Frugal Friday - 20th January 2012

by Rosalind Kent on 20 January 2012  |  5 comments
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Highlights include up to 75% off on fashion, voucher codes for DIY, clothes and cosmetics, £10 off a Kobo eBook Reader, 10% off CDs, DVDS & Blu-Rays at Asda, take a friend to Peru for free, free Jimmy Choo tote bag, free books and be in with a chance of winning an iPad2.

Welcome to this week’s Frugal Friday!

Fashion and homewares

Carry on searching for bargains on the High Street this month, with great sales still taking place across the board.

• John Lewis: Furniture sale is still on, ending on 30th January.
• La Redoute: Up to 60% off in the end of season sale. Enter voucher code 8352 for 20% off your first order – valid until 21st January. Enter code 8354 to get £15 off when you spend £30 or more (new customers only).
• French Connection: Still up to 75% off on selected lines only. Some offers available in store, and some online exclusives. All sale dresses are now £55 or less!
• Laura Ashley: 50% off fashion and home, with free delivery on furniture, plus an extra 10% off home sale. Pick up one of their great winter coats at a 50% discount. Sale ends 28th January. 
• Johnny Boden: Still up to 60% off in their Winter Sale, plus another 15% off orders with code: AF02 before 31st January. Free delivery and returns, plus the chance to win an iPad2. Competition runs until 3rd February.
• Gap: 15% off when you sign up to the Gap newsletter and final reductions have been made on their sale items – sizes and stock limited so hurry!
• Matalan: Fashion and home with up to 70% off in the final clearance and free delivery when you spend over £40. You can sign up to the free Reward Card for extra discounts, and while you’re at it make yourself the most popular person on your street by entering the competition to win a year’s free household energy for you and your community! Just use your Rewards Card before 26th February to enter.
• Urban Outfitters: Last chance to shop in the sale with items up to 75% off. Get 10% off your order until 31st January using the code UO10 at the checkout. Sign up to the newsletter using code JACKPOT for the chance to win £1,000 to spend online.
• Office: Be quick and grab final reductions with a further 20% off , some items down from £65 to £12 like these silver black leather shoes.
• Amazon: At least 50% off in the outlet store with loads of items in the stock clearance. Save an additional 10% on fashion clearance items with code NOWGET10.
• Adidas Shop: Up to 50% off selected items in the sale, as well as a voucher for 15% off when you sign up to the Adidas email.
• Decathlon: Great everyday prices but check out the January Sale brochure for real bargains. Ends 25th January.
• Go to Homebase for up to 60% off sale items and half price off selected lighting and furniture. Get 15% off decorating items when you enter code AFF15 at the checkout.
• At Wickes check out the Red Pencil Prices, like 50% off kitchens, 50% off power tools and 33% off lighting, all with free delivery on orders over £45.

Health and beauty

Special offers at online health and beauty store Feelunique.com include a free gift of Clarins Eau Ressourcante Rebalancing Fragrance 50ml worth £14.25 when you buy any two (or more!) Clarins products. Or buy Jimmy Choo Eau de Toilette and receive a free Jimmy Choo bag!

Get a range of health, fitness and skin products from Stressnomore – until 24th January if you spend over £75 you can get 5% off your order with code A SMN5.

At Boots, you can pick up a discount gift set, now up to 75% off. Many toiletries, weight loss products, eye tests and nicotine patches are at half price too! Get £15 off orders over £100 with the code VCPPC15, valid until 31st January.

Books and games

Take a look at some of the deals on offer with The Book People, which is selling books at up to 75% off RRP. Get free delivery by entering code AFWINTER at the checkout.

If you want a Kindle but can’t stomach the £89 price tag then head to WHSmith where you can pick up the equally good Kobo eBook Reader for a more affordable £69.99. It’s an even sweeter deal if you enter code KOBOJAN10 at the checkout – you get an extra tenner off! There is also half price on all books in the incredibly popular Richard & Judy Spring Book Club 2012 collection.

For a great guide to eReaders, check out eBook readers: Amazon Kindle vs. the rest.

Comet is currently offering 20% off games to keep you fit when you enter the voucher code 20GAME before 25th January. It’s also offering 10% off the 250GB and 4GB Xbox Console and Kinect Bundles when you enter the code 10KINECT at the checkout, as well as Buy One Get One Free on selected games.

Finally, buy one pre-owned game and get one free at Gamestation.

Films and boxsets

Settle down in front of the TV with some of these bargains.

Although Asda isn’t featured as the lowest price offer in the table above, the supermarket is currently offering 10% off on all CDs, DVDs and Blu-rays when you enter the code MV100501 at the checkout. They also come with free delivery, as do games and books.

Travel

Take advantage of British Airways’ Goodbye Winter Sale where a return flight to New York is only £376. Flights must be booked by 24th January.

If you are planning a trip with Easyjet book now to get £30 off your holiday by entering the code VC30NOW at the checkout. With Exclusive Deals from £99.50 for a trip to Amsterdam you can make impressive savings on your travel.

Take a friend to Peru for free with Intrepid Traveller’s Buy One Get One Free offer. Trips must be booked before March, and you must travel before September. Just quote promotional code 6669. If you’re planning to travel solo to Peru you can still get a 30% discount on your ticket by quoting code 6670.

Get 12% off your airport parking when you jet off on holiday by booking with Airparks and entering code WF572 at the checkout.

Freebies of the week

Get lots of free creams and cosmetics from Simple by registering to become a Simple VIP. Get to try out new products first and receive vouchers for money off products.

Pick up two free books, The Woman in Black and The Descendants, by buying the Telegraph on Saturday 21st January and Sunday 22nd January. Copies can be collected from Waitrose and Booths stores nationwide, or from McColls and RS McColl Stores in Scotland.

Get a free Stila lipgloss, worth £15, when you take any (really, any!) old or worn out gloss to their counters. London or Manchester only, unfortunately, but keep an eye out for expansion!

For a free seven-day sample of Lancome Super Serum simply visit the Lancome Facebook page, click the banner and enter your details. The offer is open until 31st January.

Deal of the Week

This week’s deal comes from T-Mobile, via the Tesco Phone Shop, on the Samsung Galaxy SII. On a 24-month contract, you’ll not only get the handset for free, but also 300 minutes, 300 texts and 500MB of data, all for only £20.42 a month!

Get it here or compare other top mobile deals at Recombu.

Competition of the week

Aquafresh is giving away an iPad2. Simply join the Aquafresh Club to be in with a chance. The competition closes on 31st January. While you are entering you might as well apply for a free sample of the new Aquafresh Ultimate toothpaste too!

Eating out

If the January blues are getting to you and you fancy a bit of indulgence you can check out all the latest restaurant bargains in lovemoney.com’s Frugal Food blog. Read more.

Eating in

If you’d rather not leave the comfort for your own home, then prepare a fantastic meal on a budget at home instead. Check out the original Frugal Recipes blog for some inspiration! Read more.

Facebook deals

Every day lovemoney.com is now posting all sorts of great deals and discounts exclusively on our Facebook page. So be sure to like us on Facebook to take advantage of frugal deals every single day of the week, not just Friday!