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IF YOU'RE feeling the pinch this Christmas then this is the week to get your shopping done.

Moneysavingexpert.com lists the following deals on the High Street...

ANIMAL pendants are being spotted on celebrities everywhere it seems - Alexa Chung was seen wearing a horse pendant and Christina Aguilera with one shaped like a seahorse.

We found these lizard and bug necklaces in Boudoir Boutique, in Cavern Walks, this week while in there to borrow clothes for a fashion shoot.

WHEN a friend goes on holiday and leaves me with one of the little critters, I find looking after hamsters stressful.

This is because I can never tell if they're happy or not. Apparently running around is a sign of contentment, but I'm not convinced because if I was stuck inside a ball that rolled off every time I so much as wriggled my nose then I'd end up dashing around the floor (whatever my spirits) too.

But this hamster looks pretty happy to me. He's modelling the Christmas Pudding Bed (£2.49 from Pets at Home) which, I am reliably informed, is the pet must-have for this festive season.

IT'S that time of year again. The Christmas stuff is in the shops and the Clothes Show Live is returning to the NEC in Birmingham to celebrate its 20th anniversary.

Divided into colour coded zones including High Street, Chic Boutique, Vintage and Designer, there is something for everyone and great bargains to be found.

If the your designer shopping has taken a hit from the credit crunch, fear not.

The website www.koodoos.com has lots of designer clothes, bags and shoes at up to 70% off from names such as Balenciaga, Chloe and Dior. They even have Kate Moss's favourite J Brand jeans, at ridiculously low prices. So now's your chance to stock up on those little Christmas treats.

HARDLY a day goes by at the moment without some SW12 yummy mummy revealing her tips for living well and living thriftily.

Sunday Times writer India Knight is the latest to tear up the Amex and leap on the thrift bandwagon.

I'm as devoted to Martin Lewis's money saving tips as the next person, but while some of India's tips are well, interesting - crush up a cheap bottle of aspirins, mix with water and paste over the skin for a cheap clarifying face mask - others make my top lip curl.

DON'T you just hate it when a celebrity tips one of your favourite things and then everyone wants it and there isn't enough to go around?

Well Coleen Rooney has told Vogue all about her favourite lunch haunt - Neighbourhood on Childwall Road.

MULBERRY has created a bag that is only available at outlet shopping centres and you can get it at Cheshire Oaks.

The Somerset Tote costs £276, but if it doesn't take your fancy there are still plenty of others to choose from at discounted prices.

A WORD of advice: if you can still get any items of Patricia Field's collection in your size then step away from the rails.

The Liverpool store has sold out of sizes 6-14 and, at the risk of sounding sizist, the body-con dresses are not made for larger labels.

CHRISTMAS is only 12 weeks away. We know this because Nook & Willow sent us an email to tell us.

Before you run screaming for the earplugs, to block out Jingle Bell Rock on repetition in the supermarket, let me share the other piece of information in their message.