Frugal Friday - 8 October 2010

by Chiara Cavaglieri on 07 October 2010  |  6 comments
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Highlights this week include up to 70% off at Asos, half-price bargains at M&S, 20% off homeware at Habitat, £40 off the Heroes seasons 1-4 box set, a new better than half-price Boots beauty offer and free entry to Monkey World.

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It’s Friday again so put work to the back of your mind and kick off your weekend with these fantastic bargains!

Frugal fashion

My first pick this week is the Mega Sale at Republic with prices starting from only £5. Top deals include these boyfriend bleached jeans with £20 off, now just £15, cosy knitwear such as this pretty Miso Waterfall cardigan (£10) and t-shirts like this Candy Love print number (£5).

Also don’t miss the bargains in the M&S 50% off sale, such as this pure cotton formal shirt which is now just £12 or this sophisticated pure wool Collezione jacket down from £99 to £49!

Now browse the rest of the new sales:

• Asos: Now save up to 70% in the mid season sale.
• BHS: Save an extra 20% on everything even sale items in the Blue Cross Sale.
• H&M: The mid season sale has started with prices from £1.99.
• House of Fraser: The 50% off sale is now on!
• Miss Selfridge: Mid season half-price sale has now started.
• M&S: Save up to 50% in the sale.
• Very: Save up to 60% on clothing and footwear this month.
• Dorothy Perkins: Get 20% off everything for a limited time only.
• Espirit: The mid-season sale has started, save up to 50%.
• Gap: New discounts up to 60% in the sale.
• Laura Ashley: Now save up to 50% on selected fashion.
• Peacocks: Grab up to 50% off in the new sale.
• Shudoo: Save £20 when you spend £100 with code SPEND100 before midnight 10 Oct.

And see what’s left in the ongoing sales:

• Alexon: Mid-season sale, save up to 50%.
• BooHoo: Up to 50% off selected new season dresses.
• Coast: Mid-season sale with up to 50% off.
• La Redoute: Save 20% on autumn knits with online code 8269.
• Karen Millen: New mid season sale with up to 50% off.
• Monsoon: Grab up to 50% off in the sale.
• New Look: Save up to 50% in the mid-season sale.
• Oasis: Mid season sale, save up to 50%.
• Office: Online only, get 50% off in the mid season sale.
• Phase Eight: Mid season sale now on plus up to 70% off in the rest of the sale.
• Planet: Mid season sale, save up to 50%.
• Rubbersole: Save up to 60% in the sale.
• Shudoo: Mid season clearance with up to 70% off.
• Urban Outfitters: Sale continues, save up to 75% off.
• USC: Mid season sale continues, save up to 50%.
• Wallis: Half-price sale continues.
• Warehouse: Save up to 50% in the mid-season sale.
• Debenhams: Half-price sale now on thousands of lines.
• Evans: Last few days of mid season sale, get up to 50% off.
• Ghost: Still up to 75% off in the sale.
• Hobbs: Save a massive £50 on coats and boots.
• Kew: Save 60% in the ongoing sale.

Homeware bargains

Now treat your home with these offers:

• The M&S home event is now on, saving you up to 30% on furniture and 20% on homeware. This is only until Sunday 10 October, so get in quick. I love these 4 Lustre Martini glasses, down from £19.50 to £15.60 and this beautiful oriental silk bird cushion, reduced from £25 to £20. Note that the discount will be applied at the online checkout.
• You can also save 20% on hundreds of living room goodies at Habitat until 31 October, including this stylish coffee table, now with £60 off at £240.
• Finally, if it’s appliances you’re after, the Currys sale has just got going and you can save as much as £350 on TVs, £100 on dishwashers and £30 on cameras.

Books & games

Browse through the best deals on fabulous reads this week: 

• Karl Pilkington fans can now buy the travel diaries to accompany his An Idiot Abroad adventure to the Seven Wonders of the World – go to Amazon for the lowest price at £7.64 (RRP £16.99). Amazon is also your best bet for the epic drama Fall of Giants by Ken Follett (reduced from £20 to £9).
• There are some great bargains at Waterstones in the better than half-price offers, with Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals for £12.30, saving you over £13 and Maeve Binchy’s Minding Frankie for £8.99, down from £18.99.
• Finally, if you’ve seen the films but missed the books, get Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything for only £3.26 at The Book Depository (RRP £7.99) and Dear John by Nicholas Sparks for an unbeatable £2.99 (RRP £6.99) at Amazon.

And here are some of the best buys for gamers this week:  

• Footie fans can test their thumbs instead of their feet with FIFA 11 for the PS3, available at Simplygames for £34.85, saving you £15.14, or if you’re an XBox 360 gamer, FIFA 11 Kinect is available at Coolshop for £34.97.
• Grab the ultimate zombie killing game Dead Rising 2 (PS3) which comes with an exclusive t-shirt at Amazon for only £35 (RRP £49.99).
• Or, if you’re looking for Nintendo DS games, head to Base where you can pre-order Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light for only £16.99, a saving of £13, buy Camp Rock The Final Jam for £17.29, saving you £12.70, and Jewels of Tropical Lost Island for £15.79 (RRP £29.99).

DVDs & boxsets

Celebrate Oktoberfest at Amazon with DVDs and Blu-rays reduced by up to 75% and then see which of these deals takes your fancy:

Frugal deal of the week

Boots has now started its less than half-price Christmas 'Gift of the week' offer and from today you can get make-up kit Frontcover to Go for just £16 (usually £35). This is only until 14 October so don’t miss out!

Freebie of the week

Halloween is fast approaching and if you’re wondering what to do with the kids, you and your whole family can visit Monkey World in Dorset for free! All you have to do is dress up in full Halloween fancy dress on 31 October and you’ll be admitted free of charge. Tickets usually cost £12.50 per adult and £7.50 per child.

Mobile phone deal of the week 

Get the Nokia X6 for only £20 with T-Mobile! Sign up for 24 months and you’ll get 600 mins, 500 texts and a flexible booster for even more talk time or internet surfing.  The phone has a 3.2" capacitive touchscreen, 5 megapixel camera, digital music player and quality speakers complete with a 16GB internal memory to store your photos and tunes. It even comes with Facebook, MySpace and Amazon  preloaded so you can get going as soon as it arrives!

Get this phone offer here and compare other top mobile deals at Recombu.

Competition of the week

Win a full-sized sample of Rimmel’s new Lasting Finish Lipstick worth £4.99 by registering here and answering a simple question.

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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.

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