'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.