Frugal Friday - 3rd February 2012

by Chiara Cavaglieri on 03 February 2012  |  0 comments
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Highlights this week include: 20% off at Debenhams, half-price offers at M&S, 70% off at Jaeger, items from £1 at Miss Selfridge, £5 off at Dorothy Perkins and get an extra 25% off at BHS today only. Also, buy any fragrance from Superdrug and you get free standard delivery, save £4 on a £40 spend at Feel Unique, grab two paperbacks for £7 at Amazon, get £5 free credit in time for Valentine’s Day from Card Town, save 10p per litre of fuel when you spend £60 at Tesco and save a massive £85 on the complete collection of Prime Suspect!

Welcome to this week’s edition of Frugal Friday. I am back from my hols, straight from the sun into the cold snap so while I go dig out my thermals and put away my flip flops, you can check out the best frugal picks for fashion and homewares…

Frugal fashion and homewares       

For department store bargains head to Debenhams online and use code TH96 for 20% off new season items, while you can also save up to £20 on full price jeans for men. Marks & Spencer is offering half-price deals on selected items and 25% off thermals. It’s also Blue Cross Sale time at House of Fraser so you can save up to 70%.

BHS is also selling items with up to 70% off across the store and as it’s Bonus Week you get another 25% off using code BONUSWEEK until the end of play today (3rd Feb) only – if you shop in store, just download and print this voucher.

Check here for the ongoing TescoDirect eCoupons and remember you get £10 off when you spend £40 at Tesco Fashion with eCoupon TREAT12 which expires 5th February.

For high end, high street fashion, Jaeger has up to 70% off in the New Year, Karen Millen has up to 70% off in the sale, you can save an extra 30% on sale boots at Aldo and it’s final reduction time at Coast.

Online at Asos the sale has had a reboot and you can buy all of these items for less than £20. At La Redoute the sale has been improved with final reductions of up to 70% and if you’re a new customer enter code 8354 to get £15 off when you spend £30 or more (valid until 30th June). At Very you can now save up to 70% in the Winter Clearance, or get 20% off new season fashion here.

For the rest of the best high street stores, grab items from £1 in the ongoing sale at Miss Selfridge and check out the New Look sale with plenty of items under £5. At Planet get up to 70% off in the sale and free UK delivery. There is a limited time offer of dresses for £50 at Banana Republic and Barratts has an ongoing sale with up to 70% off and an extra 20% off boots.   

Final reductions have been made at Wallis with all coats under £50 in the sale, you can save up to £50 on boots at Office. Get £5 off your next order online or in store at Dorothy Perkins when you spend £30 before 14th February. And students get 20% off at Oasis until 14th February.

Finally, for the little’uns, Pumpkin Patch is still selling ALL items in your local store for only £7 and online, it’s two for £12 on tees and leggings, with up to 70% off maternity too.

Health and beauty bargains and voucher codes

Pucker up for the latest beauty deals:

• Superdrug has a 3 for 2 promo on Max Factor and there are some steals in the fragrance sale, including Calvin Klein Escape for Men eau de toilette 100ml for £19.99 (RRP £42.99) and £10 off Hugo Boss Collector’s Edition 100ml, now £29.99. And you get free standard delivery with any fragrance purchase.

• The latest offers at Boots include 3 for 2 on No7, up to half-price fine fragrance (plus use code LOVEBOOTS for £5 off if you spend over £45), 3 for 2 on professional haircare brands and up to half-price beauty electricals such as Philips Sonicare and this Babyliss pro 230 elegance straightener, reduced from £79.99 to £39.99.

• Use the voucher code LOVBEAUTY at Feel Unique when you spend £40 or more and you can knock £4 off your order – valid until 15th February only (offer  excludes Stila, Gatineau, Phytomer, Mary Cohr and ghd straightners).

Book bargains and game discounts

Browse through the top deals for book worms this week:

• The latest book deals at Amazon include 2 for £7 on paperbacks, up to 40% off school books and at least 50% off hardbacks. Plus check out the three Book Deals of the Week which all have at least 55% off their original retail price.
• I finally got round to reading Room by Emma Donohue on the ridiculously long flight back to London and if you haven’t read it yet head to Play Marketplace where it costs £2.81 (RRP £12.99) for the hardback.
• Another Emma Donohue novel, The Sealed Letter (paperback) is only £4.86 (RRP £7.99) at The Book Depository where you can also buy My Hello Kitty First Cookbook for £2.75 (RRP £3.99).

And check out the best buys for gamers:

• For the Nintendo DS, Resident Evil Revelations is £29.75 (RRP £39.99) at The Game Collection and PC World has the best price for Tin Tin: The Secret of the Unicorn at £9.97 (RRP £29.99).
• Another DS game, The Smurfs is cheapest at ShopTo, costing only £11.86 (RRP £19.99), which saves you a handy 40%. For the Wii, stay put to buy Boom Street for £24.85 (RRP £39.99), or head to Zavvi to grab Winter Sports 2012 for £19.95 (you save £20.04).
• And, there are lots of new PC games this week including The Sims 3: Master Suite (only £6.95 at Zavvi) and Kate Arrow Deserted Wood (only £3.95 also at Zavvi).

Best buy DVDs and boxsets

Now on to the best DVD deals this week:

Freebies of the week

The latest Boots Samples freebie is the new Garnier Miracle Skin Perfector Daily All-In-One B.B cream – fill in this form.

Or for the men, visit the L'Oreal Facebook page and register for a free trial of Men Expert Hydra Energetic.

For a free Valentine’s Day card, sign up with Card Town for £5 free credit to use towards any purchase. Once you’ve created an account you can add the code LOVEFIVE (under the prepay voucher tab) to add the credit, which must be redeemed before Tuesday 14th Feb. 

Offer of the week

Petrol prices are through the roof but if you spend £60 or more at Tesco before this Sunday 5th February you get a voucher entitling you to 10p off per litre of petrol. Note that not all purchases will qualify such as infant milk formulae, tobacco products, fuel, prescription medicines, stamps, lottery, opticians, travel money, insurance, gift cards, glass hire, Nutricentre, fireworks and delivery charges.

Mobile phone deal of the week 

This week's deal comes from 3 Mobile. On a 24-month contract, you'll enjoy 100 minutes, 5,000 texts, and 500mb of data, all for just £15 a month. You also get the HTC Explorer handset thrown in free!

Compare other top mobile deals at Recombu.

Competition of the week

There are five prizes of £1,000 of John Lewis gift vouchers up for grabs to give your home the ultimate makeover on Livingetc. Each winner also gets a free consultation in their home from the John Lewis home design service team.

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

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!

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.