Reflection on 2010

I have to say, 2010 was an amazing year, filled with lots of incredible events, but also some sad ones. First with the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics happening in my home town which was a huge and amazing event in itself. I was lucky to be working right in the middle of it all at the Main Media Centre so I was downtown where all the action was everyday. I had a lot of trouble finding a permanent job this year and was jumping from temp job to temp job, but I met some great people and made new friends while doing them!

Later on was the low point of the year, when my grandpa wasn't doing too well and he passed away. Long story about that, which I'm still a little bitter about, but at least I know he went surrounded by family and friends. Soon after that, I went through several rounds of interviews to snag the job that I have now (though my contract is up today, but I should be continuing? I'll update you on that when I know!). It took me a long time and tons of resumes sent to land a full time job, so I was pretty stoked about this one, even though it was a contract position. It was good to get some experience in something that I'd related to my field.

Around the same time, I was accepted into the Samsung Mob!lers Program, the first in Canada. It was a quick application through Facebook that my sister sent me that I completely forgot about until I got an email to set up a phone interview. I was flown to Toronto (my first time there!) for training, met my team and was given the Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant smartphone, and the competition and marketing campaign was on for two months! We churned out four videos in total (check out the Facebook page here), won two of the missions ($300 prize per win) and won the grand prize - $1000 and an all-expense paid trip to Seoul, Korea! It was an amazing trip and the other Mob!lers from around the world I met were awesome and I had sooo much fun.

2010 was also the year I started contesting. I had blogged about how I read about people who win over $22,000 worth of prizes a year and I was going to give it a shot this year. While in between temp jobs and applying for jobs, I had some time to enter and I won some things worth noting! After I started my full time job, I didn't have any time to enter anymore, but I think I managed to win quite a bit this year! I will post all my winnings soon, so watch for that! Maybe it will inspire you to start contesting too! I think in 2011, I will try and get back into entering contests because nothing beats the high of finding out you won a prize!

Well I hope everyone had a good year in 2010! Let me know what your highlights were! Have a fun and safe New Year's Eve, and I'll see you next year! 

My last prize cheque arrived!

My prize cheque for the last mission we won (Double Rainbow) and the grand prize arrived a few weeks ago! I'm so sad to see the Samsung Mob!lers program come to an end! I had so much fun and met so many great people. I hope there' a similar cool program/contest in 2011!

Win a $150 Best Buy gift card - Vote for my sis!

My sis is in a contest that she really wants to win so she needs your help!

Just go here: http://apps.facebook.com/unboxingday/gallery.php?sort=2

Click on my sister's video (Jenny Lee - XBox Unboxing) and click the vote button! You only need to register the first time, and only so Best Buy can keep track of how many times you vote. Each time you vote, you get an entry to win a $150 gift card!

Remember you can vote everyday! Thanks everyone!

Buy 2 items, get 3rd for $1 at Old Navy (Dec 31)

Old Navy is continuing with the Boxing Week sales and having a one day sale in preparation for the New Year. On December 31st only, buy any two articles of clothing and get a third one for $1! Great time to pick up some clothes and use up those gift cards you may have gotten for Christmas!

FREE Amazon Gift Cards - Swagbucks & Irazoo!

Swagbucks is an awesome search and win site where you can earn rewards FAST. It's easy to do and you get 30 swagbucks right away if you use the link below. So far I have cashed out for $275 Amazon.ca gift cards.  There are tons of prizes to choose from, like other gift cards, cards,  comics, Wii and PS3 consoles, Nintendo DS, you name it! So many prizes  to choose from!  

All you have to do is search and you  might be rewarded with points. The fastest way to earn is through  swagcodes, that are released several times a day. You can find it  through their blog, searchbar, facebook, twitter, etc. Also there are  points for daily polls, checking out the survey link and the daily  special offers link!



Irazoo  is another great search and win site that I've been using for even  longer than Swagbucks. They recently changed it so that it's just like  Swagbucks - you win points for searching, and there are also treasure  codes. As a summer special, they brought back the rate and earn portion  of points - when you do a search, you can comment and rate a site for 50  points. They limited it to 100 points a day though (used to be 300!).

Canadians  are only allowed to redeem for Amazon.com gift cards, but if you live  in the states, you have access to the other prizes as well, like gaming  consoles, cameras, computers and other gift cards. I have already cashed  out for $130 Amazon.com gift cards!

Save $5 Online at Chapters

If you shop online at Chapters/Indigo/Coles, this will help you out! Save $5 on your next online purchase by entering the code irewardsdec at checkout. The code is valid until January 31, 2011. Now is a great time to see if there are any Boxing Week deals as well!

Get a $15 iTunes gift card when you buy Bic Holiday Shave Pack

Walmart has Bic Holiday Shave Packs on sale for $14 each (Men's and Women's) along with a Mail in Rebate coupon for a $15 iTunes gift card! The promotion is on until January 15, 2011, so last chance to pick these up! Remember you can use coupons when purchasing these packs as well!

