Frugal Friday: 21st September

by Chiara Cavaglieri on 21 September 2012  |  0 comments
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Highlights this week include new half-price sales at Gap, Wallis and New Look, 15% off menswear at Boohoo, up to 25% off accessories and shoes at Asos, beauty bargains from 99p at Cheapsmells, £20 off season 3 of Glee and Despicable Me for just £3!

Welcome to this week’s edition of Frugal Friday.

Frugal fashion and homewares

Let’s kick things off with the biggest fashion and homewares bargains…

• Amazon (£20 off a £100 spend, or £50 off a £200 spend here, ends 25th Sept)
• Argos (£5 off £20 of baby clothes with code CLOTH5, ends 25th Sept)
• Asos (up to 25% off accessories, bags and shoes)
• Barratts (up to 30% off across store)
• BHS (£5 off a £25 spend & £10 off a £50 spend via Vouchercodes.co.uk ends 30th Sept)
• Boohoo (15% off menswear with code MENS15, ends 24th Sept)
• Debenhams (25% off various departments)
• Dorothy Perkins (up to 50% off)
• Evans (Cardholder Event with 25% off everything today)
• FCUK (up to 75% off)
• Figleaves (£10 off £50 spend via MVC, ends 23rd Sept)
• Forever21 (up to 80% off sale)
• Gap (new sale with up to 50% off)
• H&M (up to 70% off)
• Jones (final clearance up to 70% off)
• Karen Millen (up to 70% off)
• Kurt Geiger (up to 70% off)
• Laura Ashley (use code N544 for £10 off a £50 spend on fashion, ends 25th Sept)
• LK Bennett (up to 70% off)
• Marks & Spencer (spend £30 and save £5 on lingerie/nightwear)
• Miss Selfridge (up to 50% off sale)
• New Look (up to 50% off)
• Oasis (15% off full price knitwear with code GETCOSY)
• Phase Eight (up to 70% off sale)
• Republic (up to 50% off sale)
• Store Twenty One (free p&p on orders over £30)
• Tie Rack (25% off back to work)
• Uniqlo (£10 off orders over £60 via MVC)
• Urban Outfitters (use code AUTM15 for 15% off these items, ends 30th Sept)
• USC (up to 70% off)
• Wallis (up to 50% off sale)
• Warehouse (up to 50% off sale)

Beauty bargains

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

• There’s a huge Autumn sale on at Cheapsmells with items starting at just 99p and all the others £9.99 or less. Look out for your favourite brands such as Benefit and Elizabeth Arden.
• Over at The Body Shop use the code AUTUMN for 50% off when you buy 8 items, 40% off when you buy 6 items, 30% off when you buy 4 items and 20% off when you buy 2 items.
• And buy the Sunday Telegraph this weekend for a voucher entitling you to a free Liz Earle cleanser, worth £5.50. Claim your freebie at a Liz Earle store or a Liz Earle counter at John Lewis before 25th September.

Book bargains and game discounts

Browse through the top deals for book worms:

* Something for everyone with the Book Deals of the Week (which all have at least 55% off their original retail price) at Amazon this week with Ratburger by David Walliams and The Sacrifice (The Enemy) by Charlie Higson for £5.84 (RRP £12.99), Hugh's Three Good Things by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Joseph Anton by Salman Rushdie for £11.25 (RRP £25) and Guinness World Records 2013 for £9 (RRP £20).

* Also at Amazon pick up Victoria Pendleton’s autobiography Between the Lines for £12 (RRP £20) and Moranthology by Caitlin Moran for £11.01 (RRP £18.99).

Check out the best buys for gamers:

* There are some decent bargains at Base this week including the PS3 Platinum double pack of Uncharted Drakes Fortune and Uncharted 2 Among Thieves for £29.19 (RRP £34.99) and Xbox 360 game Saboteur for £11.99 (RRP £49.99).

* Then over at Amazon buy Forza Motorsport 4, also on the Xbox, for £15.99 (RRP £49.99), Dead Island: Game of the Year Edition for £14.49 (RRP £19.99) and Brave for the Nintendo DS and Wii for £14.98 (RRP £29.99).

* Also for the Wii, you can buy Project Zero 2 for £14.98 (RRP £29.99) at GameStation and Ice Age 4: Continental Drift for £9.98 (RRP £29.99).

Best buy DVDs and boxsets

Now on to the best DVD deals this week:

Freebies, coupons and comps

Grab the latest freebies, samples and discounts:

* This week What’s in My Handbag has samples of Alpha-H - Liquid Gold up for grabs.
* Get a free can of Batiste dry shampoo on the tour (click on the “Town Near You” tab).
* Fill in your details for free sample of Gucci Premiere; use this form for samples of Hugo Boss and this one for a free sample of Paco Rabanne 1 Million & Lady Million.
* Try some Rockface Shower Wash for free (25 up for grabs) when you enter your details here by 30th September.
* Another one for the men, head to the Nivea Facebook page for a free sample of Skin Energy for Men, expires 30th September.
* Jergens have 100 free 200ml bottles of their Deep Conditioning Coco Body Moisturising Butter to give away on Facebook until 28th September.
* Win a free mini makeover and a free Rouge Allure sample from Chanel with this voucher (take to your nearest Chanel beauty counter). Expires 30th September 2012.
* Or try some Elizabeth Arden Prevage beauty cream, being given away at your nearest participating counter.
* And at selected Boots, use the No7 Match Made Foundation service for free samples of their foundation and a glass of bubbly.

Offer of the week

Film fans can nab 2 for 1 tickets to see Bourne Legacy at Vue cinemas before Tuesday 23rd September and from this Sunday 23rd, Odeon will be offering vouchers for 30% off tickets to see any film Sunday to Thursday, to use by 18th October.

Mobile phone deal of the week

Snap up the Apple iPhone 4S 16GB for only £29 per month when you sign up with 3 Mobile. You pay £29 for the handset but you get unlimited internet, 5,000 texts and 500 minutes.

Compare other top mobile deals at Recombu.

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

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.