EP!C Sustainable Living Expo - Coming Soon (May 28-30)!

Wow, the end of May sure has a lot of conventions going on! In addition to EAT! Vancouver, which is happening May 28-30, EP!C is also going on at the Vancouver Convention Centre! The Vancouver Sun puts on this trade show every year and it showcases a sustainable and eco-marketplace. I've never been to this trade show before but I have my ticket and am ready! Tickets are $15 at the door, but buy online and you save $5.

Learn more about EP!C here.

FREE Wrigley's React 5 Gum!

Another Facebook food freebie! Wrigley's is giving away 5000 packs of React 5 Gum, all you need to do is click on the link below and link it to your Facebook account!

http://www.5react.com/?c=ca

FREE Amazon Gift Cards & Prizes! Fast and Easy to get!

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 $170 amazon.ca gift cards. There are other prizes as well, other gift cards, comics, wii consoles, PS3, nintendo DS, you name it! They offer a ton of prizes. All you have to do is search and you might be rewarded with points. The fastest way to earn though, is to enter a swagcode. Usually there is one a day! They also just revamped the site so there is a new layout, and the best part is, there are new ways to earn swagbucks! They multiplied everything by 10 though lol. But now you can get 3 sb a day for looking at the special offers, sb for using the toolbar, searching, and of course codes.



Irazoo is another search and win site. They recently changed it so that you can only win points several times a day, as well as treasure codes (they copied swagbucks!).. If you live in the states, then you have access to the other prizes as well. Canadians can only get the Amazon gift card. I just redeemed for another $5 today (I have cashed out for $100 amazon.com gift cards!

FREE Alberto Styling Product

Alberto is offering a free styling product to the first 20,000 people that 'like' their Facebook page. I've already signed up and redeemed my coupon for some hair gel. Click on the link below to like them and then click the button on the bottom left corner.

http://www.facebook.com/albertoeuropean?v=wall

FREE Kashi Cereal Sample

Kashi is offering free samples of two of their cereals again, Toasted Berry Crisp and Honey Almond Flax Flavor. Kashi makes healthy cereals, using seven whole grains and no artificial colours, flavours, sweeteners or preservatives. You can pick only one flavor (I've tried both before, and I'd definitely suggest you choose the Berry one!). Click here to order yours.

FREE Multigrain Cheerios!

Yay, more food freebies! For a free box of Multigrain Cheerios, you need a facebook account. Just like the site and off you go onto the Save.ca coupon site to order your free Cheerios coupon! Mmmm. Click here to order yours!

FREE Gillette Fusion ProGlide Razor

Gillette is offering a free razor again, this time for their newest product, the Gillette Fusion ProGlide Razor. Go sign up for you free razor here. Hurry, limited quantities!

EAT! Vancouver - Coming Soon (May 28-30)

For those of you who missed Dine Out Vancouver, the next food-centric event coming up is EAT! Vancouver. It's a food and cooking festival held at the Convention Centre from May 28-30th.  There will be chefs, demonstrators and exhibitors. Appetizer sized samples can be bought for $1 to $2.50, though I heard there are some free food samples as well, and plenty of coupons and other freebies to get. I've already got a pair of tickets all ready to go this year - so excited!

Tickets are $15 at the door, but if you buy them online, you save $3. Buy you tickets here.

Freebies tomorrow at Olympic Village!

Tomorrow is an open house at Vancouver's Olympic Village. Doors open at 10am and there are bound to be a lot of goodies to get. The first 250 blue jacket volunteers during the Olympics that go receive a $25 London Drugs gift cards! I'm there! London Drugs is my FAVORITE store! <3
There are going to be lots of booths from sponsors, like Starbucks, London Drugs, TD Bank etc. There is also a grand prize draw for those that check out the suites. Collect 8 stamps and you get entered into a draw for $20,000 in gift cards for interior designing firms, and secondary prizes of a bike.
Go check it out tomorrow! Go there early, there is bound to be a lot of people!

