Frugal Friday - 6th April 2012

by Chiara Cavaglieri on 06 April 2012  |  1 comment
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Welcome to this week's edition of Frugal Friday.

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

Starting with the top codes this week, get 15% off footwear at Office when you enter the code SPRING at the checkout, or save 15% on designer sunglasses at My Bag with the code SUNMB before it expires on Monday 9h April.

If you’re a new Tesco Clothing shopper you get 15% off your first order using the code AFF12 (ends 17th June 2012).

And an exclusive Vouchercodes.co.uk deal saves you £5 on orders over £30 at Figleaves (expires Monday 30th April) – enter the code FIGFIVER at the checkout.

This weekend at Urban Outfitters if you spend £50 you can knock £10 off with the code EG10UO, ending midnight Monday 9th April.

Otherwise, you can save 25% on full price styles at Alexon or head to the sale section for up to 70% off items. Or get up to 50% off in the Gap new season sale.

It’s also Spring Sale time at House of Fraser and you can save up to 50% across the department store.

There is a half-price sale on at Laura Ashley with an extra 10% off selected items in the home sale and for George at Asda offers check out the knitwear for women (prices from £6) and men’s outerwear (prices start from £7).

There are discounts up for grabs on older boy’s formalwear at Marks & Spencer –  personally I find kids in suits a bit scary but if yours need something extra smart you can save 20% here. There is also a Home Event (until 11th April) saving you up to 30% on selected Furniture and 20% on selected Home.

And, at Homebase get 15% off everything with the code DISCOUNT15 online (until Monday 9th April) or in-store today and tomorrow (Saturday 7th April) only.

You can save £15 on these dresses at A-Wear using the code EASTERDRESSOFFER or at Dorothy Perkins grab buy one, get one half-price on these Petite items and these Maternity items. Remember to see what’s on offer in the sale too.  

Beauty bargains and discount codes

Pucker up for these deals on all your beauty must-haves:

• There are lots of ‘gift with purchase’ deals on most of the beauty websites and they are usually pretty naff but right now if you spend over £40 on Marc Jacobs perfume at Boots you get a free umbrella. And you get a free Roberto Cavalli tote bag with these selected fragrances.
• The only problem is that Boots can often be beaten on price so make sure you compare prices first (try Fragrances Compared) and if you find a better price, decide whether the freebie is worth paying for.
• Over at Feel Unique you can save 20% on the entire Elemis range but only until midnight on Monday 9th April and check out these three for two deals at Halfpriceperfumes.co.uk.
• Finally, there are some new codes for The Body Shop; use EASTER for 35% off any order; use EGG for 25% off when you spend £50 and HUNT for free standard delivery. All codes expire at noon on Tuesday 10th April.

Book bargains and game discounts

Browse through the top deals for book worms this week:

• At Play you can buy the hardback A Perfectly Good Man by Patrick Gale for only £10 (RRP £16.99) and if you want his old bestseller Notes from an Exhibition, the paperback is only £2.72 (RRP £7.99).
• The Book Depository has the best price for The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce at £8.44 (RRP £12.99) but its Book of the Week, the hardback After the Snow by S.D. Crockett, is cheapest at Amazon  where it costs £8.29 (RRP £12.99).
• On to the three hardback Book Deals of the Week (which all have at least 55% off their original retail price) at Amazon. You can buy Stonemouth by Iain Banks for £8.54 (RRP £18.99), Beastly Things by Donna Leon for £8.09 (RRP £17.99) and The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England by Ian Mortimer for £9 (RRP £20).

And check out the best buys for gamers:

• At ShopTo grab new game Kid Icarus Rising for the Nintendo 3DS for £29.86 (RRP £39.99), saving you a tenner, or check out the Easter Sale where games start from just £1.85.
• Top picks include PS3 games Alpha Protocol for only £6.85 (RRP £49.99) and Last Rebellion for £12.85 (RRP £44.99.
• Finally, you can buy new games Mass Effect 3 for the Xbox 360 for £23.95 (RRP £49.99) and Aruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations for £32.95 (RRP £45.99) at The Hut where you can also save up to 80% on stock clearance games.

Best buy DVDs and boxsets

Now on to the best DVD deals this week:

Freebies and coupons

• The Open University is giving away Matrix of Modern Life posters online – order online or call the number on the site and they will post this freebie to you free of charge!
• You can also show your support for World Peace 2021 by applying for this free bumper sticker from Child Peace Activists Axil and Erika Kollist on your car.
• Grab a free sample of CDG2 perfume by entering your name and address (for over 18s only).
• Like the St Ives Facebook page and select the sampler tab and they’ll send you a free 30ml sample within 28 days.

Offer of the week

Celebrate Earth Month at Origins which is hosting a ‘trade-in’ day on the 21st April – you take any empty packet (from any brand) and you can trade it in for a free jar of the ‘Starting Over age-erasing moisturiser’ or ‘A Perfect World SPF25 age-defence moisturiser’. Both products are worth over £30 each and there is no purchase required so this is a fab freebie.

Mobile phone deal of the week 

Snap up a free Nintendo Wii and a refurbished HTC Desire S (Black) for only £20.50 per month when you sign up with Orange via Mobiles.co.uk. For this you get 300 minutes and unlimited texts, all on a 24-month contract.

Get the deal here or compare other top mobile deals at Recombu.

Competition of the week

Pamper yourself with this Bumble and bumble hair care and styling set by entering this InStyle.co.uk competition before it closes on 16th April. There are 50 up for grabs so you could be in with a good chance.

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

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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.