Marley & Me

I watched a bunch of movies while on Christmas Break (all of three days - the weekend and Monday. So sad.) and the first one was Marley & Me. I read the book a few years ago and thought it was a sweet story and the movie looked okay. The book and movie follows the life of John Grogan and his dog, Marley. Owen Wilson plays John and Jennifer Aniston his wife, Jenny. The movie stays relatively true to the book and it has a bit of a sad ending but it's a decent movie. Only $5 at Best Buy or Walmart right now for Boxing Day! ;)

BOGO at Lush on all Holiday Themed items!

For Boxing Week, Lush has all holiday themed products on a Buy One Get One Free Sale. Pretty good sale if you are a Lush fan!

How's your Boxing Day/Week Haul?

How did everyone make out with their Boxing Day shopping?

I got to the mall at 4am, the mall opened at 5:30 and I got in line just in time to ensure myself the Flip Mino Camera at Old Navy. There were only 25 at the location I was at! Here's what I picked up:

Old Navy
- Sweater - $20
- Tank - $5
- Flip Camera - Free with $25 purchase!
Total after tax: $28
Used $30 gift card and got $2 cash back!

Superstore
- Wii Super Mario Galaxy 2 - $29.99 - $10 coupon = $19.99
- Wii Carnival Games - $10 (Originally $39.99, then $18.98)

The Body Shop
- 2x Gift Sets - $12 (reg $25 ea)
- 10% Love Your Body Discount
- $5 off $20 SPC Discount
Total after tax: $19.19

Walmart & Best Buy
 - Dvds $3.97 - $5 each

Zellers
- Lindt Chocolate packets - $1.74 (reg $3.49)

Also used up some of my Dec 31 expiring FPCs and got:
- 2x Cottonelle moist wipes tub
- 3x Coke
- 1x Pilsbury Pie Crust
- 4x J&J Baby Shampoo

Maybe pictures to come later!

The Tourist

I went to watch The Tourist today to use up the last of my movie tickets from iCoke.ca before they expired. The reviews for this movie wasn't great but I thought what they hey. Boy, should I have listened!

The Tourist stars Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie. Depp plays Frank, an American tourist visiting Italy and Jolie plays Elise, an undercover cop who is trying to catch Alexander Pearce who is wanted for stealing two billion from a gangster as well as for tax evasion.

The critics were right - there was absolutely no chemistry between Depp and Jolie and it was very hard to believe that they can fall for each other so fast...and the ending is even worse! I couldn't believe I wasted my time on this movie! Don't watch it in theatres, definitely not worth it. The cool part was I recognized some of the places in Italy that I've been to before!

For more information on The Tourist, go here.

Up to 60% off at The Body Shop

More sales at The Body Shop! If you didn't catch the week long sale (Buy a bag for $5, save 50% off anything you can fit inside), there will be more sales on Boxing Day. Now you can save up to 60% on items - I'm guessing these will be gift baskets. Stock up now!

They are also offering another "bag" sale. Buy a Bag for Life for $5 and anything you can fit inside is 30% off.

Remember to use your Groupon if you still have those!

Boxing Day Deals at Superstore

$10 coupon in the flyer for any video game priced at $29.99 or more! Cut this out and use it on these games on sale to make it an even greater deal:

Xbox Kinect games ($29.99 - $10 coupon = $19.99):
- Joy Ride
- Dance Central
- Kinectimals

Xbox360 games ($39.99 - $10 coupon = $29.99):
- Halo Reach
- Fable 3

Nintendo Wii games:
- NHL Slapshot bundle ($39.99 - $10 coupon = $29.99)
- Super Mario Galaxy 2 ($29.99 - $10 coupon = $19.99)

There are also other video games you can save $5 off regular price on (xbox, wii, ps3) that you can use the coupon for as well.

Fable 2 for Xbox is half price at $9.99. Pokemon Platinum for the NDS is also half priced for $19.99.
Value games that are $18.98 will be $10 each (I have my eye on Carnival Games).

DVDs will be from $4 each, recent releases $7.50. Blu-ray movies starting at $5 each, recent releases $12 each.

TV seasons starting from $10 each.

Merry Christmas!

Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas! Have fun with boxing day shopping, and have a great New Year!!

Get ready for Boxing Day!

The week's flyers should have arrived by now, which means you can check out what is on sale for Boxing Day/Week! It's a great time to pick up cheap electronics and clothes for yourself, as well as to put away as future gifts. Stock up on little things that you know you will use, or can use as a birthday gift. ;) Trust me, it'll save you a lot of money! You can also shop online, but I find that is not as exciting as actually waking up at 3 in the morning to go line up! Have fun guys and hope you score some great deals! Tell me what you buy!

12 Days of Christmas Freebies from Apple (Dec 23 - Jan 3)

Apple has jumped on board with the Christmas freebies and are starting a 12 days of Christmas freebie starting tomorrow on till January 3rd. Each day there will be a free app/book/song/tv show/movie offered. Check out their site for more details and for the downloads.

Shoppers Bonus Redemption Coming Soon! (Dec 28-30)

Shoppers Drug Mart will be holding another bonus redemption after Boxing Day! Unfortunately no mega-bonus, but just the regular one. Save up your points because there are probably going to be some good sales on Christmas items when they go on clearance!

Redeem 50,000 points for $100 worth of items and 95,000 points for $200.

Reminder - Use up your Dec 31 expiry coupons!

