Argos has a nice little sale on all their end of catalogue ranges at the moment, with up to 50% off - and up to 60% of haircare.

• Pop over to Argos for up to 50% off

In the Argos sale, you'll find big screen TVs, fitness products, furniture, vacuum cleaners, lighting and small kitchen appliances.

There are six big screen TV's, including the Hitachi 42 Inch Full HD 1080p Digital LCD TV - 4 Series., at £379.95, a £220.00 saving – and five star ratings by the 628 reviewers. (Not quite 50%, but the favourite by far, it seems.)

For the fitness products, the 50% off sale includes treadmills, cross trainers, rowers, exercise bikes and sports bags.

Furniture you'll find in the sale include dining room furniture, sofas, office furniture, divan beds and mattresses and lounge furniture

Vacuum cleaners from just over £40.00 to almost £500.00

There's not a massive variety in the lighting department, but still some bits that could change a rooms appearance for not too much money.

And finally, the small kitchen appliances give you 72 items to choose from,starting at £3.99 for the Salter Plastic Mechanical Kitchen Scale – Black and going to £59.99 for the Cookworks Signature Silver Stand Mixer.

The sale is on until 21 January, so you have a bit of time to decide!

Bonfire night might have come and gone, but Argos still have a 50% off fireworks till the 10^th of November – perfect for stocking up for New Year's celebrations.

• Blast off to Argos for half price sparks

Like everyone else, Argos have quite a few restrictions on cost and quantity of fireworks that you can buy in a single transaction, but at these prices £1000 (the limit) will go a very long way. Just to name a few:

The Dark Storm Selection Box costing £4.99 instead of £9.99, contains 15 fireworks consisting of 10 Fountains, 4 Roman Candles and 1 Wheel. It's a great value selection of mixed effect fireworks ideal for younger families.

The Brute Force, now £24.99, is a fantastic 42 shot Single Ignition with a rapid sequence of aerial blasts creating a multi-effect display that fills the sky. Including red comets, crackle mines, whistling tails, massive palm bursts with a finale of fizzing crackle bursts. Light this once and enjoy your own choreographed display for roughly 54 seconds.

The 10 multi-effect Fire Racer Rockets, now £9.99, includes green and red stars, silver fish effects and crackle, lasting about 10 seconds.

And at .74p for a 5-pack of giant sparklers, producing a golden coloured sparkle, you could supply a stadium-worth of ambient festive lighting.

Remember to check if your local Argos is participating, reserve online, and if you look under 21 you'll be asked for ID.

Thanks to Sliwka at HUKD

If you need something to keep the little ones busy this half term, the Half Term Half Price sale at Early Learning Centre is worth a look.

• Click on over to ELC for this half price sale

Of course, it's doubtful whether any of us really need any more toys in our house, but sometimes having something new to keep the little ones busy for a while can be a life saver.

And with 50% off, toys such as Spiral Art (down to £5.00) should be just the thing to get the creative juices flowing, while the Leapfrog Zippity Active Learning System (now £35.00) or the Lift and Look Number Puzzle (only £3.50) incorporate learning and play.

The toys on offer include a wide variety of dolls, bears, puzzles, cars, games and much more.

A favourite feature for me on the ELC website is that you can choose toys by learning skill, such as fine motor skills, problem solving or social skills, allowing you to choose products that will help your child develop specific skills in a fun environment.

UK Standard delivery takes four working days and is free on orders over £100.00 or £4.95 under.

There's not a huge amount to say about a half price toy sale, really. It's a toy sale and everything is half price at Tesco!

• Click here to shop the toy sale @ Tesco Direct
  

I keep trying to avoid the topic of Christmas, of stocking up and stocking fillers, but it seems everywhere I turn I come face to face with commercial cheer and the season of buying. And even if you don't celebrate Christmas, but do celebrate birthdays, I guess every home should have a gift cupboard like the one my mum used to have – filled to the brim with bargains that we could reach in to find the 'perfect' gift for every occasion.

Supermarkets like Tesco are certainly making stocking up easier, and in this case, the whole early bird gets the worm thing is true.

