Frugal Friday - 29 July 2011

by Chiara Cavaglieri on 29 July 2011  |  1 comment
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Highlights this week include a half-price sale at ASDA, an extra 30% off sale items at Banana Republic, free delivery at Miss Selfridge, a free bag with any order at Fat Face, up to 25% off selected womenswear at Marks & Spencer, two free cinema tickets when you sign up for LOVEFiLM trial, 50% off favourites at Amazon, triple Boots Advantage points on selected fragrances, FitFlops and baby travel, plus save over £24 on the complete Alan Partridge box set and buy series one of Sherlock Holmes for just £5.85.

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Welcome to this week’s edition of Frugal Friday. Let’s kick things off with the best frugal picks on fashion and homewares.

Frugal fashion and homewares                                                      

Today and this weekend only at shoe store Moda In Pelle use the code SALE10 to get an extra 10% off sale items.

Now on to the rest of the new sales:

• Rigby & Peller: Last chance for warehouse sale with up to 95% off at Notting Hill (20th Century Theatre, 291 Westbourne Grove) from 10am-7pm today.
• ASDA: Get up to half-price off selected items in the new sale. 
• Banana Republic: Use code UKEXTRA30 for (believe it or not) an extra 30% off sale items until 31st July.
• Fat Face: Free bags are up for grabs with any order while stocks last.
• Office: Final reductions with a further 20% off items.
• Miss Selfridge: Spend £40 and get free delivery using the code MSAW11 until 1st August.
• M&S: Selected womenswear has up to 25% off.
• Evans: Online only, save up to 30% on tops and dresses.
• Wallis: Save 20% in the holiday shop and save up to 70% in the final sale reductions.
• Aldo: Grab an extra 30% off sale sandals.
• Amazon: Now up to 70% off clothes in the sale.
• Debenhams: Final summer clearance with up to 70% off.
• Laura Ashley: Save up to 50% in the summer sale which ends this Sunday.
• Peacocks: Now save up to 70% in the sale.
• River Island: New lines added to sale with up to 65% off.
• Sweaty Betty: Increased discounts now with up to 75% off gym gear.
• Barratts: Final reductions with up to 70% off.
• Zara Home: Now up to 60% off.
• Jane Norman: They’ve gone into administration so grab what you can with up to 70% off.
• Reiss: You can now save up to 70% in the sale.

And see what’s left in the ongoing sales:

• Alexon: Up to 70% off in the ongoing sale.
• All Saints: Up to 50% off all sale items.  
• Ann Harvey: Sale continues, save up to 70%.
• Boohoo: Summer clearance items have up to 75% off. 
• Cath Kidston: Sale with up to 50% off.  
• Clarks: Final clearance half-price sale.
• Coast: Order before the end of July and you’ll get £20 off the Autumn Collection when you spend £100 or more in August.
• Dorothy Perkins: ‘Like’ them on Facebook for a 15% off voucher code.  
• Firetrap: Save up to 70% in the sale.
• French Connection: Last week of sale with up to 75% off.
• Habitat: Up to 70% off in the sale.
• Jaegar: Further discounts, save up to 70%.
• Jones: All sale lines have at least 50% off.
• Matalan: Get up to 50% off in the sale. 
• Monsoon: Many items half-price in the sale.
• My Bag: At least 40% off everything.
• Next: Most sale items half-price or less.
• Oasis: Final clearance with up to 70% off.
• Republic:  Summer sale with up to 75% off.
• Sainsbury’s: Enjoy what’s left in the half-price summer sale.
• Ted Baker: Final reductions in half-price sale.
• Tesco: Save up to 70% in the sale.  
• TK Maxx: Women’s accessories clearance.
• Topman: Many items reduced by up to 70% in the sale.
• USC: Sale ending soon, save up to 70%.
• Viyella: Still time to get 70% off.
• Warehouse: Many items now just £5 and £10.  
• Whistles: Final sale reductions with up to 50% off.

Summer cinema deals 

Keep the kids busy this summer with all these cinema deals:   

• Don’t forget at Vue cinemas kids aged 2-12 can get £1.25 KidsAM tickets to morning screenings during school hols. For 13-18 year olds £2 tickets are available (£3 for 3D films) with the Teenscreen offer on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

• Similarly, Odeon offers kids’ tickets for £1-£2.50 during the holidays for selected screenings and adults can go free and Cineworld offers £1 tickets on Saturday mornings for adults and kids – head to the Movies for Juniors offer page and take your pick.
• If you’d rather stay at home, Blockbuster offers members half-price Tuesdays when you rent films and games in-store. Find your nearest Blockbuster here.

Books and Games

Browse through the top deals for book worms this week:

• The deals of the week at Amazon are not to be missed with three bargain hardbacks to choose from; In Defence of Dogs by John Bradshaw for £9 (RRP £20), Rick Stein’s Spain for £11.25 (RRP £25) and On Canaan’s Side by Sebastian Barry for £7.64 (RRP £16.99). 

• Also at Amazon you can save up to 50% on favourites such as Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer (the last in the Twilight series) for £8.99, saving you £6 and Room by Emma Donoghue for £7.14, saving you £5.85.
• For ASDA steals, The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Friends: My Very First Annual is only £5, then at The Book Depository get the hit One Day by David Nicholls for £4.46 (RRP £7.99).

And check out the best buys for gamers:

• When you’re looking for games it’s always worth having a peek on the Play Trade to see if any of the sellers are offering a good price. Right now for example you can buy F.E.A.R. 3 for the Xbox 360 for £23.99 (£39.99).
• On the Nintendo DS The Hut has the best price for the Cars 2 video game at £17.85, saving you 29% and Pokemon Black is £24.85, saving you 38%.
• Finally, ChoicesUK has the best price for Time Crisis Razing Storm (for the PS3) at £11.99, which is £28 off the original retail price.

DVDs and boxsets

Now on to the best DVD deals this week:

Bargains of the week

This week at Boots get triple Advantage points on fragrances over 50ml, selected FitFlops and selected baby travel – that’s 12 points per £1 spent.

And at Feel Unique save £9 when you spend £75 using the code BIGWKD75, or £6.50 on a £50 spend using the code BIGWKD50, save £4.40 on a £40 spend and £3 on a £30 spend using the code BIGWKD30. Codes valid until midnight 31st July.

Freebie of the week

Over on Facebook Lemsip is giving away 500 free Dettol Hand Sanitizers over the next week or so. All you have to do is click on the Lemsip Giveaway tab to enter.

Mobile phone deal of the week 

With this great new deal from T-Mobile, you get 600 free minutes 500 free texts, completely unlimited internet use, and an inclusive flexible booster, all for £25.54 a month on a 24 month contract (used to be £40). On top of that, you get the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play phone as well!

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

Competition of the week

"Like" the Nivea for Men Facebook page and you could win a holiday for four to Las Vegas, Nevada. There are also the occasional free product samples and top tips advice.

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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