Just a quick reminder to use up all your coupons expiring December 31, 2010! I know I have a little stash of free product coupons I have put away in my purse that I have been redeeming the past few days (Cottonelle moist wipes tubes, Coke, Pilsbury pie crusts, Filidae cat food) and I still have a few more to use up (J&J Baby product, Healthy Way product, Cat food). Here's hoping for another great stash of FPC's (free product coupons) and other manufacture coupons in the new year!

$5, $10 or $20 from WagJag.com

WagJag is one of the many city specific coupon deal sites and they are offering a Christmas special on their Facebook page. Just go to their Facebook page here, click the "like" button and you will get a gift of either $5, $10 or $20 to spend in the future at WagJag.com!

Free Chapman's Ice Cream 2011 Calendar

Chapman's Ice Cream is already offering 2011 calendars! I've ordered their free calendars for the past two years and they are really nice! Just go to their website here and order yours - it's free!

$1 Scarves at Old Navy (Dec 18)

Old Navy has another One Day Wonder sale, $1 for performance fleece scarves. The sale is good for only one day (Dec 18) so hurry to your local Old Navy to catch this great deal! Makes great stocking stuffers!

Save 50% at The Body Shop (Dec 17-19)

Yet another sale at The Body Shop, just in time for those last minute Christmas shoppers! This time, you buy a red bag for $5 and you can save 50% off everything you can fit inside! There isn't any fine print on whether or not skin care products are excluded, but I have a feeling it might be. Definitely worth checking out since The Body Shop items are great as gifts. You might even be able to use your Groupon with this purchase too! Remember you can get an SPC discount here ($5 off $20), as well as the Love Your Body discount (10% off).

Free Quatchi Plushies, Dec 17-19 (Lower Mainland Only)

The Olympic Merchandise Warehouses in Vancouver and Burnaby are offering a free 13.5 inch Quatchi plush toys with red mittens this week! Limit one per person (no family limit), while supplies last. These medium sized Quatchi's are very popular, so go earlier if you plan on getting one. This is most likely the last giveaway they will have as I believe they are shutting down for Christmas and won't open back up until the New Year.

The two locations are at 8410 Ontario St in Vancouver and 6741 Cariboo Rd in Burnaby.

More information on the warehouse locations and hours, go here.

Tron Legacy

I went to an advanced screening of Tron: Legacy tonight! I've never seen the original movie so I didn't really know what to expect, and the trailers I watched left me confused still haha. The movie is a sequel to Tron and stars Garrett Hedlund as Sam, Kevin Flynn's son. Jeff Bridges reprises his role as Kevin Flynn. The story picks up with Kevin's friend, Alan Bradley, telling Sam that his father paged him and gives him the keys to the abandoned Flynn's Arcade. Sam finds a secret room behind the Tron arcade game and gets transported into the digital world that his father created, The Grid. There, he finds his father and they set out to go back home. Of course, it's not easy, but I won't spoil it for you!

The movie was in 3D, which is so bothersome because I wear glasses when I watch movies, and there didn't seem to be too many 3D effects. The majority of the movie took place in The Grid so it was a digital world, full of lights, which was kind of cool! Lots of special effects which makes it a worthwhile movie to see in theatres, especially with the booming music on surround sound. I would recommend the movie to any Tron fan, though I was a bit impartial to it, but I do think it's a decent movie.

Tron comes out in theatres on Friday, December 17th. For more information, go here.

Please vote for me! One time only!

I'm in a new contest and I've fallen behind to 5th place, so I need your help!

Just go here and "like" my post (Karen Lee).

I believe you  need to click on 'submit haiku' before you can see the posts, and since I'm in 5th now, you also need to click on 'View all' to see mine.

Thanks!

Buy 2 Get 1 Free @ The Body Shop

Yet another promotion at The Body Shop! This one comes around quite often, but might be a good deal if you are planning to buy a lot of Christmas gifts there! Buy any 2 items and get 1 free, or Buy 1 get 50% off a 2nd item. This sale includes everything in the store, including their skin care lines.

30% off Regular Priced Item @ Chapters (Dec 15-16)

Chapters has a coupon out good for two days only for 30% off any regular priced item. Just print your coupon out here and bring it in to your Chapters. It's good for Dec 15 and Dec 16 only. As usual, you can use your iRewards discount card to get an additional 10% off.

Update on Contest Wins!

It's been a while since I posted any of my contest wins, but it's also because I haven't really been entering anything. I've been so busy with work and I get home so late that I just haven't had time. But I thought I'd update on some of the things I've won in the past few months, to give you a little inspiration to keep entering those contests!

4th Generation 8gb iPod Touch

Blackberry Curve with 6 months service

The Disappearance of Alice Creed on Blu-Ray

Toy Story 3 Blu-Ray & DVD Combo Pack

These are the more interesting things I've won. I also received a pair of tickets to the Sara Bareilles concert last month (pictures to come very soon!) and a Whistler Blackcomb lift ticket. The most recent win was a pair of tickets to the Dead Mau5 concert in Toronto, but I'm giving those away for obvious reasons haha.

Also just got back from Korea last week - my biggest win, from the Samsung Mob!lers program. I'll post about that soon as well!

'Tis the Season...

