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Thrifty Challenge #1, huge clearance sales & more

Published 3 months ago • 3 min read

Hello,

Have you had a good week so far? I'm feeling...over-poached and heavily chargrilled, but enough about the weather. It's time for a bit of thrifty fun!

Yes, it's Weekend One of the 'NOT on Holiday' Challenge. This weekend has a food & drink theme, to get you in a holiday at home mindset. Without using up too many of those precious pennies, of course.

It's all up on the site right now, ready to join in with if you want to give yourself a boost. Scroll down for that, plus some juicy sales, offers, freebies and a new seasonal recipe.

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Fashion & accessories:

  • ​Hush Homewear sale - now up to 85% off relaxed luxury fashion, including jeans, blouses, swimwear, bags, dresses, pyjamas and luxe loungewear. Go go go!
  • ​Jigsaw sale - up to 70% off stylish womenswear, including lots of gorgeous dresses, lovely linen clothing, weekend wear, sandals, pretty tops and lots more.
  • ​Whistles UK sale - up to 65% off thousands of chic pieces, with brightly coloured dresses, great denim, jumpsuits, holidaywear etc. Want.
  • ​Cotton On sale - up to 60% off Aussie everyday basics and holiday wear for men and women, including tees, jeans, underwear and swimwear.
  • ​Office footwear sale - up to 60% off, including plenty of big name brands, own-brand sandals, shoes and trainers, accessories and more.

Department stores etc:

  • ​Harvey Nichols sale - up to 70% off over 6,000 items of designer clothing, bags, footwear, sunglasses & beauty, plus an extra 10% off with code 'EXTRA10' this weekend.
  • ​John Lewis sale - final reductions and new lines added, now up to 70% off in most departments.
  • ​Matalan sale - up to 60% off menswear, womenswear, kids, homewares, garden, fitness, holiday shop and more. Over 5,000 things to choose from, plus 20% all new season womenswear.

Health & beauty:

  • ​Cult Beauty offer - get 3 premium beauty mix-&-match travel minis for £30 with code 'MINI'. Nice way to sample luxury for less or get a holiday glow-up. Their Sale Section is great too.
  • ​Sephora UK sale - up to 60% off if you hunt around, best offers are in designer makeup, own brand everything, skincare and hair. Well worth a trawl.
  • ​Holland & Barrett sale - get 50% off in the summer sale or 'buy 1 get 1 free' on loads of supplements, protein, health food & drinks, natural beauty and holiday shop. Extra 20% off with code 'DECIDE' this weekend only.

Food, drink & a freebie:

  • ​Free Terry's Choc Orange - check your Morrisons More app, activate voucher & claim when you next shop in store. Ends 23.59 this Sunday, don't hang about.
  • ​Pizza Express meal deal - exclusive to Ocado. Get pizza dough, choice of sauce & 180g cheese for £6.50. Enough to make 2 decent sized pizzas.
  • ​Groupon summer sale - lots of deals at restaurants, pub chains, cream teas etc, up to 85% off. Use code 'SUMMER' for bigger discount.
  • ​*FAB* Tesco wine deal - Clubcard discount prices on over 600 wines, which can be combined with their 'buy 6 get 25% off' deal too. Cheers!

Designer style for less:

  • ​Dupes of the Week - M&S's new M&S Studio collection of designer smell-alike unisex perfumes, a whopping 100ml for £22.50. Sheer Musk > Glossier You; Darkest Vanilla > Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille; Salted Haze > JM Wood Sage & Sea Salt; Vanilla Silk > Phlur Vanilla Skin etc.

Recipe of the week: Roasted apricots

Seasonal fruit, cardamon cream & pistachio brittle by Natalia Rudin.

That's it from me this week; I'm off to prep some tasty food & drink treats for Week One of the 'NOT on Holiday' Challenge. Have a good one!

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