Frugal Friday - 26th August 2011

by Chiara Cavaglieri on 26 August 2011  |  1 comment
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Highlights this week include free delivery at Debenhams today only, £5 off lingerie and up to 30% off in the new home event at M&S, up to £15 off at My Bag, a new half-price sale on George at ASDA, up to 50% off swimwear at Figleaves and La Senza, 20% off at New Look, 25% off denim at Gap, and an extra 15% off home, lighting and furniture at BHS. Plus, get up to £20 off at The Body Shop, earn 10 Advantage Points per £1 spent at Boots this weekend, save 15% at Elemis and Lookfantastic, save up to 50% at Models Own, save 25% on Mr Men and Little Miss books, get £3 off a £30 spend at Zavvi and buy all three series of The Inbetweeeners for £13!

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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                                                      

There are various deals at M&S this Bank Holiday weekend including up to 30% off in the new home event, 25% off Per Una and £5 off a £30 spend on lingerie.

Now on to the rest of the new sales:

• Debenhams: Today is your last chance to use this Vouchercodes.co.uk code for free delivery (including sale items) and they say the clearance sale will end on Mon 29th August.
• My Bag: This weekend only, use code SAVE5 for £5 off when you spend £35, code SAVE10 for £10 off when you spend £50 and code SAVE15 for £15 off when you spend £70.
• New Look: Save 20% on non-sale items using code NLAUG, expires Tues 30th August.
• Alexon: Use this Vouchercodes.co.uk code for 15% off until Wed 31st August.
• USC: Two codes, both expiring on Wed 31st August – get £15 off a £75 spend with code AUG75 and get £20 off a £100 spend with code AUG100 (excludes G-Star and Uggs).
• Evans: Save 15% on ‘New In’ clothing online until midnight 31st August.
• Motel Rocks: Use this Vouchercodes.co.uk code for 20% off until 11th Sept.
• Dune: Save an extra 20% on ladies sale using code TWENTYOFF.
• Karen Millen: New code for 15% off full-price Autumn/Winter 2011 – enter AW15 at the checkout.
• ASDA: New George sale with half-price items up for grabs.
• Asos: Save up to 20% on footwear and smart style.
• Oasis: Free next day delivery using code BANKNXT2011 (order before 4pm).
• Gap: Get 25% off denim and back to school stuff.
• Figleaves: Get up to 50% off swimwear.
• La Senza: Save up to 50% on swimwear.
• Sweaty Betty: Code CDBA15 will save you 20% on all new season stock.
• Warehouse: Various offers including up to £10 off summer knitwear and maxi dresses, and up to £20 off selected workwear.
• Ann Harvey: Save up to 20% on selected workwear.
• Cloggs: Buy 3 for 2 on these sale boots with code 3F2BT.
• Laura Ashley: Save up to 30% in home design event. 
• BHS: An extra 15% off home, lighting and furniture.

And see what’s left in the ongoing sales:

• Aldo: Still between 50% and 70% off clearance shoes.
• Austin Reed: Final week of sale with up to 70% off.
• Barratts: Final reductions with up to 70% off.
• Jaegar: Sign up to the loyalty card and get 20% off sale and full-price items using AW2LYLNW, expires 31st August.
• Jones: Now up to 60% off.
• Kew: Clearance with up to 70% off.
• Phase Eight: Use code P8ASWH for 20% off full-priced items until midnight 4th September. 
• Tesco: Get £10 off when you spend £40 using the code AW4C before midnight 4th September.
• Tie Rack: Still up to 70% off.
• Viyella: Still up to 70% off with an extra 20% off sale items till Monday. 

Beauty Bargains

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

• Use the code PROSAVE at The Body Shop for the following discounts; £5 off if you spend £15 - £24.99, £10 off if you spend £25 - £39.99 and £20 off if you spend £40 or more. Use it before noon on Tuesday 30th August. Also, if you spend £30 you get one of two free gifts worth £21!
• Get 10 Advantage Card points per £1 when you spend £15 or more at Boots in store or over £50 online from Friday 26th to Tuesday 30th August and remember each point equals 1p to spend in-store. It’s also free gift time when you spend at least £22 on No7 products – you get a free purse containing lot of mini goodies including No7 Protect & Perfect Intense Beauty Serum, No7 Lash 360 Mascara in Black and the new No7 Sheer Temptation Lipstick in Lovely.
• If you’re shopping at Lookfantastic use this exclusive Vouchercodes.co.uk code for 15% off your order until Sun 28th August (offer excludes GHD and Essential Molecules). They have another code here for 15% off and free delivery at Elemis – this is also valid until Sunday but cannot be used on duos, travel sizes, collections, Elemis Day-Spa vouchers or gift vouchers.
• Lastly, don’t forget to hunt for beauty bargains in the Feel Unique sale – their prices are already sharp, so with even bigger discounts you’re on to a winner (and you get free delivery too!) – and Models Own who have stuck to their promise of offering up to 50% off for fans this weekend only now that they have reached 50,000 Facebook ‘Likes’!

Books and Games

Browse through the top deals for bookworms this week:

• You can save 25% on Mr Men and Little Miss books over at WHSmith – now just £1.87 per title. Smiths is also offering 40% off Julia Donaldson books but even with this discount you can find cheaper prices elsewhere –  Amazon comes out on top for The Gruffalo  (only £3.79) and The Book Depository has the best price for The Snail and the Whale (only £3.65).
• The Book Depository is also running a Back to School promotion offering an extra 5% off – but this can be used by anyone, not just students either. Simply enter the discount code BTS2011 at the checkout, valid until 5th Sept.

And check out the best buys for gamers:

• If you’ve got your eye on the new Nintendo Wii role-play game Xenoblade Chronicles, it is cheapest at Bee costing £28.99, down from £39.99.
• If you’re after an old Wii favourite instead The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is £29.99 (RRP £39.99) at Play and No More Heroes is only £11.62 (RRP £39.99) at CoolShop.
• Finally, The Smurfs for Nintendo DS is cheapest at Zavvi costing £14.85 which saves you £15.14 but you can save even more if you need to stock up on other games – right now you can use this code from Vouchercodes.co.uk for £3 off when you spend £30 or more (expires 31st August).

DVDs and boxsets

Now on to the best DVD deals this week:

Freebie of the week

‘Like’ the Burberry Facebook site and click request sample to claim a free mini of the new fragrance for women, Burberry Body.

Or fill in this form for a free sample of Cosmic Radiance, a new fragrance from Britney Spears which apparently contains notes of amber, sandalwood and vanilla.

Mobile phone deal of the week

Snap up the Blackberry Curve 8520 from Orange, and you can get 200 free minutes, unlimited texts on a 24-month contract for just £15 per month.

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

Competition of the week

Benefit Cosmetics is giving away a ‘they’re real! femme fatale kit’ worth £160! The kit includes the porefessional, hello flawless, chachatint, lipstick – flirt alert, magic ink, browzings, 'they’re real' mascara and a limited-edition 'they’re real' tote bag. To enter, like’ the Benefit Facebook page.

Competition ends on 14th September at 11:59pm. The winner will be chosen randomly and contacted the next day at 12pm. 

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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