Now that Christmas is almost upon us, have you finished your Christmas shopping? There are sales left and right at the mall, but make sure you know your prices before you buy anything. A lot of times, stores will put out a "sale" price when it's actually the original price of the item, or only slightly discounted. For me, I'm looking ahead to BOXING DAY. That's when all the good sales are to be had! Scope out your favorite stores now to see what you want and could possibly get on Boxing Day for 50%+ off! Check online for early  Boxing Day flyers so you can plan your shopping trip that day. Also think ahead and try to pick up some gifts for later on in the year, like birthday presents or housewarming gifts!

Also places like Craigslist has a lot of new items being sold that you can buy as gifts (mostly people trying to get rid of gifts they don't need/want, so they are still in the original packaging). I haven't bought anything myself through Craigslist, but I've definitely sold a lot of brand new things!

The malls are packed so better go now before it gets even closer to Christmas! The malls also have extended hours starting soon, and some places (like Walmart and Superstore) are open 24 hours! Good luck everyone on their Christmas shopping!

FREE Amazon Gift Cards - Swagbucks & Irazoo!

Swagbucks is an awesome search and win site where you can earn rewards FAST. It's easy to do and you get 30 swagbucks right away if you use the link below. So far I have cashed out for $270 Amazon.ca gift cards.  There are tons of prizes to choose from, like other gift cards, cards,  comics, Wii and PS3 consoles, Nintendo DS, you name it! So many prizes  to choose from!  

All you have to do is search and you  might be rewarded with points. The fastest way to earn is through  swagcodes, that are released several times a day. You can find it  through their blog, searchbar, facebook, twitter, etc. Also there are  points for daily polls, checking out the survey link and the daily  special offers link!



Irazoo  is another great search and win site that I've been using for even  longer than Swagbucks. They recently changed it so that it's just like  Swagbucks - you win points for searching, and there are also treasure  codes. As a summer special, they brought back the rate and earn portion  of points - when you do a search, you can comment and rate a site for 50  points. They limited it to 100 points a day though (used to be 300!).

Canadians  are only allowed to redeem for Amazon.com gift cards, but if you live  in the states, you have access to the other prizes as well, like gaming  consoles, cameras, computers and other gift cards. I have already cashed  out for $130 Amazon.com gift cards!

Please vote for me! One time only!

I'm in a new contest and I've fallen behind to 4th place, so I need your help!

Just go here and "like" my post (Karen Lee).

I believe you  need to click on 'submit haiku' before you can see the posts, and since I'm in 4th now, you also need to click on 'View all' to see mine.

Thanks!

Burlesque

Saw Burlesque tonight to use up my Cineplex movie tickets I got from iCoke. Burlesque stars Cher and Christina Aguilera, with Aguilera playig Ali, a waitress from a small town who goes to Los Angeles to follow her dreams about becoming a singer/dancer. She stumbles upon The Burlesque Lounge where she gets a job as a waitress. Cher plays the club's owner, Tess, who is trying to raise enough money to save her club.

While a fairly predictable movie, I thought it was enjoyable, besides the awkward number that was randomly thrown in so that Cher could sing and the love story between Ali and bartender, Jack (Cam Gigandet). It was quite reminiscent of Moulin Rouge (which I love!), and who doesn't like a movie with singing and dancing haha.

For more information on the movie and show times, go here.

Free Mukmuk Plushies, Dec 10-12 (Lower Mainland Only)

The Olympic Merchandise Warehouses in Vancouver and Burnaby are offering a free 9.5 inch MukMuk plush toys with red mittens this week! Limit one per person (no family limit), while supplies last. If they run out of MukMuk's with red mittens, you will receive the regular one (which they gave out several weeks ago). Make sure to go early, as more people are finding out about these freebies so they go fast, especially at the Vancouver location.

The two locations are at 8410 Ontario St in Vancouver and 6741 Cariboo Rd in Burnaby.

More information on the warehouse locations and hours, go here.

Free Johnson & Johnson's Baby Product

Hurray for another Facebook freebie! J&J Baby is offering a coupon for a free J&J baby product of your choice. Just "like" their page and click on the link to get your coupon.

Like their Facebook page here.

Free Softlips with Coupon @ Shoppers Drug Mart

Shoppers Drug Mart has Softlips lip balm on sale for $1.99. There is a printable coupon for $2 off, which means you can get it for free, and only pay the tax! Shoppers also has 300 bonus points for each one you buy.

It may be a hit or miss on whether or not your Shoppers will accept printable coupons. Make sure they enter the coupon in at $1.99 otherwise there will be an error (unless you are buying something else). Remember you can price match at other stores as well if your store doesn't take the printable coupon.

You can find the coupon here.

Lend a vote for my sis - Get a chance to win $150 in Best Buy gift cards!

My sis is in a contest that she really wants to win so she needs your help!

Just go here: http://apps.facebook.com/unboxingday/gallery.php?sort=2

Click on my sister's video (Jenny Lee - XBox Unboxing) and click the vote button! You only need to register the first time, and only so Best Buy can keep track of how many times you vote. Each time you vote, you get an entry to win a $150 gift card!

Remember you can vote everyday! Thanks everyone!

