GLADE, GLADE, You gotta love GLADE!

WOOT! WOOT! More glade coupons!

Just received an email from Glade (and SC Johnson too by the way).
And they just informed me that in my local November 27th newspaper, I'm going to find $9 in savings for glade products.

So, what are the coupons??????

• Buy 2 glade jar candles, get one FREE
• $5 off any Glade Fragrance Collection product

I just LOVE Glade!

Here is a deal from GIANT TIGER! Nov 20 - 21st ONLY

Anyone out there a Giant Tiger fan? Love the store for buying kids clothes and cheap cheap food. Especially if the coupons match what is on sale.....LOL.

So here is the deal! And it's only good November 20 to 21st. Buy $40 in clothing and footwear, and get $10 back! 25% savings isn't bad, especially this time of year.

CK BEAUTY contest

CK BEAUTY contest

I've posted this picture and have entered the above contest. Right now I am really looking for your vote to help me win! I would really appreciate if you took the time and helped me out with this one and voted for the attached picture.

Voting starts November 23rd and ends December 1st.

VOTE DAILY here: www.fashionmagazine.com/contests/ck In the search box type in "sunrise on the falls". Click my picture, and you have voted! Each person that votes may have an opportunity to receive 2ml sample of Calvin Klein.

PLEASE...... and thank you

Are you a Bulk Barn Shopper?

Christmas is fast approaching which means a couple of things in my home.

First, pull out the gifts that I have purchased for all the family during the year. Sit down and review, and then decide who is getting what. Then the fun part. SHOPPING for what I need to get to finish my list. Usually it's not a really big deal because I do a lot of shopping during the year, and my husband is usually pretty pleased that I don't spend all that much in the six weeks leading up to Christmas (If only he totally understood the reason WHY!!!!!)

Secondly, we prepare for the big BAKE OFF needed to supply our cookie exchanges, our family get togethers, our midnight Santa treat raids....well, you get the idea. Lots of baking is needed. Thankfully we are lucky enough to have a Bulk Barn close by. There is nothing better when you have to do baking for more then 20 people to eat then to shop at Bulk Barn.

Right now, Bulk Barn has a very nice special coupon going on. Shop between November 12th and 25th, spend $10 and you will get $3 off with the coupon http://www.bulkbarn.ca/en-ca/page/coupon7.html. Looks like you can use it as many times as you want during this period, but sure makes Christmas baking all that much easier if it's cheaper to the pocket......

Have you checked your Dollar Store recently?

Have you spent any time in the Dollarama recently? Gee, I just LOVE shopping at Dollarama. After the price changes earlier this year, you can now purchase quite a few items that will be no more then $2 each. How can you go wrong?

I know it's not the normal thing, but you can get some pretty mean electronic items there. I mean seriously, can you beat $2 for batteries? What about a cell phone case? $1.50. Try getting that price at Bell (good luck). Phone extension cords are a favorite in my house too. I guess that is what happens when your phone lives in the dining room and you want to get into the fridge for a drink (a LOOONG way away from the dining room....LOL).

Kids crafts. Another fav of mine. All of our babies are grown and gone now, but most of our friends are in the process of young ones. There is nothing worse then having to "lug" toys to just have a coffee when you are on your way to visit with our house, so for less then $20, we have been able to create a "basket" with tons of scrapbooking crafty ideas that keeps most kids busy and happy. And give's mommy a chance for a "kid free" coffee (as if that would ever happen!)

And when you are in the store, trip down the aisle where they keep there toiletries, bath and health and beauty. You would be so pleasantly surprised to see the kind of deals that you can find that are so much more cheaper then shopping in other stores. Try finding nail polish remover for $1 anywhere else (and yes, that is what I paid for it!)

I love dollar stores. And a lot of people I know shop there. There are times that people call me cheap, strange (because I use coupons), or just down right weird. But as I have said before, I would much rather the money stay with my family then be in some retailer's bottom line. Besides, frugality is a way of life. An option, but a good one.

New Brandsaver coupons starting November 3, 2010!

Hear ye hear ye........... the newest Brandsaver coupons will be available NOVEMBER 3, 2010! Not only will most people be getting the flyer in their weekly paper, but you can order the coupons online at http://www.brandsaver.ca/. It's amazing the coupons that are available, and sometimes if a person is really lucky there are some high value coupons that really make it worth while.....read free products when they are on sale! Take a look and enjoy the savings. I know that I do.

Walmart.....Would you shop there?

I have heard a lot being said by some people that they would not shop at Walmart because of the business practices of the company in general. I've also heard that some people don't shop there because "it's an American company taking money from Canadians". And my most favorite reason is because they are not unionized.

Ok, some interesting reasons not to shop there. But, I do like shopping there. I do like saving oodles of money that I can keep in my pocket to use for my family vs. putting that money into some other Canadian retailer's till that DOESN'T benefit my family. I do like saving even more money by using the sales they advertise, applying coupons to the sale price, and sometimes walking out just paying the tax on the item. Best of all shopping is being able to price match with other retailers in the area which allows me to combine the shopping of two or three stores into one. It works for me.

Let me give you a for instance. I have over 15 bottles of body wash and at least 8 deodorants stored away in my "stash" of purchased products. I had a coupon (actually 4 of them) that allowed me to purchase "3 products and save $9" on specific products. IE - Olay body wash and Secret deodorant. I also had a coupon that stated "buy two Secret deodorant and save $5" (actually, 4 of those too). So off to Walmart I went.

Remember I said that I had more then enough of both of these products? Well, by using these coupons, I have been able to purchase 10 body washes, and 10 deodorants. Total cost to purchase these items (including taxes) was $64.86. I paid $8.86 and of that $7.46 was taxes.

I now have a very nice donation to our local food bank (which in turns provides these types of items to our local shelter) and it was at a small cost to my family. How wrong can I go? I've paid less then $10 OOP and so many people will be able to benefit.

Doesn't that make you really smile?