Frugal Friday - 28th September 2012

by Chiara Cavaglieri on 28 September 2012  |  1 comment
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Highlights this week include new sales at M&S, Debenhams, John Lewis and Banana Republic, up to 25% off brands at House of Fraser, £5 off beauty at Feel Unique, 30% off cinema tickets, iPhone 5 with unlimited data for £36 per month and season 2 of Downton Abbey for £7!

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…

• Aldo (check the Daily Deal)
• Ann Harvey (at least 20% off everything)
• Argos (free £5 voucher/£50 spend, £10 voucher/£100 spend, ends 30th Sept) 
• Asos (20% off Asos Collection)
• Banana Republic (up to 50% off)
• Barratts (20% off everything, free p&p with code FREEBIES)
• BHS (£5 off a £25 spend & £10 off a £50 spend via Vouchercodes.co.uk ends 30th September)
• Boohoo (use code SEPT10 for 10% off)
• Debenhams (up to 50% off, use code TT76 for 10% off beauty, ends today) 
• Dorothy Perkins (up to 30% off everything)
• Evans (up to 30% off)
• FCUK (20% off full price with code 20STYLIST, ends 29th September)
• Forever21 (Fall Favourites under £20)
• Gap (up to 60% off sale)
• House of Fraser (up to 25% off Brand Event, ends today)
• Jigsaw (up to 60% off)
• John Lewis (Price Match, ends today)
• Jones (up to 20% off leather handbags)
• Karen Millen (£50 off coats)
• Laura Ashley (up to 50% off)
• LK Bennett (up to 70% off)
• Marks & Spencer (up to 50% off Per Una, 20% off knitwear)
• Matalan (£5 off £25 spend with code s0512, £10 off £50 spend with code s1012)
• Miss Selfridge (up to 50% off sale)
• New Look (up to 50% off)
• Oasis (up to 50% off)
• Phase Eight (up to 50% off mid season)
• Republic (up to 70% off sale)
• Tie Rack (20% off hats, scarves, gloves)
• Urban Outfitters (use code AUTM15 for 15% off these items, ends 30th September)
• USC (up to 50% off)
• Wallis (up to 50% off)
• Warehouse (up to 50% off)

Beauty bargains

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

• At Halfpriceperfumes.co.uk you can already buy various Goody hairbrushes for just £4.99 but they are also included in the three for two Pick and Mix promo. And, as a treat for newsletter subscribers, add Nivea Beaute Colour Shine Lipstick to your cart (worth £6.99) and enter the code FreeNiveaLippy to get it for free (you pay £2.49 p&p).
• You can still use code AUTUMN at The Body Shop for 50% off when you buy eight items, but, if you only want to spend £5, use code MVCBUTTER for 30% off with a free 200ml Body Butter to boot. Ends 30th September.
• For savings at Feel Unique use code EARLYAUTUMN for £2 off when you spend £20, or SAVEINSEPT for £5 off when you spend £40. Both codes expire 30th September.
• Benefit fans can save £15 on any order with code AUTUMN, valid only until midday Saturday 29th September.
• Check out the Green People clearance sale for organic beauty brands with up to 50% off.

Book bargains and game discounts

Browse through the top deals for book worms:

• At Tesco Direct pick up Thor Hansen’s Feathers for £13.29 (RRP £18.99) and hop over to The Book Depository to buy The Storm (Numa Files) by Clive Cussler for £12.79 (RRP £18.99).
• Amazon has the best price for both The Night the Angels Came by Cathy Glass at £4.63 (RRP £6.99) and Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire at £4.79 (RRP £7.99).
• Finally, the Book Deals of the Week (which all have at least 55% off their original retail price) at Amazon include 1356 by Bernard Cornwell for £8.54 (RRP £18.99), The Power Trip by Jackie Collins for £7.49 (RRP £16.99) and Zom-B by Darren Shan for £5.84 (RRP £12.99).

Check out the best buys for gamers:

• Top buys at Amazon include Lego Ninjago at £12 (RRP £29.99) and Super Scribblenauts for £5.50 (RRP £29.99), both for the Nintendo DS. Or play Let’s Draw instead, costing £12.98 (RRP £19.99) at Game.
• Also for the DS, you can buy Disney Princess: Enchanting Storybooks (uDraw) for £7.95 (RRP £29.99) at Zavvi and Xbox/PS3 gamers can grab Dynasty Warriors 7 for £14.95 (RRP £49.99) at The Hut. 

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:

• Like the Ever Green Farm page for a free sample of its Rose Day Cream.
• Fill in this form for a free sample of James Bond 007 fragrance for men.

• Or try a free sample of Redken shampoo when you like the Facebook page and enter your details.
• Hangbag.com has 50 bottles of Vosene’s Colour Protect Shampoo and Conditioner to give away. Offer ends 2nd October.
• You could be one of 100 Company Mag readers to win some BlanX Advanced Whitening toothpaste (worth over £7). Fill in the form by 2nd October.
• Be one of 200 lucky people to win a Hervana umbrella from Benefit Cosmetics.

Offer of the week

If you’ve been thinking about trying out LOVEFiLM you can find an exclusive 30 Day Free Trial with a £20 John Lewis voucher sweetener via Vouchercodes.co.uk. Offer ends 30th September.

And, film fans don’t forget you can save 30% on Odeon cinema tickets until 18th October.

Mobile phone deal of the week

If you’re desperate for the brand spanking new Apple iPhone 5 16GB it could be yours for £36 per month when you sign up with 3 Mobile. You pay £79 for the handset but you get unlimited internet, 5,000 texts and 2,000 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.