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Midnight Launch @ Best Buy (Vancouver & Toronto Only) - Dec 6th

Best Buy is holding another game launch, for World of Warcraft, starting tonight at 9pm. You can get a chance to win the collector's edition of the game (2 available), or if you come dressed in costume, you could win an HP AMD Quad Core or Triple Core laptop (2 available)

As usual, there are also gifts with purchase for the first x people in line. Free steelseries WOW MMO mouse ($100 value) to the first 50 customers at the midnight launch stores (first 15 customers at all other stores); free steelseries WOW Goblin or Worgen mouse pad for the next 50 customers; and free Cataclysm poster for the next 45 customers.

Be sure to go early, as you probably will have a chance to play the game, and there will be other goodies you can get by answering trivia!

Buy a Gift Card, Get a Free...At McDonalds

McDonalds has jumped on the free gift with purchase bandwagon! They are offering a free snack wrap and drink when you buy a $10 gift card, and a free Big Mac and drink when you buy a $20 gift card! Offer if valid until Dec 26th. This is great for anyone who frequents McDonalds, or knows someone who does (my dad goes everyday)!

MEGA-Bonus Redemption Weekend at Shoppers Drug Mart (Dec 4-5)

START THE CAR! Shoppers Drug Mart is offering their biggest ever bonus redemption this weekend! If you've been hoarding those Optimum points, now is the time to use them!

There are 3 bonus redemption levels this time:

30,000 - $60 off

50,000 - $125 off (extra $25 from regular bonus redemption)

95,000 - $250 off (extra $50 from regular bonus redemption!)

Go to your Shoppers NOW before people clear the shelves! There are lots of people who are going to redeem multiple times because of this great offer!

The Body Shop - Buy A Box For $5 & Get 50% Off Everything Inside

The Body Shop has a new promotion going on and it's a pretty decent one! Buy a box for $5 and everything you can fit inside will be 50% off! Unfortunately, it excludes the items I use, including skin care, make-up, gifts, charity items, LYB card and gift cards. This promotion runs until December 5th.

Free Quatchi Plushies, Dec 3-5 (Lower Mainland Only)

The Olympic Merchandise Warehouses in Vancouver and Burnaby are offering a free 13.5 inch Quatchi plush toys when you visit! Limit one per person (no family limit), while supplies last. This is the largest plush they have given away and from what I heard, there was a long line to get them for once, so go early if you want one!


The two locations are at 8410 Ontario St in Vancouver and 6741 Cariboo Rd in Burnaby.

More information on the warehouse locations and hours, go here.

Tax Free Days at Superstore (Dec 3-4)

Superstore is holding another 2 Tax Free Days, December 3 and 4. Most locations are open until midnight (some 24 hours) in preparation for the holiday rush. These two days you don't have to pay the HST on anything in the store, so it's a great time to stock up on essentials, party items, and big boxed items like gaming consoles, tv's and cameras.

Black Friday! Time to go Shopping!

Black Friday is here! For Canadians, this is the US version of Boxing Day, and it can get pretty intense, even more crazy than Boxing Day. Many people drive over to the states in the middle of the night to catch the sales as soon as they start. For those who don't want to venture out of the country, don't fret! Many stores has their own version of Black Friday (they don't call it that though, more along the lines of weekend sale haha) where there are many great sales from Friday to Sunday. Go hit up your local mall and check out your favorite store. Some store are opening early.

Old Navy is a store I love going to as they usually have a gift with purchase offer. This year, they are giving out Dance Central for the Xbox Kinect with any purchase of $25 or more. The game retails for $49.99 so it's a really great deal! Don't forget to use coupons from Facebook. There is only 60 per store and the first 60 people will receive a wristband.

Free Sumi Plushies, Nov 26-28 (Lower Mainland Only)

This weekend, the Olympic Merchandise Warehouses in Vancouver and Burnaby are offering a free 10.5 inch Sumi plush doll when you visit! Once again, it's one per person (no family limit), while supplies last. Last week the MukMuk plushies were given out really quickly at the Vancouver location, so go early if you plan on getting one there! The Burnaby location has a lot more.

The two locations are at 8410 Ontario St in Vancouver and 6741 Cariboo Rd in Burnaby.

More information on the warehouse locations and hours, go here.

40% off Entire Purchase at The Gap (Nov 20)

For one day only, you can get 40% off your entire purchase at The Gap, including sale items!!! Seems like a lot of one day promotions going on tomorrow, so get yourself down to your mall and shop like crazy!

Tax Free Day at Superstore (Nov 20)

Superstore is doing a tax-free day tomorrow only! Buy anything in the store and you don't have to pay for HST!!!! It's a great time to buy a large ticket item since you can save quite a hefty sum. Remember this is also a great time to use any free product coupons (FPC's) to get your items completely free!

Win your entire purchase at The Body Shop (Nov 19-21)

The Body Shop has another promotion! Starting today, you can get a open-to-win card where you can win your entire purchase up to $100!!! The other prizes are $10 off $15 purchase, $20 off $40 purchase, free item wub premade gift, 50% off purchase or BOGO. Some really great deals, especially with the holiday gift sets out now. Remember you can still use your 10% Love Your Body discount card with these cards!

