Frugal Friday - 15 October 2010

by Chiara Cavaglieri on 14 October 2010  |  1 comment
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Highlights this week include 70% off at Debenhams, £10 off all Wallis dresses, 25% off at H&M, free delivery and an extra 20% off sale items at Warehouse, a better than half-price Ted Baker vanity case, the latest autobiographies for under £10 and over £40 off the complete Ashes to Ashes collection.

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It’s never too early to snap up some Christmas gift bargains and this week there are plenty of new sales to get stuck into.

Frugal fashion

Don’t miss the Blue Cross Sale at Debenhams with up to 70% off clothing, footwear, jewellery and accessories. If you’re only looking for the big bargains you can select only sale items that have at least 70% off such as these satin Jasper Conran court shoes reduced from £35 to just £10.50, or this chic blue spotted cropped jacket reduced from £28 to £8.40.

Now browse the rest of the new sales:

• Austin Reed: Save up to 60% in the mid season sale.
• Barratts: Get 20% off all shoes (excluding boots, slippers and bags) with code LOVESHOES until 18 Oct.
• BooHoo: Up to 75% off in the mid season sale and 20% off all footwear with code 20FOOTWEAR.
• Debenhams: Save up to 70% in the Blue Cross Sale.
• Dorothy Perkins: Save up to 50% in the new sale.
• H&M: Save 25% on one item when you sign up to the newsletter here.
• Jane Norman: Mid season sale now on, save up to 50%.
• Jones: Get £20 off all boots for men and ladies and £10 off children’s boots.
• Kurt Geiger: Up to 40% off in the sale.
• La Senza: Save 10% with code AUTUMNEVENT.
• Lipsy: Get £15 off selected dresses here.
• Mybag: Save £10 when you spend £50 with the code SAVE10 until 31 Oct.
• Oasis: Up to £10 off selected knitwear and up to 50% in the ongoing sale.
• River Island: The sale is now on with up to 50% off dresses and 50% off men’s knitwear.
• Tesco: Save £10 when you spend £40 with code XX-WWPROMO.
• Warehouse: Free delivery with code FREEDEL10 until midnight 16 Oct and save an extra 20% in the half-price sale until midnight on Sat.
• Tie Rack: Save 50% on selected ties and bags for a limited time.
• Wallis: Save £10 on all dresses and check out the ongoing half-price sale.

And see what’s left in the ongoing sales:

• Alexon: Mid-season sale, save up to 50%.
• Asos: Save up to 70% in the mid season sale.
• BHS: Save an extra 20% on everything even sale items in the Blue Cross Sale.
• Coast: Mid-season sale with up to 50% off.
• House of Fraser: The 50% offsale continues.
• La Redoute: Save 20% on autumn knits with code 8269.
• Karen Millen: Now up to 70% off in the sale.
• Miss Selfridge: Mid season half-price sale continues.
• New Look: Save up to 50% in the mid-season sale.
• Office: Online only, get 50% off in the mid season sale.
• Peacocks: Grab up to 50% off in the sale.
• Phase Eight: Mid season salecontinues plus up to 70% off in the rest of the sale.
• Planet: Mid season sale, save up to 50%.
• Rubbersole: Save up to 60% in the sale.
• Shudoo: Mid season clearance with up to 70% off.
• Urban Outfitters: Sale continues, save up to 75% off.
• USC: Further reductions in the mid season sale with up to 50% off.
• Espirit: The mid-season sale has started, save up to 50%.
• Evans: Last chance to save up to 50% off.
• Gap: Discounts ofup to 60% in the sale.
• Ghost: Sill up to 75% off in the sale.
• Hobbs: Save a massive £50 on coats and boots.
• Laura Ashley: Save up to 50% in the sale.
• Republic: Items from just £2 in the mid season sale.
• Very: Save up to 60% on clothing and footwear this month.

Homeware bargains

Now on to the homeware sales:

• Past times should be your first port of call this weekend with a massive 70% off in the mid season sale. It’s a great chance to get some quirky Christmas presents – I love this Art Nouveau dragonfly brooch for £15 (was £25) which can be kept in this Victorian floral etched jewellery box for £28 (was £40).
• With 50% off at Laura Ashley you can give your home a lift with this blue and white spotted jug half-price at £5, or this frosted glass rose candle for £9 (was £18).
• Lastly, you can get up to 70% off Egyptian cotton bedding, half-price towels and 20% off rugs in the autumn sale at Wallace Sacks.

Best beauty deals

Here are three top beauty buys, perfect for prezzies or perhaps a treat for yourself!

• Save over £40 on this Elemis Sparkling Beauty Collection at Feel Unique, which contains Elemis perfume, Pro-Collagen Marine Cream, 14 Cellular Recovery Skin Bliss Capsules, Pro-Collagen Lifting Treatment Neck and Bust and Visible Brilliance serum – combined worth is £93.37 but can be yours for just £50!
• Also, save 30% at The Body Shop with the code Autumn30 before 12pm 18 Oct.
• The less than half-price Christmas 'Gift of the week' at Boots this week is Ted Baker Girliest Convenience Vanity Case for only £19, down from £40, which comes with six full size products.

Books & games

Browse through the top deals for book worms this week: 

• Go to Amazon for the best price on the latest autobiographies by Dannii Minogueat £7.59 with a saving of 60% off, Alan Sugar at £9.35 with 53% off and Michael McIntyreat £8.60 with 53% off.
• But if you want Paul O’Grady’s The Devil Rides Out it is only £9.96 with 50% off at The Book Depository, which also has the lowest price for Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan at £6.48 - also half-price.
• Cecelia Ahern’s The Book of Tomorrow is only £3.86 at Asda but once again The Book Depository is your best bet if you want her other hits The Gift at £4.48 and PS I Love You at £4.96. All three books have an RRP of £7.99.

And check out the best buys for gamers:  

• Get newly released Castlevania Lords of Shadow for £32 at Coolshop if you’re an Xbox 360 gamer or for £32.79 at Choices on the PS3. The original price is £49.99.
• Simplygames offers PS3 kart race game Modnation Racers for the best price of £22.85, down from £49.99 and for the Wii, Batman: Brave and the Bold is £17.99 at Base, down from £29.99.
• Finally, you can save £35 on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for the Xbox which is only £19.99 at Gamestation.

DVDs & boxsets

Delve into these fantastic DVD deals this weekend:

Freebie of the week

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and as part of Asda’s Tickled Pink campaign, you can get a free shower hanger from your local Asda pharmacy which reminds women how to check their breasts.

Mobile phone deal of the week 

If you want to get your hands on the 8GB Apple iPhone 3GS, 3 Mobile offers it on a 24 month contract with 900 inclusive mins, 5000 texts and 1GB Internet, all for only £35 per month.  

Get this phone offer here and compare other top mobile deals at Recombu.

Competition of the week

For your chance to win a spa break for two at Malvern Spa visit InStyle magazine’s website here, answer the simple question and fill in your details before Competition closes 22 Oct.

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Eating out

If you don’t fancy cooking for yourself this weekend, you can check out all the latest restaurant bargains in lovemoney.com’s Frugal Food blog. Read more

Eating in

If you'd prefer to stay in and cook up a delicious meal without blowing the budget, check out the original Frugal Recipes blog for some inspiration! Read more

Don’t forget: although all prices and discounts were correct on the day this article was published, offers this good are subject to change and often sell out quickly.

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