Frugal Friday - 10th February 2012

by Chiara Cavaglieri on 10 February 2012  |  2 comments
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Highlights this week include £5 off a £30 spend on lingerie and kidswear at M&S, a new half-price sale at Miss Selfridge, £30 off winter warmers at Oasis and Coast, Daily Deals at Asos and Debenhams and your last chance for 20% off everything at Tie Rack. Plus, save 20% on a Family & Friends Railcard, put a note in your diary for the £1 Soinfashion flash sale, grab a £10 Travelodge room, get £30 off an easyJet holiday and save £35 on seasons 1-7 of Curb Your Enthusiasm!

Welcome to this week’s edition of Frugal Friday. Let’s kick things off with the biggest fashion and homewares bargains…

Frugal fashion and homewares                                                              

There are further reductions in the Marks & Spencer sale, with the sweetener of free delivery to your door. And, if you spend £30 on kidswear and selected lingerie (enter code BRAFIT12) you get a handy £5 discount.

Top new sales include up to 50% off at Miss Selfridge, with up to £15 off trousers and shorts. Then at Oasis save £30 on winter warmers here and have a look at the new lines added to the sale with up to 20% off. The latest deal at Coast will also save you £30 on selected sleeved dresses and knitwear.

If you’re looking for fab Valentine’s presents Tie Rack is offering 20% off everything online using the code VALENTINES12, but only until today so don’t miss out. Then take a look at the Daily Deal on offer at Debenhams. There is also a daily deal at Asos – check here for the code to save you 20% on bags and accessories.

It’s final reductions time at Barratts and Wallis, but if you want something new you get £10 off when you spend £45 at Accessorize. And you can use the voucher code TREAT15 at the Urban Outfitters checkout for 15% off your order until 15th February.

Get an extra 20% off selected lines in the Blue Cross Sale at House of Fraser where you can already save up to 70%.

If all these high street bargains don’t cut the mustard, Gucci is offering free delivery on all orders this week (ends Monday 13th February).

Finally, remember there is time to get £5 off your next order online or in store at Dorothy Perkins when you spend £30 before 14th February.

Last chance bargains and voucher codes

Don’t miss these limited time offers:  

• You can save 20% on a one-year Family & Friends Railcard – use the code Money20, knocking the price down from £28 to £22.40. Valid until 29th February. This railcard will save 1/3 on adult ticket prices and 60% on kids’ tickets.
• It’s sale time at Travelodge with 100,000 rooms at £10 up for grabs. These tend to sell out quickly so book a stay now.
• Soinfashion is holding a 24-hour sale during which time around 5,000 items – which usually cost around £20 – will be reduced to only £1! Check in first thing on 15th February to grab a bargain.
• If you’re shopping at Buyagift you can save £5 when you spend £25 using the code val525 before it expires on Monday 13th Feb.
• As well as the deals mentioned above, other deals at Marks & Spencer include £1 off personalised Valentine’s Cards with the code 12VAL100, a half-price cuddly bear when you buy any Mother’s Day card, a half-price water bottle when you buy any Valentine’s Day card and free delivery on all flowers and plants.
• Plus, there is still time to use the voucher code LOVBEAUTY at Feel Unique when you spend £40 or more to 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 three Book Deals of the Week which all have at least 55% off their original retail price at Amazon are all hardbacks: The Fabulous Baker Brothers by Tom and Henry Herbert for £9 (RRP £20), The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach for £7.64 (RRP £16.99) and Andrew Marr’s The Diamond Queen for £9.99 (RRP £25).
• Spend £20 at The Book People and you can save 10% using the code AFVALENTINE (from MVC) before it expires on Wed 15th February. The best deals here are usually the collections – this Katie Fforde collection of ten books is £9.99, saving you £59.91, while this David Walliams collection of three books is £4.99, saving you £15.98.

 And check out the best buys for gamers:

• Head to Simply Games and grab PS3 game Final Fantasy XIII-II for only £27.99 (RRP £49.99). Another new one for Playstation fans is the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection, cheapest at ChoicesUK, at only £27.49 (RRP £39.99).
• One Nintendo DS game for you this week – save on Heroes of Hellas 2: Olympia is reduced to £10.99 (RRP £19.99) on Amazon.
• There are lots of new PC games too including King Arthur 2 Limited Edition, only £27.28 (RRP £34.99) on Amazon and Mysteries of Magic Island, only £3.95 (RRP £4.99) at The Hut.

Best buy DVDs and boxsets

Now on to the best DVD deals this week:

Freebie of the week

Head to the Big Skincare Mystery Facebook page to get your hands on a free sample of a mystery skincare product due to be released soon. "Like" the page and you can request a sample and enter a competition for a chance to win £1,000 worth of Topshop vouchers.

Offer of the week

Save £30 on an easyJet holiday using the code FEBSUMMER at the checkout. You must book a minimum of two adults staying for five nights. Offer expires 29th February.

Mobile phone deal of the week 

Our pick of the bunch this week is the Samsung Galaxy Mini available on a 24-month contract with Tesco Mobile for only £10 per month which includes 250 minutes, 5000 texts, 500MB data and triple Clubcard points. Get it here.

Compare other top mobile deals at Recombu.

Competition of the week

Register with L'Oreal Paris to be in with a chance to win a full-size sample of the new "Super Liner Gel Intenza" in Shade Pure Black 01. Only 100 packs are available and the closing date is 29th February.

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.