Archive | July, 2009

Free Magazine Subscription AND you get Chocolate!

/ July 31, 2009 / everyday life, save money / Permalink

I’m really not sure how eating chocolate bars and reading magazines go hand in hand, but that’s not stopping Mars from promoting their new offer that if you buy 4 specially marked Mars® Multi 4 Packs Regular or Caramel packages.. you get a free year of magazine subscriptions to either: Style at Home Canadian Living [...]

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What is a trillion dollars?….

/ July 31, 2009 / everyday life / Permalink

This is scary.. very scary.. those whom think the economy in the US is just fine… yeah.. whatever.

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Nice! Amazon.com is no longer a sick tease..

/ July 30, 2009 / save money / Permalink

Ha ha ha.. I love coming up with the title names for my blog posts. Amazon.com has always been a lot different than Amazon.ca.. they had all kinds of fun stuff like clothes, home stuff, kitchen stuff, tools, video games, outdoor living stuff, automotive stuff and more that you ‘could’ get from the US store, [...]

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So we fired our cleaning lady…

/ July 30, 2009 / everyday life, save money / Permalink

Well, “fired” is such a strong word, I wouldn’t really use it in this scenario as it wasn’t so much something that our cleaner did or not did.. it was more along the thought that  ”We’re paying you $50 every two weeks or so to do something that we could and probably should be doing [...]

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Get outside for that tan (especially today).. sunbeds cause cancer!..

/ July 29, 2009 / everyday life / Permalink

The Consumerist has this report on Sunbeds.. hmm.. no more fake and bake for me! The BBC reports that there is now conclusive evidence that tanning beds can cause cancer—and not just Tacky Cancer, which makes you look orange, but real live go-see-a-doctor cancer. However, sun exposure and tanning bed radiation both pale in comparison [...]

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Cheap Glasses – $8.00 USD cheap enough for you??..

/ July 28, 2009 / everyday life, save money / Permalink

I’ve posted about this way back when on a Lifehacker article in which I mentioned that you can get really cheap glasses online. I now not only have proof of this, but I also have the site that will send you them! I heard from a friend of mine that about this site that sells [...]

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Wanna Eat Healthy tonight? Fast food? You bet..

/ July 28, 2009 / everyday life / Permalink

As I’m sitting here and my stomach is rumbling, I’m going to do probably the worst thing that I could think of.. write about food. I think I’m nuts. I want to advise you of (based on their own nutritional facts) the best and worst foods you can get at your favorite (or not) Fast [...]

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Home Buyers Plan – Finally figured this out

/ July 27, 2009 / make money, save money / Permalink

Ok, perhaps I was way out in left field when I started the home buyers plan.. but for some reason I always thought when they said ‘repayment’ .. it was actually me putting money back into the RRSP via my income tax return every year. So when I went a few years without seeing any [...]

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I wonder if anyone can top this Wedding Entrance..

/ July 27, 2009 / funny / Permalink

Ironically enough I didn’t find this when I was researching wedding photos like I’ve been trying to do.. but definitely worth it’s own post.. if this doesn’t make you smile on a Monday when you’re sitting at work. I really can’t help you Enjoy. *I couldn’t actually embed the video due to restrictions put on [...]

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Any good movies in? This weeks deals..

/ July 27, 2009 / save money / Permalink

Well it looks like this week is going to be a bee-yuuu-tee-full one.. so I can’t see myself heading to any movies this week.. However, if you’re looking for a good day to go.. Wednesday (+29 C that day) looks like a good one… I like that deal!

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