It is Monday, the 26th of December. Boxing Day. And that means only one thing. The sales have started!

Brave the thronging crowds as you're jostled every which way, standing in long queues and trying to figure out what is left on jumbled shelves and racks? Not on your nelly. I have far too many traumatic childhood memories of shops on this day of the year for that. My mum's family believed in getting all the crackers, cards and wrapping paper for next year's Christmas on Boxing day.

I'm shuddering just thinking of it.

Thank goodness for the internet. Seriously. I'm sitting here kissing my screen right at this moment. I can do all my shopping sat at the dining table with a tin of Quality Street on one side and a big pop of freshly brewed coffee on the other. From the smells and sizzles wafting out of the kitchen my husband is making bacon sandwiches for lunch. Who would want to leave this?

According to the internet trade body IMRG, we were going to spend £550 million on Christmas Day and Boxing Day online this year. It will be interesting to see if reality meets the expectations. Apparently many stores started their sales early online, on Christmas Eve, taking advantage of the lack of opening hours on the internet.

Our sister site, HUKD, has a brilliant Boxing Day Dashboard, where you can see all the latest and best deals available at a glance. Be quick though, they won't last long!

Read on to find out about some of the sales you won't want to miss, all of which are either just starting today or with newly added items/stock. The focus is on treats for mum, and for dad too. I'm betting that the chances are, you don't tend to buy nice things for yourself. Well in the sales, you can do just that, guilt free.

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Use this JD Williams promotional code to get 15% off your first order. The great news is that this code also works on sale items. The site sells women's fashions in sizes 12 to 36, and it also has a 'big men' department. However, even if you don't need clothes the site also sells products for the home and garden, electrical goods, and has a gifts section.

Click here to use your 15% JD Williams promotional code

• Discount: 15%
• Promotional code: HCYK3
• Expires: 5th April 2011

Using this code is a little bit trickier than normal. I went to the Shopping Bag and entered it in the Add Promotional Code box. It was accepted but not applied straight away. A note appeared telling me I needed to register or sign in first. I proceeded through check out and registered with the site. During registration, the site said that as a new customer I would receive a 10% discount.

When I got to the Payment and Confirmation page, it was the 10% discount that had been applied. I clicked on Edit, to edit my shopping basket. This took me back to the Shopping Bag page, where I entered the code again. A window appeared telling me I had to choose between the two codes. Naturally I picked the 15% one. This immediately appeared on my order. Although it did mean I had to go through checkout twice.

I tested it on a Jacket Style Cardigan, in the sale marked down from £31.20 to £28. Standard delivery on the site is £2.99. My total order came to £26.79.

Thanks to andywedge at HUKD!