Frugal Friday 28 October 2011

by Chiara Cavaglieri on 28 October 2011  |  1 comment
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Highlights this week include 25% off for VIP week at Dorothy Perkins, 50% off one item at H&M, 20% off at French Connection until midnight, 20% off at Jaeger until Sunday, 20% off everything at Peacocks, Barratts and Jane Norman, free delivery at TK Maxx and 25% off at Wallis and Oasis. Plus, save up to £10 at Feel Unique this weekend, grab £6 fares with National Express, check out the new half-price toy sale at Sainsbury’s, save £20 on the Jurassic Park blu-ray trilogy and get over £52 off all three series of Arrested Development!

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                                                      

Don’t miss the latest VIP week at Dorothy Perkins saving you 25% online using code DPVIPD and in store using this printable voucher, valid until 30 October only. Also H&M is offering you the chance to get 50% off ONE full price item – use the code 9536 before Wednesday 2nd November.

Now on to the rest of the new sales:

• French Connection: Use the code STYLIST20 for 20% off before midnight tonight only.
• Jaeger: Five day shopping event saving you 20% on any order (including sale) until 30th Oct in store and online (using code AUT44EVE at checkout).
• Monsoon: Up to 30% off coats until Monday and ongoing free delivery (to various countries) for a limited time. 
• TK Maxx: Free delivery until midnight this Sunday.
• Peacocks: At least 20% off everything and £1 delivery if you spend £30.
• Barratts: Now get 20% off everything (use code EVERYTHING)! 
• Jane Norman: Online only, get 20% off everything until midnight 31st Oct. 
• Urban Outfitters: Mid-season sale with up to 50% off.
• Gap: Coats and jackets have 30% off for a limited time only.
• Oasis: Grazia code OCT11A saves you 25% on full price collections until 2nd Nov.
• Wallis: Grazia code GRAZIA9 saves you 25% until 3rd Nov.
• BHS: Get 20% off outerwear for women online plus save up to 70% in furniture clearance.
• Clarks: Mid-season sale with many items half-price. 
• Reiss: Autumn sale with up to 40% off.
• Motel Rocks: Up to 70% off in sale or use code HELLO for 10% off full price items until 9th Dec. 
• M&S: Get 25% off jumpers and cardigans.
• New Look: Get 30% off winter warmers.   

And see what’s left in the ongoing sales:

• Accessorize: Save 20% on lingerie and get delivery for £1.
• Asos: Now save up to 70% in the sale and get 20% off coats and jackets here using code BONUS20.
• Banana Republic: Save up to 25% on Autumn styles using code UKSTYLE. 
• Coast: Sale with up to 50% off selected items.
• Hobbs: Get up to £50 off selected coats and boots.
• House of Fraser: Up to 50% off selected items.
• Jones: Save up to £20 on selected boots and £10 on children’s styles and handbags.
• 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.
• 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 sale items.
• Planet:  A half-price sale and up to £100 off all coats now.  
• Republic: Sale with up to 50% off and free UK delivery.
• River Island: Still half-price bargains in sale. 
• Tesco: Save 25% on knitwear and coats (including sale).
• USC: Save up to 50% 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.
• Viyella: Get up to 70% off in the sale.

Last chance bargains

More special offers not to missed this week:

• Feel Unique has released four codes for the weekend; use UNCOVER3 for £3 off a £30 spend, UNCOVER6 for £6 off a £50 spend and UNCOVER10 for £10 off a £75 spend.  All codes are valid until midnight on Sunday 30th October only.
• Another one for beauty fans (or Christmas gift hunters!) is 15% off and free delivery at Lookfantastic with an exclusive deal from Vouchercodes.co.uk. Enter the code AFFIL152330 at the checkout before it expires on Sunday 30th October.
• National Express is now offering 1,000s of £6 fares for travel from 16th December to 7th January 2012 so book your ticket home for Christmas now to save a bundle. Find the cheapest fare available here.
• Finally, Sainsbury’s has just launched its half-price toy sale so do check for any steals in time for Christmas presents. All toys in store are on offer but online you must browse through this selection.   

Beauty bargains

• In the (long) run up to Christmas Boots offers a Star Gift of the Week which saves you at least 50% - this week you can buy a Ted Baker 'Make it Big' vanity case for £19 (was £40) which includes body wash, body lotion and body souffle. Offer ends Thursday 3rd November, or while stocks last.

• Benefit Cosmetics has also got a Halloween treat for beauty fans - save 15% today and tomorrow only using the code 15TREAT1.

Books and Games

Browse through the top deals for bookworms this week:

• The best buys at The Book Depository this week are In Pursuit of Eliza Cynster by Stephanie Laurens for £4.52 (RRP £7.99) and Home Cooking Made Easy by Lorraine Pascal for £9.98 (RRP £20).
• The brilliant Gangsta Granny (hardback) by David Walliams is also cheapest at The Book Depository costing only £6.48 (RRP £12.99). But head to Amazon to buy his debut novel, The Boy in the Dress for £4.69 (RRP £6.99) and Mr Stink for £3.49 (RRP £6.99).
• Finally, Play is selling Scholes: My Story for £8.99, saving you £11, and Short and Sweet by Dan Lepard for £13.99 (RRP £14.99).

And check out the best buys for gamers:

• PS3 game Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine is only £17.95 at The Hut, saving you £32.04 and stay put to buy Alan Wake (Xbox 360) for £9.85 (RRP £49.99).
• Newly released Football Manager 2012 is only £23.99 (RRP £39.99) at Base and for Nintendo Wi gamers, another new game, Just Dance 3 is cheapest at The Game Collection costing only £21.95, which saves you £13.04.
• And finally for sports fans with a PS3 console,  Madden NFL 12 has £15.14 off at ShopTo (now £34.85) and Fight Night Champion is only £12.97 (RRP £14.97)at PC World.  

DVDs and boxsets

Now on to the best DVD deals this week:

Freebie of the week

With the latest Facebook beauty freebie you can get a sample of L’Oreal’s Triple Resist reinforcing shampoo. There are only 100,000 samples available so apply now. 

Mobile phone deal of the week

This week's deal will see you get your hands on the handset everyone's talking about, the iPhone 4S! The deal comes from 3Mobile, and includes 500 minutes, 5,000 texts and 1GB of data for £35 a month on a 24-month contract. The handset will set you back an additional £49.99.

For this deal, and others, head over to Recombu.

Competition of the week

Win the ultimate kitchen over on Sainsbury’s with this week’s pick of the best comps. If you win, your kitchen will include a complete By Design kitchen worth up to £13,000, Samsung Home appliances and loads of Jamie Oliver goodies including Tefal bakeware and a full set of Jamie Oliver Kitchen Kit. Fill in the entry form here.

Competition ends 6th January 2012.   

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.