Frugal Friday - 16th December 2011

by Chiara Cavaglieri on 16 December 2011  |  2 comments
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Highlights this week include the Harvey Nics sale, free delivery at Tesco, half-price Christmas presents at Sainsbury’s and Debenhams, up to 60% off at Gap, new half-price sales at Coast, Warehouse, House of Fraser, Oasis and Monsoon, 40% off shoes at Asos and up to 50% off shoes and boots at Wallis. You can also grab the new Boots Soap & Glory Star Gift of the Week, better than half-price fragrances at Superdrug, art prints for under £30 delivered, 30% off at ELF, The King’s Speech for £5 and get £41.99 off the Blu-Ray box set of the entire Star Wars Saga!

Welcome to this week’s edition of Frugal Friday. Let’s kick things off with the best frugal picks for fashion and homewares. 

Frugal fashion and homewares voucher codes and sales     

The Harvey Nichols sale is finally here! You can save 30% on fashion and 20% on shoes and accessories until Sunday. 

Now on to the rest of the new sales:

• Tesco: Free delivery with code XMAS and save 50% in the new sale.
• Topshop: Free delivery until midnight tonight.  
• Gap: Up to 60% off in the sale.
• Debenhams: Now grab half-price Christmas bargains. 
• Coast: Save up to 50% in the brand new sale.
• Warehouse: Also up to 50% off in the new sale.
• House of Fraser: Another 50% sale (only 40% on menswear).
• Oasis: New sale with up to 50% off.
• Monsoon: Save up to 50% in the new sale.
• Jaeger: End of season sale, save up to 50%.  
• Whistles: New half-price sale.
• Evans: Sale items have up to 50% off.
• Karen Millen: Get up to 50% off shoes and accessories.
• New Look: Partywear with up to 50% off.
• Wallis: Many shoes and boots are now half-price.
• Asos: Save up to 40% on shoes and use Grazia code ASOSGRAZIA30 before midnight 19th Dec for 30% off full price items.
• Jane Norman: Save up to 40% on coats and knitwear. 
• Republic: Save 25% and get free delivery with code XMAS25.
• Marks & Spencer: Online save 25% on nightwear and slippers for women and kids.
• Dorothy Perkins: Use code DPXMAS for 20% off full priced items online.

And see what’s left in the ongoing sales: 

• Aldo: Sale with up to 50% off plus an extra 30% off sale boots in store and online.
• Banana Republic and Gap: Get free delivery on orders over £30 with code SPARKLE until 21st Dec. 
• Barratts: Ongoing sale with up to 50% off.  
• BHS: Now up to half-price offers across the store.
• Clarks:  Save up to 50% in the sale.
• French Connection: Sale with up to 50% off.
• H&M: Ongoing sale with up to 50% off.
• Hobbs: Save up to 50% in this new sale.
• Jigsaw: Partywear has up to 30% off.
• Krisp: Sign up on Facebook for 15% off your order.
• Laura Ashley: Up to 30% off until Sunday. 
• Urban Outfitters: Use code MERYUO for free delivery when you spend £35, ends Sunday. 

The latest Xmas bargains  

• Buy someone you love an art print for less than £30 delivered over at Artrepublic – right now you can buy this Lichtenstein print for £24 (was £30), this Koyzyndan print for £22 and this Picasso print for £22 (was £27). Order by Monday for Christmas delivery.
• A few fragrances at Superdrug are better than half-price including Calvin Klein Escape for men 100ml (reduced from £42.99 to £19.99) and Kate Moss eau de toilette 50ml for £11.99 (was £24.99).
• If you spend £60 at Benefit you get a free Sugarbomb box of powder (worth £23.50) with the code SUGARDEC, valid until midnight tonight. And at budget beauty site E.L.F get 30% off with the extended code 12DRUM30, also valid until midnight.
• Then head to Boots for the Star Gift of the Week – this time its Soap & Glory Big Splendour crammed full of all the faves worth £60 but reduced to £25 (only while stocks last).   
• Check out the 12 Days of Christmas at Sainsbury’s; top offers include half-price bikes, 25% off gift experiences and 3 for 2 on gifts. Then in-store look out for 50% off trees and decorations (7ft premium trees now £35.99, Winter Wonderland bauble pack now £2.49), the iPod Touch 32GB 2011 for £209.99, or iPod Nano 8GB for £99, and all the other gifts at half-price too! 

Book bargains and game discounts

Browse through the top deals for book worms this week: 

• Some cheap hardbacks to start off with today; buy Red Mist by Patricia Cornwell for £6 (RRP £18.99), Jamie’s Great Britain for £9 (RRP £30) and All Hell Loose: The World at War 1939 to 1945 by Max Hastings for £14.85 (RRP £30) on Amazon.
• Amazon also has some chef gift packs for Nigella Lawson fans – get three of her cook books for £14.99 (RRP £68.99) – and Rick Stein – get three of his books for £14.99 (RRP £70).
• And, for a classic that makes a lovely present, this pocket edition of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is £3.68 (RRP £4.99) at Play and this amazing hardback of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carol for £10.20 (RRP £20) with a foreword by none other than Philip Pulman! 

And check out the best buys for gamers:
• ·         Play is selling Condemned 2 PS3 for £22.80 (RRP £49.99), or buy Nintendo DS game Professor Layton and The Spectre’s Call for £25.95 (RRP £29.99) at Zavvi.
• ·         For Mario fans, get Wii game Mario and Sonic at the Olympics 2012 for £27.99 (RRP £39.99) at GameStation and Nintendo 3DS  Super Mario 3D Land and for £29.75 (RRP £39.99) at The Game Collection.
• ·         Or go for an older Wii game with Super Mario Galaxy for £14.95 (RRP £19.99) at The Hut and Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Miniland Mayhem on the DS for £19.89 (RRP £29.99) at Amazon . 

Best buy DVDs and boxsets

Now on to the best DVD deals this week: 

Freebie of the week

Be prepared for the winter weather over the holidays with a free ice scraper from the Juice FM Liverpool website (register with Lamb and Co first) or if that doesn’t float your boat, 

Mobile phone deal of the week 

An exclusive deal this week with Orange. Sign up for a 12-month sim-only package and you'll get 300 minutes, unlimited texts and 500mb data. Normally this would set you back £15.50, but until the 19th December you can get it for just £8 a month! Follow the link or call 0800 079 0496 to sign up.

Compare other top mobile deals at Recombu.

Competition of the week

Win one of 20 Wisdom Goody Bags so that you’re in top oral shape for those Christmas parties! All you need to do is ‘like’ the Wisdom Facebook page and in no more than 25 words say why you want white teeth and fresh breath to be entered into the prize draw. Winners are picked at random by Wisdom Toothbrushes every Friday in December.

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.