Free Mukmuk Plushies, Nov 19-21 (Lower Mainland Only)

The Olympic merchandise warehouses are doing it again! Starting tomorrow until Sunday, they are giving away free 9.5 inch MukMuk's to everyone who drops by the warehouse! This is a pretty large plush (they sell it for $3.99 there), I bought it 2 weeks ago - d'oh! No purchase necessary, while quantities last. But don't worry - they have TONS. Make sure you check out other Olympic merchandise while you are there, since there are some really great deals!

More information on the warehouse here.

The two locations are 8410 Ontario St in Vancouver and 6741 Cariboo Rd in Burnaby.

Canadian Tire Scratch Cards AGAIN! (Nov 19-21)

Canadian Tire is holding their scratch card promotion once again! This event is awesome for picking up tons of freebies ;) The card should be coming with your local paper TODAY, so make sure you bring in your paper, and don't let anyone steal it! I have a flyer thief in my  neighborhood that took all the goodies in the last few papers >:(

The newest prizes are:
1 of 3 $5000 Canadian Tire Gift Cards
$5.00 off your purchase
3 pack Lindor Milk Chocolate

Lots of things are in the $5 range (toilet paper, tissues, paper towels, laundry/household stuff, pet food etc) Good luck everyone!

BOGO Holiday Drinks at Starbucks

Starbucks has their holiday drinks out now, and to celebrate, they are offering a Buy One Get One Free deal from 2-5pm everyday between November 18-21 on all holiday drinks!

There are several holiday beverages to choose from: Caramel Brulee Latte, Peppermint Mocha, Peppermint White Chocolate Mocha, Peppermint Hot Chocolate, Gingerbread Latte, Eggnog Latte, Caramel Brulee Frapuccino, and Peppermint Mocha Frappuccino.

$20 for $40 worth of The Body Shop products

Today's Groupon is a pretty awesome one, especially since it's time to start thinking about gifts to buy that aunt thrice removed for Christmas.

For only $20, you can buy $40 worth of products at The Body Shop! They most likely have all their holiday gift sets available in stores now, so spending $40 all at once shouldn't be any problem at all. And you can still use your 10% discount if you have their membership card.

To make the deal even sweet, Swagbucks is offering 160 swagbucks if you complete the offer! Considering you only need 450 swagbucks to redeem a $5 Amazon giftcard, you'd be 36% of the way there!

Get in on this offer here.

ROGERS Customer Appreciation

Now that the Christmas season is rolling around, Rogers is offering free gifts again to show their customer appreciation. This year you can choose from a free movie/game rental, magazine subscription or Tego skin. You can also win one of the larger prizes (lots of electronics!).

You need to have a Rogers number to take advantage of this offer, obviously. Just head on over here and you will be prompted to enter your phone number.

Free coffee @ McDonalds (Nov 15-28)

McDonalds is holding their free coffee promotion once again! From November 15 to 28th, stop by any McDonalds and receive a free coffee (usually a small, but may vary by restaurant)!

FREE Amazon Gift Cards - Swagbucks & Irazoo!

Swagbucks is an awesome search and win site where you can earn rewards FAST. It's easy to do and you get 30 swagbucks right away if you use the link below. So far I have cashed out for $255 Amazon.ca gift cards.  There are tons of prizes to choose from, like other gift cards, cards,  comics, Wii and PS3 consoles, Nintendo DS, you name it! So many prizes  to choose from!  

All you have to do is search and you  might be rewarded with points. The fastest way to earn is through  swagcodes, that are released several times a day. You can find it  through their blog, searchbar, facebook, twitter, etc. Also there are  points for daily polls, checking out the survey link and the daily  special offers link!



Irazoo  is another great search and win site that I've been using for even  longer than Swagbucks. They recently changed it so that it's just like  Swagbucks - you win points for searching, and there are also treasure  codes. As a summer special, they brought back the rate and earn portion  of points - when you do a search, you can comment and rate a site for 50  points. They limited it to 100 points a day though (used to be 300!).

Canadians  are only allowed to redeem for Amazon.com gift cards, but if you live  in the states, you have access to the other prizes as well, like gaming  consoles, cameras, computers and other gift cards. I have already cashed  out for $130 Amazon.com gift cards!

20,000 HBC bonus points with coupon

There are a couple of bonus HBC points coupons floating around, and this is by far the best one. Get 20,000 HBC points with any purchase! The best thing is, there is no purchase minimum (though some people said you should spend more than $1). The coupon is valid until November 30, 2010.

Click here to print you coupon.

Free 6 inch sandwich at Subway wub $25 gift card

Now that halloween is over, the Christmas season is upon us, which means a lot of stores are offering a free gift when you buy $xx in gift cards. Subway just announced they are offering a free 6 inch sandwich when you buy $25 in gift cards. Great deal if you are a repeat Subway customer!

Anyone interested in...?

Kobo Wireless e-Reader (grey) - $120

Halo Reach - $50

Both are brand new and still sealed in box. Let me know if you're interested in buying either of these, I'm helping my sister sell them!

