Frugal Friday - 21st October 2011

by Chiara Cavaglieri on 20 October 2011  |  1 comment
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Highlights this week include buy one, get one half-price mix and match at BHS this weekend, 75% off George at Asda online until midnight, 25% off at Warehouse, Banana Republic and Tesco, free delivery at Miss Selfridge and Monsoon, half-price sales at Peacocks, Topshop and up to 70% off at Asos, TK Maxx and Viyella. Plus, save 20% on sale items at Evans this weekend, get £5 off a £50 spend at The Hut, or £3 off a £25 spend at Asda, preorder the complete Harry Potter collection for £25.50 and save over £52 on seasons 1-3 of Californication!

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                                                      

Head to your nearest BHS for an impressive mix and match buy one, get one half-price offer running throughout the department store until Sunday.

Now on to the rest of the new sales:

• Asda: Save 75% online until 10pm tonight.
• Tesco: Save 25% on knitwear and coats (including sale).
• Warehouse: Use code 35YEARS this weekend for 25% off your order.
• Banana Republic: : Save up to 25% on Autumn styles using code UKSTYLE. 
• Miss Selfridge: Free delivery on a £40 spend using code FDOCT plus save up to 50% in the sale.
• Peacocks: Mid season sale with up to 50% off.
• Topshop: Shop the mid season sale now and save up to 50%.
• TK Maxx: Accessories clearance with up to 70% off.
• Reiss: Save up to £50 on selected items here. 
• Hobbs: Get up to £50 off selected coats and boots plus save up to 50% in the sale.
• Jones: Save up to £20 on selected boots and £10 on children’s styles and handbags.
• Viyella: Get up to 70% off in the sale.
• Clarks: Save up to 30% on boots and shoes.
• Asos: Now save up to 70% in the sale and get 20% off coats and jackets here using code BONUS20.
• Accessorize: Save 20% on lingerie and get delivery for £1.
• Monsoon: Free UK delivery (and other countries) for a limited time. 
• Jane Norman: Get £20 off coats and jackets.
• M&S: Spend over £150 on men’s suits and get 25% off.
• Republic: Sale with up to 50% off and get 10% off full price items using code GIFT10 valid until midnight 23rd Oct.

And see what’s left in the ongoing sales:

• Barratts: At least 20% off all boots.  
• Coast: Sale with to 50% off selected items and these five dresses have up to 50% off.
• Dorothy Perkins: Save 50% in the mid season sale. 
• Figleaves: Now up to 60% off in the sale.
• House of Fraser: Up to 50% off selected items.
• Jaeger: Save up to 50% in the mid season sale and get a free bag with bath/body set (worth £150) when you spend £200.
• Karen Millen: Selected full-price coats have £50 off and mid season sale now has up to 70% off.
• Kurt Geiger: Up to 70% off sale items.
• Laura Ashley: Up to 50% off.

• Motel Rocks: Use code HELLO for 10% off full price items until 9th Dec. 
• My Bag: A mid season sale now on with up to 50% off.
• New Look: Mid season sale savings of up to 50%.  
• Oasis: Ongoing mid season sale with up to 50% off and students get 10% off get your code here.
• Office: More than 50% off some items.
• Planet:  A half-price sale and up to £70 off all coats.
• River Island: Grab half-price bargains.

• USC: Save up to 50% in the sale.
• Wallis: Up to 50% off in the sale.
• White Stuff: Save 50% in the sale and get a Happy Bug with any order for 15% off your next shop, valid until 30th November.

October’s best bargains

Don’t miss this month’s best deals:

• If you’re looking to update your winter wardrobe there is an exclusive Vouchercodes discount code to use at Evans. Enter the code FASHIONDEAL for 20% off any order over £50, including sale items but get in quick because it expires on Sunday 23rd October.
• Another exclusive Vouchercodes deal saves you £5 on orders over £50 at The Hut; use code VOUCHERCODES5 which also expires this Sunday. Or, cut and paste this ridiculously long voucher code - KB6B-OOPW-HQH4-P9SA - over at Asda for £3 off music and video orders over £25, expires 31st October.
• Get £5 off when you spend £10 or more on books at WHSmiths with this voucher, or if you’re not looking for books, you can still save a fiver when you spend £15 throughout the store with the other voucher. Both offers are valid until 31st October.

• And, there is still time to get a £10 voucher at ‘secret’ fashion sales website Showroomprive.co.uk (credited into your account when you register using this link) a free beauty treatment when you spend £50 or more before 31st October. Get all the details here.

Books and Games

Browse through the top deals for book worms this week:

• The new hardback of Jamie’s Great Britain by Jamie Oliver is only a tenner at Amazon, saving you £20 and stay put for The Life of Lee by Lee Evans which is also only £10 (RRP £30).
• Over at The Book Depository you can save 50% on I, Patridge: We Need to Talk About Alan by Alan Partridge himself, now only £9.99 (RRP £20) and you can save 45% on Pearl Jam Twenty which is £16.29 (RRP £30) and a must for fans wanting to hear the story of the last 20 years in the band’s own words. 
• And, Book 1 in Jeffrey Archer’s family saga, The Clifton Chronicles, titled Only Time Will Tell is a mere £2.99 (RRP £7.99) at Tesco.

And check out the best buys for gamers:

• ShopTo is selling shoot-em-up PS3 game Call of Juarez: The Cartel for £9.85 (RRP £49.99) and if you want the latest game, Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood it costs only £9.95 at Zavvi saving you £40.04.
• There are some impressive discounts on some old games over at Play too, for example, you can grab Xbox 360 game Half Life 2: The Orange Box for £9.99 (RRP £49.99) and Crysis for the PC for £7.26 (RRP £34.99).
• Another old Xbox bargain is Brutal Legend, only £6.99 (RRP £49.99) at HMV but if you want new release Forza Motorsport 4 head to Base where it costs £33.99 (RRP £49.99).

DVDs and boxsets

Now on to the best DVD deals this week: 

Freebie of the week

Looking for a new winter perfume? Try out some Escada scents by filling in this sample request form.  

Competition of the week

This week one of ten Hasbro toy boxes worth over £450 could be yours (containing various treats such as Elefun Busy Ball Popper, Sesame Street Let's Rock Elmo, Littlest Pet Shop Treehouse Playset and FurReal Cookie My Playful Pup). Just fill in your details to be in with a chance.

Competition ends 11th November.  

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.