Frugal Friday 19th August

by Chiara Cavaglieri on 19 August 2011  |  1 comment
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Highlights this week include an extra 20% off sale items at Dorothy Perkins, USC and Viyella, free next or nominated day delivery at Oasis along with 15% off your basket until Sunday, a new 50% sale at Marks & Spencer, 20% off at Evans in-store and online, an extra 10% off sale items at Asos and free delivery at Miss Selfridge and French Connection. Plus, get all the best back to school bargains such as 80% off stationery at Staples and 20% off blazers at BHS, enjoy a free makeover on the Superdrug Beauty Bus across the UK this month, save £17.50 on the complete box set of Top Cat for and get season 4 of Gossip Girl for just £15!

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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                                                      

It’s final clearance time on sale items at Dorothy Perkins and you can save an extra 20% (discount applied at checkout). Plus, get up to a third off tops and dresses.

Now on to the rest of the new sales:

• M&S: A new sale to dig into with up to 50% off.
• USC: Final clearance with an extra 20% off sale until Sun 21st August.
• Viyella: Still up to 70% off with an extra 20% off sale items. 
• Oasis: Get free next day or nominated day delivery, discount applied at checkout and use code 15AUG2011 for 15% off until Sun 21st August.
• Moda In Pelle: Last week of sale with an extra 15% off using code SALE15.
• Asos: Use code EXTRATEN for an extra 10% off sale items.
• Evans: Use this voucher in store, or code FRIEND20 online for 20% off until Sat 20th August.
• French Connection: Use code AUTUMN1 for free delivery.
• Miss Selfridge: Spend £40 and get free delivery with code FDMONI, expires Sun 21st August.
• Laura Ashley: Save 25% on all furniture and upholstery.
• BHS: Final clearance with up to 70% off.
• Aldo: Save an extra 25% on women’s clearance ankle boots.

And see what’s left in the ongoing sales:

• Austin Reed: Now save up to 70% in the sale.
• Barratts: Final reductions with up to 70% off.
• Dune: Save 20% on sandals.
• Evans: Save 20% on your first order with the code EVANSSHOP until 25th August. 
• Jaegar: Get 20% off sale and full-price items AW2LYLNW, expires 31st August.
• Jones: All sale lines have at least 50% off plus save an extra 20% on sale sandals.  
• Karen Millen: Order before 3pm and use the code FREENEXT for free next day delivery.
• Kew: Clearance with up to 70% off.
• Phase Eight: Use code P8ASWH for 20% off full-priced items until midnight 4th September. 
• Sweaty Betty: Ongoing sale with up to 75% off gym gear.
• Tesco: Get £10 off when you spend £40 using the code AW4C before midnight 4th September.
• Tie Rack: Still up to 70% off.

Back to School Bargains

The summer holidays are nearly over so if you’re getting ready to go back to school or university make the most of these deals:

• For uniforms, you can get free delivery at ASDA when you spend at least £20 using the code SCHOOL2. At Debenhams you get free delivery on uniforms using the code SH99 and at M&S, enter the code UNIFORMS. At BHS, you can save 20% on all school blazers and buy these three-packs for girls and boys (each pack contains a polo top, a t-shirt and a bloujse/shirt) for just £3.
• If you shop in store at your local Morrisons look out for the multibuy deal offering 2 for £5 on any 2 packs of socks, vests, shirts, trousers and skirts for ages 3-12 years.
• Over at My Bag you can save an extra 10% on the back to school/college range using code SCHOOL10 and it’s 3-for-2 on the back to school range of accessories at Clintons including notepads, pencil cases and pens – see the whole collection here.  
• Back to school bargains at Sports Direct include Umbro Pro football socks from £2.99, Donnay Ace V trainers for £7 (was £29.99) and NY Yankees Core Backpack for £10 (was £22.99). See all the offers here.
• You can save up to 80% on school stationery at Staples right now. Have a good look through the Everything under £1 section which includes twin-packs of rubbers for 24p, mini staplers for 29p, maths sets and glue for 83p and even a handy ruler/calculator which is also just 83p!

Books and Games

Browse through the top deals for book worms this week:

• The deals of the week at Amazon are all hardbacks this week; buy The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh for £5.84 (RRP £12.99), Before the Poison by Peter Robinson, which is reduced from £18.99 to £8.54, and Good as Dead by Mark Billingham for £7.64 (RRP £16.99).
• Another hardback, one that is longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2011, is the novel The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes. Get it for the best price of £7.78 (RRP £12.99) at The Book Depository.
• Patrick DeWitt has also been longlisted for The Sisters Brothers which is also cheapest at The Book Depository, costing £7, saving you £5.99.

And check out the best buys for gamers:

• If you’re on the hunt for new Nintendo DS games, you can save £12 on Mays Mysteries: The Secret of Dragonville at HMV, now only £17.99, and save £8.42 on 7 Wonders Treasures of Seven at Amazon, now only £11.99.
• For the PC, International Cricket Captain 2011 is cheapest at Play, reduced from £19.99 to £9.98 and grab The Sims 3: Generations Expansion Pack for only £13.91 (RRP £29.99) at Amazon.
• Finally, if you want games for under a fiver, stick with Play to buy Nintendo Wii game Blastworks for only £4.75 (RRP £39.99) and try Bee to get your hands on PS3 game Stormrise for only £3.99 (RRP £5.99).

DVDs and boxsets

Now on to the best DVD deals this week:

Freebie of the week

Get a free makeover on the Superdrug Beauty Bus which will hit cities across the country over the month featuring beauty brands demonstrating products and free makeovers. Check the BeautyUK site for list of dates/locations.

Mobile phone deal of the week 

Get the HTC Wildfire on a 24-month contract with Vodafone and you get 100 minutes, 500 texts, 100MB internet and 500MB BT Openzone Wi-Fi access, all for just £13 per month!

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

Competition of the week

You could win a pair of tickets to see Red Hot Chilli Peppers perform an exclusive gig for BBC Radio 1 at Koko, London on Friday 2nd September. You can apply for tickets (you must be aged 14 and over) from the BBC here until Sunday 21st August at 7pm – if your name is picked from the random draw you will be notified by email on Monday 22nd August.

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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