Tangled

Got up early to watch an advanced 3D screening of Disney's newest animated movie, Tangled, today. Tangled is Disney's adaptation of the fairy tale Rapunzel, following the lost princess Rapunzel and a rouge thief Flynn Ryder as she escapes from her tower to see lanterns at the palace. Like all Disney movies, it was really fun to watch, with a great score and enjoyable songs. There was a lot of humor that kept me laughing and the animation was great. I definitely recommend this movie to young and old! Let's face it, has Disney ever had an animated movie that wasn't good?

Tangled comes out in theatres November 24th.

Bath & Body Works - Free gift with purchase

Bath & Body Works is offering an exclusive coupon for Facebook fans: Get a free signature collection item up to a value of $12.50 when you spend $15. Great time to stock up on bath and body items, especially since Christmas is just around the corner!

Get your coupon here.

WE WON!!!! VIBRANT COAST IS GOING TO KOREA!!

It's been officially announced today that my team, Vibrant Coast, won the grand prize in the Samsung Canada Mob!lers program! We won 2 out of four rounds in the video missions (Green Martian and Double Rainbow), with the two Montreal teams winning the last two. Each of us will now receive a $1000 prize as well as an all-expense paid trip to Korea, to visit Samsung headquarters in Seoul! The trip will be three days long, but I'm going a couple of days earlier with a few of the guys on my team :)

I just want to thank everyone for their support in watching my team's videos, liking and leaving commenting! I'll be sure to post up pictures from Korea after my trip!!

Free Miga Plushies, Nov 12-14 (Lower Mainland Only)

The Olympic merchandise warehouses in Vancouver and Burnaby is offering a free Olympic mascot plushie AGAIN! This week is a free 9.5 inch Miga plush with red mittens. Just head on down to one of the two locations and you can receive your free plush without purchase. Perfect to go along with the free Quatchi from last week, or the free Mukmuk from last month! ;)

More information on the warehouse here.

The two locations are 8410 Ontario St in Vancouver and 6741 Cariboo Rd in Burnaby.

30% off at The Gap/Old Navy/Banana Republic (Nov 11-14)

The Gap, Old Navy and Banana Republic has a coupon out for 30% off your purchase, starting today until the 14th. Great deal if you are planning to go shopping at these stores this weekend anyways. But remember, Black Friday is coming up very, very soon, which means there will be a Canadian version of Black Friday sales at the mall, and it can get really crazy, if last year was any indication! Black Friday sales will probably be from  November 26-28.

Get your coupon here.

The Next Three Days

Paul Haggis directs The Next Three Days, starring Russell Crowe and Elizabeth Banks. Banks plays Laura, who is wrongly accused of murder and is put into prison for life. Her professor husband (Russell Crowe) has an unwavering belief that his wife is innocent and goes to extremes trying to free her from prison, and take his wife and son away so they can live their life together.

I thought this thriller was a really good movie and will have you at the edge of your seat rooting for Crowe's character. He just wants to keep his family together, and get his wrongly accused wife out! Great fun to watch, I definitely recommend it!

The Next Three Days comes out in theatres November 19th.

Samsung Mobile Canada announced the winners of the last three mission today for the Mob!lers program. Team Vibrant Coast won Double Rainbow (2nd round), while the two Montreal teams won the last two missions (Choose Your Own Adventure and City-specific - Gorillaz concert for Mtl). A huge thank you goes out to everyone for all their support, watching my team's videos, clicking the like button, sharing and commenting. Thanks for putting up with all my spamming too! :D I hope you enjoyed the videos as much as I had fun making them!

If you haven't watched any of my videos, here they are now for your viewing pleasure:

First Mission: Green Martian - Winner!!



Second Mission: Double Rainbow - Winner!!




Third Mission: Samsung My Life



Fourth Mission: Choose Your Own Adventure - Thrill the World




We will be finding out if we won the grand prize tomorrow in the late afternoon - a trip to Korea! I'll let you know as soon as I find out!

Morning Glory

I snagged a pair of advanced screening passes to Morning Glory, starring Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford and Diane Keaton. McAdams plays Becky, a young producer hired to revive a dying morning show. Harrison Ford plays Mike Pomeroy, a crotchety semi-retired news anchor who is set on spending the next two years of his contract just relaxing, until Becky badgers him into being a cohost on the morning show, something he is against since he only likes to cover "real news".

The entire cast pulls off solid performances and the movie is thoroughly enjoyable and really funny. The guy sitting beside me couldn't stop laughing and he was LOUD. The best quote of the movie: "Mike Pomeroy before your morning coffee? Why don't you say watch Mike Pomeroy before your morning dump?" HAH!

Morning Glory opens in theaters November 10th.

Samsung Mob!ler Samsung My Life & Thrill the World videos are up!

Vibrant Coast's last two videos are up now for viewing! Please support my team by watching the video, "like" it, and leaving a comment on Youtube! We are trying to win a trip to Korea!

Call of Duty Black Ops Midnight Lanch @ Best Buy (Vancouver & Toronto Only) - Nov 8th

Best Buy is holding another midnight launch tomorrow for the Call of Duty Black Ops game. The first 90 customers per store will get a free Call of Duty toque, and the first 100 will receive a multiplayer map. Xbox street teams will be on site so you can play the game. There are bound to be goodies given away, and you can also enter to win a copy of the Prestige Edition (two prizes per location). If you come dressed in costumer, you will be entered to win a Call of Duty Xbox 360 Bundle!

