Frugal Friday 11th November 2011

by Chiara Cavaglieri on 11 November 2011  |  2 comments
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Highlights this week include 20% off at Dorothy Perkins and 10% off at Asos until Saturday, 20% off at BHS and free delivery at Viyella until Sunday, 20% off at New Look and Jaeger, up to 70% off at American Apparel, new half-price sales at Evans and Miss Selfridge, £32 off a John Frieda hair dryer at Boots, up to £20 off at The Body Shop and buy one, get one half-price on beauty sets at Marks & Spencer. Plus, grab free men’s beauty treats on Facebook, save £16 on series 1 and 2 of Downtown Abbey and get over £47 off seasons 1 to 6 of Criminal Minds!

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 Dorothy Perkins for 20% off with the code DPWINTER20 or use this voucher in store , which expires Sunday.

Now on to the rest of the new sales:

• Karen Millen: Use code STYLE12 for 20% off until Saturday.
• Asos: Get 10% off using code BONUSTEN before Saturday.  
• BHS: Get 20% off everything until Sunday. 
• Viyella: Free delivery on full price items until midnight on Sunday. 
• Urban Outfitters: Get 20% off all party wear with code PARTYTIME until Monday.
• New Look: Use code NLXMAS1 for 20% off.
• Jaeger: Get 20% off using code STYL3JGR, valid until 11th Nov.
• Evans: New half-price sale.
• Miss Selfridge: Another new sale with up to 50% off.
• American Apparel:  Save up to 70% in the sale.
• Laura Ashley: Mega event with up to 25% off.
• Aldo: Save an extra 50% on selecteed sale boots.
• Moda In Pelle:  Save up to £50 on winter boots.
• Clarks:  Save up to £20 on boots for men and women.
• Hobbs: Get up to 25% Autumn investment pieces.
• Whistles:  Save £50 on coats and jackets.
• Oasis: Save up to £30 on selected winter items.

And see what’s left in the ongoing sales:

• Accessorize: Save 20% on jewellery and hair, up to £10 off bags, plus get delivery for £1.
• Asos: Save up to 70% in the sale.
• Barratts: Now get 20% off everything (use code EVERYTHING)! 
• Coast: Sale with to 50% off selected items.
• Jane Norman: Still up to 70% off in the sale.  
• Karen Millen: Ongoing sale with up to 70% off.
• Kurt Geiger: Up to 70% off sale items.  
• Monsoon: Up to 30% off knitwear ongoing free delivery (to various countries) for a limited time.
• Motel Rocks: Use code HELLO for 10% off full price items until 9th Dec. 
• Office: Get up to £70 off boots.
• Reiss: Autumn sale with up to 50% off.
• River Island: Save up to £15 on selected items for men and for women.
• Tesco: It’s 3 for 2 on Christmas gifts and nightwear. 
• Wallis: Up to £50 off coats.   

Beauty bargains

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

• This week’s Star Gift of the Week at Boots is the John Frieda Salon Shone ionic hairdryer, designed to create smoothness, body and shine with a 2200W dryer, reduced from £59.99 to £27.99, saving you £32! Offer ends Thursday 17th Nov.
• The Body Shop has a new code for you this week; use SAVINGS for £20 off when you spend £40, or £10 off when you spend £25 and £5 off when you spend £15, expires on Monday 14th Nov.
• Over at Marks & Spencer you can buy one, get one half-price on beauty gift sets for men, women and kids, plus save 50% on the Tess Daly range.
• At Feel Unique, if you buy two items from the Tigi Bedhead and Catwalk hair range you get a free gift – take your pick from nine items including Bed Head Hair Recovery, Bed Head Texture Head and Catwalk Sleek Mystique Sensationally Sleek.

Books and Games

Browse through the top deals for book worms this week:

• Amazon is selling Heston Blumenthal’s At Home for the lowest price of £15 (RRP £30) and for other hardbacks, Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography by Walter Isaacson is £11.99 (RRP £25) and The Faithless by Martina Cole is £9 (RRP £19.99).

• You can also save at least 55% at Amazon on Kill Me If You Can by James Patterson (now £8.54), 11.22.63 by Stephen King (now £8.99), I, Partridge, We Need To Talk About Alan by Steve Coogan (now £9) and Frozen Planet by Alastair Fothergill (now £11).

And check out the best buys for gamers:

• For the PC you can buy Sims 3 Pets for only £19.99 (RRP £29.99) and Dungeon Siege 3 (limited edition) for £7.99 (RRP £29.99) at Gameplay. For another PC bargain head to Amazon for Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood at £6.99 (RRP £39.99). 
• If you want cheap XBox 360 games Dead Island is £24 at Tesco, saving you £13.91 and Deus Ex: Human Revolution is £11.95 (RRP £49.99) at The Hut.
• Finally, for the Nintendo Wii, you can buy Animal Crossing: Let’s Go To The City  for only £12.95, saving you £7.04 and The Smurfs is only £12.95, saving you £27.04, both at Zavvi.

DVDs and boxsets

Now on to the best DVD deals this week:

Freebie of the week

A couple of freebies for the men this week; head to the Montagne Jeunesse Facebook page to win one of the men’s sachets. Or, ‘Like’ the Nivea for Men page instead, open Dave’s Locker and see what you win!

Mobile phone deal of the week 

This weeks deal will see you get your hands on the Samsung Galaxy Ace, absolutely free. All you have to do is sign up to a 24-month contract with 3 Mobile, which comes with 100 free minutes, 5,000 texts and 500mb data, and will set you back £15 a month.

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

Competition of the week

Get the Christmas spirit with a competition to win tickets for Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park, as well as a snazzy Samsung Galaxy S II. Answer this simple question: In which famous London park does Winter Wonderland take place?

Competition ends 14th 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.