Frugal Friday - 8 April 2011

by Chiara Cavaglieri on 07 April 2011  |  2 comments
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Highlights this week include a Blue Cross Sale at Debenhams with up to 70% off, £5 off at BHS, 25% off at All Saints, new sales at River Island, Asda and Whistles, a half-price sale at The Body Shop plus a code for an extra 25% off, beauty events in House of Fraser with £10 off selected cult beauty items, the 75-year anniversary box set of the Adventures of Tin Tin for under £9 and £73 off the Jane Austen BBC collection!

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Hope you are all loving the spring sunshine and to put you in an even better mood…feast on this week’s bargains!  

Frugal fashion and homewares

Don’t miss the Debenhams Blue Cross Sale with up to 70% off across the store. For the maximum savings, browse through these Faith shoes, this Tripp luggage and these dresses.

Other new sales:

• TK Maxx: Last chance to save as much as 80% in the sale.
• Republic: Get £10 off when you spend £50 with code LOOK50 from Look magazine, use by midnight 10 April.
• New Look: Save 20% with code NLFAM until midnight on 10 April 2011.
• Coast: Mid season sale with up to 50% off plus free delivery until midnight 11 April.
• All Saints: Get 25% off courtesy of Grazia magazine with code ASGRAZIA until 12 April.
• BHS: Save £5 when you spend £25 online with the code SPRING01, valid until 20 April.
• H&M: Midseason sale, plus 10% off online with code 9206. Valid until 13 April.
• River Island: New sale started online and in store.
• Motel Rocks: Sale with up to 70% off ends Monday.
• Rare Fashion: Mid season sale with up to 70% off.
• Whistles: Save up to 50% in the sale.
• Asda: Mid season sale with items discounted by up to half-price.
• Figleaves: Up to 50% off in the sale plus you can still save 20% on selected Freya and Fantasie lines here.
• USC: Extra 20% off sale items for a limited time.
• Miss Selfridge: New deals for £7 off denim, petite trousers, trousers.
• BooHoo: Save up to 50% in the spring sale.
• Office: Save up to 50% in the new sale.
• My Bag: Offer of 10% off all designer sunglasses with code SUNGLASSES10.

And see what’s left in the ongoing sales:

• Aldo: An extra 50% off sale items.
• Asos: Buy limited edition Diet Coke cans and enter the unique codes on Coke Zone for £5 off your next purchase of £20 or more, or even vouchers worth £100, £20 and £10. Offer valid until 30 April.
• Hobbs: Mid season sale with up to 50% off.
• La Redoute: Get up to 30% off your favourite item plus 20% off the rest of your order with new code 8301.
• Lipsy: Ongoing sale with all items half-price or less.
• Jaegar: Spring sale continues with up to 70% off.
• Jane Norman: Ongoing sale with items up to half-price.
• Karen Millen: Mid season sale with up to 50% off.
• Laura Ashley: Still up to 50% off home favourites.
• Next: More added to sale with all items half-price or less.
• Oasis: Ongoing sale with up to 50% off.
• Peacocks: Sale continues with up to 50% off.
• Planet: Half-price sale plus an extra 20% off when you spend £100 until midnight 20 April.
• Wallis Various deals including up to £20 off selected dresses, 30% off leather, 20% off beachwear and up to £15 off shoes.
• Warehouse: Last few days of sale with many items £5 or £10.

Beauty bargains

Pucker up for these deals on all your beauty must-haves:

• There are lots of fab deals at Boots to enjoy, including this free Sanctuary Spa Me Time Spa Treats gift when you spend at least £10 on selected Sanctuary products. Take a look at them here. Also, grab 50% off the Frontcover Rainbow Eyes Kit – reduced to £15.75, and stick with Boots for £5 off the Soap & Glory Enormous Beauty Bundle (usually £40) with the code SOAP, plus 3 for 2 on over 1,000 baby products.
• You can also save up to 50% off in the new sale at the The Body Shop, plus save another 25% with the code SALE25, valid until 11 April.
• Don’t forget all orders in April are delivered for free at Benefit although you can buy lots of Benefit favourites at Feel Unique now – which also offers free delivery – plus you can save £3 at Feel Unique when you spend £20 at with the code YOUNG3, valid until midnight Sunday 10 April.
• There is a Beauty Confidential event in-store at House of Fraser until 17 April 2011, giving customers the chance to take away exclusive gifts, get expert advice, have a beauty consultation and a complimentary makeover. Nails Inc counters, for example, are giving away a free manicure when you pay for a Union Jack Crystal Pedicure. You can see the other events here. Also, spend £50 and get £10 off one of the ten cult beauty items here!
• Finally, for anyone visiting Covent Garden, the Seven Dials and St Martin’s Courtyard 20% off shopping evening will take place on Thursday 5 May. Stores involved include Diesel, All Saints, Fred Perry, Urban Outfitters, American Apparel, MAC, Jaeger London and The White Company to name a few. Get your voucher here.

Books and games

Browse through the top deals for book worms this week:

• Danielle Steel fans can buy Big Girl for the lowest price of £3.75 (RRP £7.99) and 44 Charles Street for £8.49 (RRP £18.99) – both at Amazon. Other deals to watch out for are From the Dead by Mark Biillingham for £3.79 (RRP £7.99) and the hardback version of The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafon for £6.89, reduced from £9.99.
• If you’re looking for a good cook book in the run up to Easter, Rachel Allen’s Entertaining at Home is also cheapest at Amazon at £8.75, saving you £16.25, or for Jamie Oliver’s ever-popular 30-Minute Meals, head to Asda where it costs only £12.67, down from £26.
• If you want Richard & Judy’s latest Book Club title, Hothouse Flower by Lucinder Riley, head to WHSmith where it costs only £3.99 (RRP £7.99).

And check out the best buys for gamers:

• For top PS3 games, Yakuza 4 has over £20 off at Zavvi, now only £29.95 (RRP £49.99), or head to Amazon for the Tomb Raider Trilogy for £18.99, saving you £11.
• On the Wii, Zumba Fitness has over £12 off costing only £22.70 (RRP £34.99), also at Amazon.
• Or, if you’re on the hunt for heavily reduced Wii games, buy Cursed Mountain at ChoicesUK for £5.99 (RRP £34.99).

DVDs and boxsets

It’s still BOGOF time on Disney DVDs at various retailers including Sainsbury’s Entertainment and Zavvi. Or, head to Amazon for two Disney DVDs for £12.50.

Now on to the best DVD deals this week:

Freebies of the week

If you haven't yet checked out our sister site, lovefood.com, it's about time you did! If you decide to register on the website (it's free!), you'll receive a free £40 wine voucher! Find out more here.

Note that if you're already a lovemoney.com member, you don't have to re-register for lovefood.com, as you can sign in with your lovemoney.com details - however, you can still get your free £40 voucher here!

Geobar is giving away a free map of the world until 10,000 have been given away. The first 10,000 will receive their maps by early June.

Mobile phone deal of the week 

3 Mobile is offering the Samsung Galaxy S with 500 inclusive minutes, 5,000 texts, 1GB Internet and 2 months free Spotify Premium, all for only £25 per month when you sign up for 24 months.

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

Competition of the week

There are two BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphones up for grabs in this week’s competition. Head over to Style Insider River Island to enter here. As part of each prize you’ll also get a gorgeous floral vanity case stuffed full of River Island goodies worth over £100!

Competition closes this Sunday 10 APRIL at 11.59pm.

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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