The midnight launch is happening only in Vancouver (Cambie St) and Toronto (Bay & Dundas) so people everywhere else will have to get their games the next day (all stores will be open early at 8am). Usually you can start lining up at 8pm for the game and they will open the doors at 12:01am for you to purchase the game.

For more information, check out the Best Buy site.

Buy $50 Gift Card & Get Free 200ml Body Butter @ The Body Shop (Nov 2-14)

The Body Shop is offering a free 200ml Body Butter when you buy $50 in gift cards. This is a great deal if you are already planning to spend the money in the store. I find The Body Shop boxed sets are great for a quick last minute gift because they are pretty and smells good! Check it out, this offer is only good until November 14th!

Free Quatchi Plushies, Nov 5-7 (Lower Mainland Only)

The Olympic merchandise warehouses are once again offering a free plush toy for visiting!!!!!! No purchase necessary! You just stroll in and the guy hands you a bag with a small Quatchi doll! ZOMG. I went after work today to get mine because one of the locations is only about 2 blocks away. I totally missed the free Mukmuk a few weeks back and now I am sad. There is a lot of great deals there too, I think I might go back and buy a crapload of stuff.

Large 16.5 inch mascot plush toys are only $4.99 ($3.99 for the Mukmuk), or you can get a bundle of 4 of the medium sized ones for $11.99. The boxed set of 4 (regular $59.99) is on sale for $8.99 this weekend. :O There are also pins, jerseys, clothes, coin purses and a ton of other stuff at pretty dirt cheap prices. They also have the Xbox and PS3 Olympic games for $9.99 this weekend! Go and pick up your Olympic merchandise now (as if you don't have enough already, right?)!

Check out their website here. The items listed on the website is only a small portion of what they have in the warehouse.

The two locations are at 6741 Cariboo Rd in Burnaby or 8410 Ontario St in Vancouver.

Free Advanced Screening to The Next Three Days

Maple Pictures is offering advanced screening passes to The Next Three Days. Just click on your city and enter the promo code - MAPLENEWS. There are limited quantities and will be first come, first served. 

Ottawa
Montreal
Vancouver
Calgary
Edmonton
Halifax
Winnipeg

Get FREE Amazon Gift Cards!!

Swagbucks is an awesome search and win site where you can earn rewards FAST. It's easy to do and you get 30 swagbucks right away if you use the link below. So far I have cashed out for $245 Amazon.ca gift cards.  There are tons of prizes to choose from, like other gift cards, cards,  comics, Wii and PS3 consoles, Nintendo DS, you name it! So many prizes  to choose from!  

All you have to do is search and you  might be rewarded with points. The fastest way to earn is through  swagcodes, that are released several times a day. You can find it  through their blog, searchbar, facebook, twitter, etc. Also there are  points for daily polls, checking out the survey link and the daily  special offers link!



Irazoo  is another great search and win site that I've been using for even  longer than Swagbucks. They recently changed it so that it's just like  Swagbucks - you win points for searching, and there are also treasure  codes. As a summer special, they brought back the rate and earn portion  of points - when you do a search, you can comment and rate a site for 50  points. They limited it to 100 points a day though (used to be 300!).

Canadians  are only allowed to redeem for Amazon.com gift cards, but if you live  in the states, you have access to the other prizes as well, like gaming  consoles, cameras, computers and other gift cards. I have already cashed  out for $125 Amazon.com gift cards!

Daily Votes Needed for FMyBill!

I'm entered in a contest and I need your help to win!

Go here: http://apps.facebook.com/fmybill/?sid=29666 and click the "like" button! (it's about eating cup noodles!)

You can vote daily, thanks! Contest ends November 8th.

Xbox 360 Kinect Midnight Launch @ Best Buy (Vancouver & Edmonton South)

Best Buy is holding another midnight launch party starting at 8pm, for the Xbox 360 Kinect. The Blueprint Cru will be there from ABDC, as well as Diamonds in the Rough. There will be freebies as well as a draw for a free Kinect bundle with an HDTV! This is happening at the Cambie location in Vancouver.

The Best Buy in Edmonton South is also having a midnight opening, with the Kinect bundle and HDTV draw.

For more details, go here.

Samsung Galaxy Launch Party with Faber Drive

I was invited to an exclusive Galaxy launch party put on by Samsung Mobile Canada tonight and got to check out some of the new products in the Galaxy line! The party featured Faber Drive as well, and they were pretty awesome, yay! Mix in an open bar, delicious appies and my Mob!ler buddies, it was a great night!

The Galaxy Tab!! It was a lot smaller than I expected, but a nice size so that it's still easy to view things and is great for putting into your purse! The Tab supports Flash, has a camera (with flash!) and has a beaaauutiful screen! Lots of points for the Galaxy Tab. Apple iPad? Out the window!

Here is the Samsung Captivate next to my Vibrant. Basically the same phone, just a different design. I personally like the Vibrant better!

Captivate's back. Pretty!

Mob!lers! Vibrant Coast and Vansung love.

Oooo, I want it, I want it!

Faber Drive!!

Get up and dance!

Jealous Mo got a drumstick from Faber Drive!