Frugal Friday - 29 January 2010

by John Fitzsimons on 29 January 2010  |  2 comments
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Highlights this week include 70% off fashion, John Lewis bathroom towels from £1.50, £72 off the Hitchcock Complete Boxset, discounted holidays in York, 2 for 1 on tickets to the Museum of London Docklands, and free body lotion!

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As we come to the end of January, it can mean only one thing - payday! If you're after a little retail therapy, but don't fancy breaking the bank to do it, why not have a look at these ace bargains and discounts.

Fashion and homewares

We may be at the end of January, but a host of sales are still going on! Be sure to take advantage of them while you still can!

• Barratts: Up to 20% off boots.
• Burton: Final reductions of up to 70% off selected lines.
• Coast: An extra 20% off sale items.
• Debenhams: Final clearance, up to 70% off items in the Blue Cross sale.
• Dorothy Perkins: Final clearance - many items £7 or less.
• Faith: Up to 70% off selected lines in the winter sale, with boots up to half price.
• French Connection: Massive reductions in sale, with footwear at less than £30 and T-shirts at £10 and less.
• Graham & Green: Up to 50% off selected lines.
• Hobbs: Selected items reduced by as much as 70% off.
• House of Fraser: Up to 70% off selected lines.
• Jane Norman: Up to 70% off selected items.
• Moss Bros: Final clearance, with suits, jackets and coats all reduced, with prices starting at £79.
• New Look: Up to 50% off selected lines. You can also get £10 off when you spend £50 if you enter LOVE50 at checkout.
• Next: The end of season sale continues with all items at least 50% off, with 70% off women's tall and plus sizes.
• Office: Up to a whopping 75% off a range of footwear.
• Oasis: Further reductions in the sale, with many items up to 70% off.
• TOPMAN: Final clearance is taking place, many items up to 75% off.
• Urban Outfitters: Further massive reductions, with dresses and male tops starting at just £9.99 and men's coats and jackets from £39.99.
• Wallis: Up to 70% off selected lines.
• Warehouse: Many lines just £5 or £10!

If you fancy sprucing up your home with some new curtains, head over to Debenhams where many pairs are down by as much as half price, including these natural 'Ceda' lined curtains, down to £34-50-£104.50 from £69-£209. 

And for the kitchen, you can save a whopping £31.50 on this ace Dark Grey Roast 'n' Rack, which you can get for just £13.50!

Or if you fancy stacking up on bathroom towels, John Lewis has slashed prices on a stack of towels, with prices starting at just £1.50.

They are also selling this beautiful Walton coffee table at half price, down from £399 to £199.50.

Books and games

If you'd prefer to spend your weekend immersed in a good book, why not have a gander at these great  offers!

• If you fancy adding some exciting new recipes to your culinary repertoire, then head over to The Book Depository where Gordon Ramsay's Great Escape: 100 of My Favourite Indian Recipes is half price at £12.48.
• However if you'd prefer a thriller, Have You Seen Her by Karen Rose is one of the deals of the week over at Amazon, where you can save 55%, snapping it up for just £6.74!
• But if you'd prefer a good chuckle, This Mitchell and Webb Book is down to £6.64 at Tesco, saving you a whopping £12.35!

If gaming is more your thing, there are some cracking new games out at the moment - here are the deals to look out for!

• For the Xbox 360, you can save yourself £20.24 by snapping up Bayonetta from ShopTo.Net, where it is currently available for £29.75.
• If you have a PS3, head over to TheHut.com where you can grab Vancouver 2010 for £29.73, a saving of 41%.

• And finally, if you fancy the new Resident Evil Archives: Zero for the Wii, then Zavvi is your best bet - you can pick it up for £12.95, saving you £7.04.

Film and box sets

If there's one thing I love to do at the weekend, it's curl up on the sofa in front of a great film. If you're on the hunt for some new films to stock up your collection, check out these awesome discounts!

Cheap days out

If you want to get out and about, without breaking the bank, there are some great deals on cheap days out!

• The Herbert Art Gallery & Museum in Coventry, which is currently hosting a number of large-scale exhibitions from across the globe, is currently absolute free to enter!
• Alternatively, why not head down to the Museum of London Docklands, where you can get two tickets for the price of one with lastminute.com.

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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Deal of the week

Fancy getting three months of free, unlimited anytime phone calls?

All you have to do is sign up for BT's Unlimited Anytime Plan (calls only) before the end of February, or one of the Unlimited, More Access or Full House (calls + broadband/ TV) packages before the 13th February!

Mobile deal of the week

Fancy getting your hands on the Nokia 2330 Classic, but don't want to be tied down to a contract? Simply pay £14.95 for the phone, - which includes a camera, Bluetooth and recordable FM radio - top it up by £10 and it's all yours on pay-as-you-go with T-Mobile. Note that you will also have to pay a delivery charge of £5.99. Find out more.

Travel

York is a beautiful city, and thanks to a brilliant new promotion from Visit York you can get a night's accommodation absolutely free, as well as reduced entry to more than 50 of the city's attractions.

As part of the See You in York campaign, visitors can take advantage of a number of three nights for the price of two and four nights for the price of three offers, while those who take up a four night booking also get a free bottle of Yorkshire Country Wine!

Head over to www.visityork.org/seeyouinyork for more details. Offers are available to the end of March.

Freebie of the week

If you fancy a free sample of Johnson's 24 hour moisture Body Lotion, then head over to johnsonsbeauty.co.uk and fill in your details.

Easy peasy!

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