Frugal Friday 27th January 2012

by Rosalind Kent on 27 January 2012  |  3 comments
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Welcome to this week's Frugal Friday! Highlights include: final clearance sales on fashion and homewares with up to 75% off, quality children's clothes reduced to £7, Kindles with £10 off, up to 50% off holidays, £10 off Elizabeth Arden foundation, warehouse clearance on computer games and DVDs, see TV shows being filmed for free and enter a competition to win a Kindle or Kobo eReader.

Fashion and homewares

With the January Sales all drawing to a close, don’t miss out on last minute bargains and huge end of season reductions!

Pumpkin Patch: Sadly, this lovely children’s clothes shop is in the process of going into administration. They are selling ALL items in store for only £7. For example, all winter coats are reduced, some with an original RRP of £50, and I picked up a pair of leather children’s boots reduced from £30. There are some £7 items online, but for the best deals go to your local store.

Burton: Final clearance off men’s wear, with 70% off selected lines. Pick up jackets and coats from £20 or t-shirts from £4.

French Connection: Their up to 75% sale ends 31st January with massive final reductions, like this Midnight Moscow dress down from £150 to £37 and tops for as little as £15. There is also a handy clock counting down the seconds and minutes until the sale ends!

Figleaves: Get some new underwear or swimwear from the online retailers at amazing discounts. With swimwear from £2, knickers from £1, and bras from £3!.

La Redoute: Up to 60% off in their end of season sale. Enter code 8354 to get £15 off when you spend £30 or more (new customers only). Valid until 30th June.  

Marks & Spencer: Snap up some bargains in their lingerie and nightwear sale. Buy one get one half price on women’s nightwear, and three for £10 on selected knickers.

Very: New season fashion is now in stock, but you can still get up to 60% off home and electricals and some last minute bargains on fashion, like this cropped leather jacket down from £120 to £60. Also get £25 off first credit orders over £50 with code 252DR.

Urban Outfitters: Last chance to shop the sale with items up to 75% off. Get 10% off your order until 31st January using the code: UO10 at the checkout.

ASOS: They are ‘re-booting’ their sale, with lots of new lines added and a 10% student discount. Great brands like Warehouse and Kookai are included, and save big on items like this midi shift dress down from £50 to £35.

Debenhams: Still up to 70% off still in the last few days of their Winter Sale. Their new season wardrobe also has 20% off online purchases when you enter code TH96 at the checkout.

John Lewis: Their furniture clearance sale ends 30th January, so hurry to discounts like this coffee table down from £430 to £199.  Get a £15 voucher to spend at John Lewis when you sign up for a month’s trial membership with consumer advice magazine, Which? The month’s trial costs only £1 and you can then cancel, or stay on for £9.75 a month.

Go to Homebase for up to half price on selected furniture, and up to 60% off in the final days of their store-wide sale. Get 20% off when you spend £30 until 29th January. Enter code DISC20 for online purchases, or print this voucher if you are going in-store.

TescoDirect: Pick up everything from sports equipment, homewares, furniture & fashion at great prices, made even greater with a £10 off Winter Madness eCoupon! Simply spend £75 or more and enter code TDX-7PKF at the checkout before 1st February.

Tesco Fashion: Whilst Tesco might not be your first port of call for fashion, they have some great items and can be useful if you are stocking up on essentials. And with £10 off when you spend £40 online with eCoupon TREAT12 you can’t lose.  Offer ends 5th February.

Health & Beauty

Find great deals on sports and fitness equipment at Sweatband. If you are after a treadmill to continue your 2012 health regime then pick up this high quality Fuel F80 model. It’s high end price too at £949, but enter code F80-150OFF and get a worthwhile £150 off! Offer valid until 31st January.

Debenhams is running an exclusive Elizabeth Arden foundation exchange until 8th February. Just exchange your current foundation (can be any brand) and receive £10 off Elizabeth Arden foundation, and a free cosmetic purse.

Get fragrances on a budget from Fragrance Direct, with a great selection under £20, including top brands like Stella McCartney, Cacharel and Calvin Klein!

Body Shop: Up to 60% off sale items, with many items £3 or under. Sale ends 30th January. All of their 2011 Bestsellers are currently 50% off, like Peppermint Foot Lotion down from £8 to £4. You can also get an extra 20% off sale items online when you enter code: EXTRA20. Valid until 30th January.

Books & Games

Get your hands on a cheaper Kindle with Tesco. They are selling them for the usual £89, but you can get £10 off when you enter code TDX-7PKF.

Get 10% off when you spend £25 with The Book People using code AFSAVINGS. Get free delivery by entering code AFWINTER at the checkout.

Play.com is doing a warehouse clearance with some good deals on games including Assassins Creed Revelations for £23.99 with free delivery (saving £26.00)

You can also get Battlefield 3 on PS3 for £27.85 (saving £22.14) from simplygames.com.

Gift Ideas

There is still time to get 50% off popular gifts at Snapfish with personalised mugs, photobooks and calenders all at half price. Enter code WINTER12 by 31st January to get the discount.

Get 5% off all gifts at TotallyGifts by entering code: 5PERCENT0112 at checkout. With great deals on unique and personalised gifts there is literally something for everyone. Code is valid until 31st January. 

Films and Boxsets

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

Travel

Lowcostholidays.com are currently offering up to 50% off in their sale, and many packages offer a ‘Kids go free’ incentive.

Jet2holidays.com is offering £100 off their holidays when promo code SAVE100 is entered. Also, if you are a member of cashback website Quidco, book through them and get an extra £30 cashback! The offer doesn’t expire until 29th February, so you have still got time to think about your summer holiday!  

Book with easyJet Holidays and enter code GETAWAY20 to get £20 off holidays of £500 or more.

Look out for deals with Thomas Cook, who nearly collapsed in November last year and who have just reported a substantial slump in their summer holiday bookings. They are currently offering £400 off summer holidays, and you can get an extra £50 off selected city breaks when you spend £1000 or more with code: TPSAVE50.

Freebies of the week

Join Applause Store, completely free of charge, and apply for tickets to see TV shows like Big Brother being filmed. Register here and enter code CBB12P to make your booking a priority. If Big Brother doesn’t do it for you, apply for one of the many other shows such as Argumental, Britain’s Got Talent or Chris Moyles’ Quiz night and be part of the studio audience. An excellent free night out!

Enjoy two whole weeks of free movies from Blockbusters when you sign up for a 14 day free trial membership. The usual price is £7.99 for the unlimited rental of movies and games, but the offer is available for new customers only.

Get a freebie and do a good turn all at the same time by sponsoring a Guidedog puppy. If you click through cashback website Quidco you will receive a free soft Guidedog puppy, RRP £4.50 to give to the kids! You’ll also earn £5 cashback.

Get a free sample of Olay Total Effects moisturiser when you register with SuperSavvyMe, a website that gives its members the chance to sample new products.

Competition of the week

If all the recent obsession with Kindles and Kobo eReaders is getting you down, and you just want to pick up a good old-fashioned paperback then enter this competition to win £400 in book tokens in association with National Book Tokens and The Telegraph. Just fill in your details here to be in with a chance. Competition closes 29th February.

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’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.