Frugal Friday - 21 May 2010

by Chiara Cavaglieri on 20 May 2010  |  66 comments
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Highlights this week include 75% off fashion, half price West End shows, a George Foreman grill for £10, 50% off books, Sherlock Holmes for under £10, and the chance to win £100!

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Don’t let strange rumours about a sunny weekend distract you from saving a heap of money with our list of the hottest voucher codes, last chance savings and all the best sales and discounts around.

Fashion & homewares

Early birds catch the best bargains, so make the most of these sales and sort out your summer wardrobe now:

• Alexon: Save up to 50% in the sale.   
• Barratts: Get 20% off over 700 lines.
• BHS: 3 for 2 on selected kids’ clothing.
• Burton: Buy 2 items and save 10% or 3 items for 20% off.
• Coast: Last few bits in the mid-season sale with up to 50% off.
• Debenhams: Half-price clothing and luggage.   
• Dorothy Perkins: Up to 50% off selected lines.
• Evans: Online only, save 20% off selected tops.
• Figleaves.com: Further reductions, with up to 70% off selected items.
• Hobbs: 25% off selected lines in May sale.
• House of Fraser: Host of deals in Temptation range, including three for two on certain formal shirts and 30% off all Linea dresses.
• Laura Ashley: 25% off selected linen and t-shirts and home furnishings.
• Kurt Geiger: Up to 40% off selected styles.
• Marks & Spencer: Buy one, get one half price on all luxury shirts.
• Miss Selfridge: £10 off partywear added to a range of deals in the sale.
• Moss Bros: Online exclusive, half-price two fold cotton shirts now £25.
• MyWardrobe: Final reductions - save up to 75% on high fashion labels before they go.
• New Look: Up to £15 off selected dresses with ongoing 50% sale.
• Next: All items half price or less in the Next sale.
• Oasis: Up to 50% off selected fashion.
• Office: Final week of sale, now up to 75% off selected items.
• Phase Eight: At least 20% off all collections.
• TOPMAN: 30% off selected items.
• USC: Buy one pair of jeans, get another item half-price.
• Urban Outfitters: Sale continues with many items reduced by 50%.
• Wallis: Up to half price off in the sale.
• Wynsors World of Shoes: BOGOF on ladies and girls Fashion Canvas Pumps.

Hot voucher codes

These codes won’t be around for long so make the most of them before they expire:

• New customers have until midnight tonight to save 10% at Firetrap with their first online order, when they use the code NEWSPRING10.

• Only until 23 May, save 20% online at New Look with the code FFMAY10.
• Save 20% on Spring/Summer lines at Jaegar with the code FSSSTYLE , expires 23 May.
• Head to La Redoute for 30% off your order by entering the code 6542 before 14 June.
• Get £5 off when you spend £30 on Classic clothing at M&S with the code SNSMAY10.

Last chance savings for May

£5 Spa Freebie:  Spafinder is offering any customer who buys a £25 gift voucher this month an extra £5 voucher for free!

May Madness at Lastminute.com: Save a massive 50% on bookings for top West End shows at Lastminute.com. Book your tickets before 31 May for selected shows.  

30% off at The Body Shop: Save 30% on the 10 most reviewed items at The Body Shop, including various body butters, make-up and facial skincare goodies.

George Foreman for £10: No, not the boxer himself, but the Health Grill reduced from £19.99 in the latest May deals at Netto.

Big hair sale: Only until 28 May, Lookfantastic.com is having a big sale on haircare, including of course shampoos and conditioners, plus electricals, extensions, protection and hair colour.

Books & games

With good weather on its way (fingers crossed), head to the park and catch up some reading with these deals:

• Up to 50% off new releases at Amazon, including Heston’s Fantastical Feasts by Heston Blumenthal (now £12.50) and Dead in the Family: A True Blood Novel by Charlaine Harris (now £7.50).

• Save up to 40% on bestsellers at Asda including 8th Confession by James Patterson, now just £3.86 and Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane for £5.82.
• Save up to 50% on books at Play.com. My top picks are The Carrie Diaries by Candace Bushnell for just £6.49 (for all you Sex and the City fans) and Beginners Guide to Acting English by Shappi Khorsandi for £5.49. Also, check out the clearance section where books start from just £2.99.

Alternatively, give those thumbs a work out with the latest deals for gamers:

• Get your groove on and save more than £8 on Just Dance for the Wii  at Base.com where it has been reduced to just £16.45.
• For something a little more action-packed, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves costs just £24.99 at Gameseek and Playstation 3 fans can find Resident Evil 5 for the top price of £14.95 at Base.com. 
• If you’re looking for more PS3 games, you can find a wide selection for under £20 at SimplyGames.com. 

DVDs & Boxsets

Check out the best prices for new releases and top deals on your favourite box sets:

Freebie of the week

Get your hands on a free jar of Very Lazy Chopped Garlic when you take part in the Chopping Board Challenge and email a picture and details of your new use for a now obsolete chopping board to verylazy@fml-pr.co.uk  (also the best suggestion wins either a free Champney’s spa pamper day or a Red Letter Day, worth up to £150).

And if that doesn’t tickle your fancy, here’s another freebie…a free full-sized sample of Rimmel London’s new 60 Seconds Nail Polish worth £3.49 is up for grabs if you sign up and enter this competition. 

Mobile phone deal of the week

Our pick this week is for the HTC Hero with 3 Mobile offering 300 mins, unlimited texts, and unlimited internet on a 24 month contract for only £24 per month. This Android phone has a 3.2” touchscreen, 5 megapixel camera and offers access to 1000’s of Apps through the Android Market so it’s certainly worth checking out. Get the deal here.

Compare other top mobile deals at Recombu.

Competition of the week

We absolutely love how many deals and bargains you've found in our previous Frugal Friday competitions. So we decided to do a spectacular £100 give-away prize! Again, we're asking:

• Do you know of a great bargain that we haven’t covered?

For the chance of winning a goodie-bag worth £100 of bargains featured in this and last week’s Frugal Friday, simply post a great deal you’ve come across in the comment boxes below. We’re throwing in some lovemoney.com merchandise as well!

We're looking for top bargains, discounts, deals, voucher codes - you name it - but we want ones that aren't in Frugal Friday that you think other readers might like to hear about it.

You can find out more about the terms and conditions of the competition on our brand new competitions blog!

Plus, if you’re a gadget guru, win the new PS3 Slim complete with video chat, internet access, digital photo viewing, plus digital audio and video for the ultimate media set-up. And of course it’s still a gaming console so you’ll get a FIFA 10 Game thrown in too! Enter the competition here.

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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