With half price on toys such as Biggest Littlest Petshop, Scooby Doo Pirate Fort playset, Battlestrikers starter set and Postman Pat vehicles and dolls, (all down to £20 from £40) and eight pages of options online, there's no need to run in to town before the next birthday or Christmas party.

Tesco also offer next day delivery, and two club card points for every £1 spent.

I love, love, LOVE it when Sainsbury's make all their  baby toiletries half price!

• Click HERE to dash off to Sainsbury's

I'm not sure whether this applies to all Sainsbury's stores 'in the real' but in virtual internet land it's half price deals a-go-go!  And although this offer runs until Tuesday 3 August, I wouldn't hang around as the terms also state that the offer is subject to stock availablility too.

When The Teenagers were small I used to keep a very beady eye open for deals like this - with two small children just a year apart in age, I used to get through an obscene amount of baby wipes.

I still keep half an eye open for half price baby toiletries offers because, quite frankly, baby wipes have to be one of the most useful inventions known to man and it just makes economic sense to stock up when you can!

My favourite? Johnson's Baby Skincare Wipes and a pack of four will only cost you £2.44 instead of £4.88.

There are lots of other Johnson's toiletry products on offer - baby lotion (another permanent feature in my house), bedtime bath and grab a few of these if you can - Johnson's Soothing Naturals lotion - because it's LOVE-R-LY and has been reduced from £1.94 down to 97p!!

And just quickly - the parents' favourite, Sudocreme, is also on offer - £1.78 for the big 250g pot.

If this offer isn't running in your local Sainsbury's then standard delivery is just £3.95.

Thanks to darknessfairy over at HUKD!

YIPPEEE  half price toys!

• Click HERE to play over at Play.com

I do like a good half-price toy sale and Play have come up trumps again with lots of things on offer for our playtime delight!

Let me take you on a quick whistlestop tour of just a few bits they have on offer...

If you're in to Zhu Zhu Pet Hamsters ( I r e a l l y don't get them at all...) then there's some fabo Zhu Zhu bargains for you:

• Deluxe funhouse
• Scoodles pet hamster
• Woody Station Playset

Hmmm, you don't get the whole Zhu Zhu thing either hey - you'll 'get' these though:

• Bob the Builder tool box
• Mega Blocks: Thomas at the Sodor Fair set
• Waybuloo 24-piece puzzle

I know I said this was a half-price toy sale but it doesn't just apply to toys, kids bedroom bits and pieces are also included:

• Thomas fleece blanket
• Disney Princess rug
• Dr Who Cyberman duvet set
• Ben10 duvet set
• Star Wars: Clone Wars fleece blanket (my youngest will go MAD for this).

There are lots of other things up for grabs over at Play so if you have a few minutes to spare, why not pop on over and have a look!

Thanks to andywedge over at HUKD!

It's half-term - the mornings are getting lighter earlier, the evenings are getting darker later....it must be time to get the paint brushes out and give the walls of your home an new lease of life!

• Click HERE to go to B&Q for some fab paint deals

Paint is expensive!  Well I think it is but maybe that's because I get through gallons of the stuff - with three kids and two dogs in the house my walls take a fair bit of abuse, and even with washable paint a new coat on the walls at least once a year is the only way to really keep things looking fresh and nice.

Hurrah then for B&Q who currently have some fabulous paint bargains that I'm definitely going to be taking advantage of.

All 5 litre tins of Crown standard colour emulsion are half price at £13.98; you can pick up 10 litres of Crown white matt emulsion for £10 - that's £1 a litre and an absolute gift if you like white walls like I do (yes, I know...kids, dogs, white walls = bad idea).

You can check stock levels and reserve for in-store collection which is great and could save you a wasted journey - nothing worse than preparing to do battle with the DIY shops only to discover they haven't got what you want.

The only thing I can't help you with is how to convince your little ones that letting them lose with a tin of emulsion and a paint brush, or roller, ISN'T the best idea - unless you are one of those fearless DIY parents...which I'm not!

Thanks to meekie over at HUKD!