Lucy will give you top money-saving tips on getting the best deals. This week, a shoppers’ special, free drinks plus movie and e-book offers.
Deals at Seven Dials
Date for the diary for shopping lovers: Thursday 30 May sees Seven Dials in Covent Garden closed to traffic and a 20% discount offered in 120 stores including American Apparel, Banana Republic, Cambridge Satchel Company, Coco De Mer, Cos, Diesel, Fred Perry, Jaeger, Kiehl’s, Office, Orla Kiely, Neal’s Yard Remedies, Poste Mistress, Shu Uemura, Superga and Urban Outfitters. There will also be a free photo booth, live music performances, a free sewing workshop where you learn how to repair and rework old clothes, £5-or-less meals from street vendors — plus free gin cocktails, Pimm’s, popcorn, candy floss, hairdos and manicures. Visit sevendials.co.uk/standard to sign up.
Grab a coffee...
A free lunch it isn’t, but you can bag a free cup of coffee from Douwe Egberts by visiting facebook.com/DouweEgbertsUK and clicking “request a sample”. The tipple going free is smooth caramel flavour. Then if you would like some chocolate to snack on with it, visit marsbar.co.uk/mix to receive two free bags of little Mars Bar bites.
...plus Pimm’s or a pint
But if it’s something stronger that you want to sup, register for the Pitcher & Piano newsletter at pitcherandpiano.com and you’ll be sent a code which you can use to order a free glass of Pimm’s and lemonade or pint of Budvar at any P&P bar during May. Another easy freebie to be found online is a pack of travel-sized Aveda shampoo and “thickening conditioner” at invati.aveda.co.uk/PrintableOffer — you can get it delivered to your home by entering the code “Repair” at check-out. Or print the voucher, take it to an Aveda counter and grab one there.
Freebies for filmgoers
Sign up to Showfilmfirst.com and you’ll receive emails offering free tickets to see scores of films in local cinemas before they come out. The site gets the tickets from all the major film companies, which give away millions of tickets to previews of films to create a buzz and get people talking about their movies. Recent freebies have included tickets to see Star Trek Into Darkness, The Big Wedding, Mud, Dora the Explorer and more — and you’re given a ticket for you plus a friend.
If you’re keen to read The Great Gatsby before or after watching the film featuring Leonardo Di Caprio, pictured, that’s just out, go to planetebook.com/The-Great-Gatsby.asp and you can download an ebook version for free. The site also hosts another 80 classics for free download, including 1984, Pride & Prejudice, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Les Misérables, Little Women and Middlemarch.
