Frugal Friday - 28 January 2011

by Chiara Cavaglieri on 27 January 2011  |  1 comment
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Highlights this week include an extra 20% off fashion for students, 45% off Per Una clearance lines at M&S, 70% off homeware at Graham & Green, £20 spa treats till Monday, £2 cinema tickets for teens, a free haircut and blowdry, £22 off The Thick of It Collection and over £120 off the Family Guy box set of seasons 1 to 9!

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Now that we’re coming to the end of the month, some new season discounts are popping up. And remember to snap up any last chance bargains in the final reductions of the January sales.

Frugal fashion and homewares

Personally, I find Miss Selfridge a bit stingy when it comes to special offers so if you’re a fan, make the most of them when they come up. Right now students can save 20% for a limited time and if you’re looking for new season clothes, spend £40 and enter the code SS11TREAT for free delivery. Plus you can still get up to £20 off selected coats/jackets and up to £10 off knitwear.  

Now on to the rest of the sales:

• M&S: Up to 45% off Per Una clearance lines.
• BHS: Save up to 40% on new season clothes.
• Asos: Save 20% on Asos Collection new season lines.
• Amazon: Save at least 50% on over 350 home items.
• Graham & Green: Save up to 70% on homeware in the January sale.
• Tesco: Save 20% on adult clothing including accessories.
• Sainsbury’s: Better than half-price deals on furniture.
• Wallis: Get an extra 10% off sale items and free delivery on orders over £30.
• New Look: Use code STQUE15 for £15 off when you spend over £60, expires 31 January.
• Bombay Duck: Take an extra 20% off sale items with code JANSALE.
• All Saints: Save an extra 10% in the 60% off sale using code SALE10UK.
• Dorothy Perkins: Students get 20% off for a limited time.
• Oasis: Get free delivery with code FREEDEL52 this week only.
• My Wardrobe: Save an extra 20% on sale items with code CLEAR20.

And see what’s left in the ongoing sales:

• Aldo: You can still save an extra 30% on all reduced boots and clearance shoes.
• Barratts: Winter sale, save up to 50% off.
• Coast: Still save up to 70% in the sale.
• Debenhams: Final clearance sale, save up to 70%.
• FCUK: Final reductions - one week left to get up to 75% off in the sale.
• Firetrap: Final reductions with 70% off.
• H&M: Not much left in the sale online, but men’s trousers have up to 50% off.
• House of Fraser: Save up to 70% across the store.
• Jaegar: An extra 20% off sale items which are already reduced by up to 70%.
• Jane Norman: New lines added to sale with up to 50% off.
• John Lewis: Furniture clearance sale ends this Sunday (30 January).
• Jones: Final reductions, now up to 70% off in the sale.
• Joules: ALL sale items now have 70% off.
• Kurt Geiger: Still save up to 75% on designer shoes.
• Lacoste: Still up to 50% off in the sale until Sunday.
• La Redoute: Save 15% on new collection with code 8282.
• Laura Ashley: Ongoing half-price fashion and furnishings offer.
• Matalan: Final clearance with up to 75% off selected fashion and homeware lines.
• Moda In Pelle: Final reductions with up to 70% off in sale plus BOGOF on boots with code BOOT11.
• Office: Final week of sale with up to 75% off.
• Peacocks: Sale items reduced by up to 70%.
• Phase Eight: Final reductions with up to 70% off.
• Reiss: Ongoing sale, up to 70% off.
• Shudoo: Grab 70% discounts on brands.
• Tie Rack: Still up to 70% off in the sale.
• Urban Outfitters: Last chance to save 70% in the sale.
• USC: Still save up to 70% in the sale.
• Warehouse: Sale ending soon - last chance to save up to 70%.

Cheap days out 

Entertain yourself for less with these ideas:

• Spa treats: Choose from 20 spa packages all for only £20 at Lastminute.com only until 10am on Monday. Choose from spas all over England, with various treatments and facilities available.
• Get fit: It’s not my idea of fun, but if your resolution is to get fit this year, the health, beauty and well-being weekend starts today at Westfields Shopping Centre in London. There will be six interactive zones offering you free personal advice on how to stay fit and look good, plus live events and performances. See the event schedule here.
• Vintage hunt: Judy’s Affordable Vintage Fair is making the rounds touring 20 UK cities, so don’t miss out if you want vintage bits and bobs that aren’t a rip off (for once). Entry is a mere £2 and you can find out when the fair makes it to your nearest city here.
• £2 cinema: If you’re aged between 13 and 18, you can see buy Teenscreen tickets to use at Vue cinemas. These show every Thursday and Friday and cost only £2 or £3 for 3D films.

Books and games

Browse through the top deals for book worms this week:

• Save 50% on new release Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson at The Book Depository (now only £3.99) or dive into one of last year’s bestseller Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada for £5.21 (RRP £9.99).
• Asda has the lowest price for Long Song by Andrea Levy at £3.96, down from £7.99, and Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks is only £5.
• I’ve just bought myself Tiger Hills by Sarita Mandanna which is only £4 (RRP £7.99) from Amazon and stay put if you want to read Lorraine Pascale’s Baking Made Easy for only £8.99, saving you £10 on the retail price.

Now check out the best buys for gamers:

• At Amazon you can grab the newly released PS3 version of Mass Effect 2 for £38.36 (RRP £49.99) or pick it up for the Xbox 360 at Base.com for only £9.99, saving you £40.
• For another new PS3 game, Sackboy the ragdoll superhero returns with Little Big Planet 2 which is cheapest at Simply Games for £36.85 (RRP £49.99). For the first Little Big Planet instalment, it costs only £11.90 (RRP £19.99) at Amazon.
• For Nintendo Wii games, My Memory has the best price for Disney Tangled at £21.99 (RRP £39.99) but stocks are running out fast, and Free Running is just £9.99 (RRP £19.99) at The Game Collection.

DVDs and boxsets

Now on to the best DVD deals this week:

Freebie of the week

Sign up to InStyle’s newsletter and if you’re one of the first 10,000 you can claim a free hair cut and finish at a Hair Group salon! Once you’ve signed up, you’ll receive an email which you need to print off and post to the enclosed address. The Hair Group or salon will then get in touch to arrange your freebie voucher which is valid for three months.

Mobile phone deal of the week 

Sign up with T-Mobile to get the Motorola Defy for only £20.42 per month complete with 300 inclusive minutes, 300 texts, unlimited internet, plus a free flexible booster – which offers extras such as unlimited texts and unlimited landline calls  – all on a 24-month contract.

Get this phone deal here or compare other top mobile deals at Recombu.

Competition of the week

Win one of five Nintendo Wii consoles and a copy of the Disney Tangled game for 25 runners up with this Disney competition before 11 February.  You will have to sign up for the free Disney newsletter to enter the competition so set up a new email address if you’re worried about spam.

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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