Just Wright - Movie Review

I snagged a pair of advanced screening passes for Queen Latifah's and Common's newest movie, Just Wright, and watched it tonight. Latifah plays Leslie Wright, physical therapist get to work with NBA Nets star Scott McKnight (Common). Leslie is of course, a die-hard Nets fan! So Scott busts his knees and Leslie needs to get him back into shape before the playoffs. Of course, a rom-com wouldn't be complete without some obstable between the two. This comes from Leslie's friend, Morgan (Paula Patton), who is trying to become an NBA trophy wife! Anyway, it was a pretty enjoyable movie. 3/5 stars!

Rejection after rejection

One of the reasons why I still have not found a job yet is because I am terrible at interviews. First, GETTING the interview is hard enough (it's not like I've had a lot, considering how many jobs I have applied for). Then when I do get the interview, I tend to freeze up if they ask me a question I haven't prepared for. Well I say stuff, but it's always same lame answer that could have been ten times better. I've had three paying jobs in my life. My first one, a friend who also applied for it and had her interview first told me what questions they asked. My second job I didn't even need an interview. Third job, the interview was a total joke and the interviewers were trying to speed through it because they were behind, plus they pretty much hired everybody as long as you weren't a psycho maniac (though they don't necessarily put you in the position you applied for).

So anyway, I've gotten a couple calls for interviews in the past week. I got a rejection from one of the phone interviews I did for a job I would have really liked. :( Did an in person interview yesterday for a really really temp job, then doing another one early next week, also for a temp position but hopefully longer. I don't know, what if I can NEVER get hired because of the blockade called an interview?! I know I am qualified to do some of the jobs I apply to and would probably make an excellent candidate, but I can't even pass the interview!

ARGH!

It's really frustrating, especially with the parents nagging me all the time, thinking I just sit around all day. I don't like telling them I have an interview because I know they will worry and I don't want them to be disappointed if (when) I don't get the job. :( Or maybe I like to keep my failures to myself? Hmm. I don't know. But this is getting ridiculous. I need to get hired NOW. School is not an option for me at this point, I don't think I can survive it again. I barely finish last time. WON'T SOMEONE PLEASE HIRE ME!

FREE Kellogg's All Bran Bar!

Kellogg's is offering a free sample of Honey Nut flavored All-Bran Bars! Mmm. I love food. Free food is even better. Mmm, food.

Sign up for your sample here.

1/2 Price Starbucks Frappucinos May 7-16!

Starbucks is having a Happy Hour from May 7th to May 16th, where all Frappucino blended beverages are half price between 3-5pm! For those who are Starbucks addicts, mark this in your calendars! There are also a few new flavors of their Frappucinos.

FREE Venus Embrace Razor

Venus is offering free Embrace razors again! I've been using it lately and it's pretty good, and it's even better if it's a freebie! :P Just check out their website and complete the ShaveSchool section and they will mail you a free razor!

100 FREE Best Buy Reward Zone Points for Survey

For those of you who shop at Best Buy, you probably have the Reward Zone Points card. For each dollar you spend, you get 1 point, and every 400 points you collect, you get a $5 certificate that can be redeemed for anything in the store. Sometimes they offer small surveys and questionnaires for points, and this time they have a quick 2 minute survey for a big whopping 100 points! Just log in to your Reward Zone account and follow the link on the bottom right hand corner to fill out the survey.

FREE Chanel Chance Eau Tendre Perfume Sample

Shoppers Drug Mart is once again offering a free perfume sample. This time it's for Chanel Chance, Eau Tendre. I have tried it out at Shoppers and it smells really nice and light! Definitely worth getting. All you  need to do is print out a coupon and bring it to a Shoppers with a Beauty Botique. Get your coupon here.

FREE Amazon Gift Cards & Prizes! Fast and Easy to get! Swagbucks and 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 $160 amazon.ca gift cards. There are other prizes as well, other gift cards, comics, wii consoles, PS3, nintendo DS, you name it! They offer a ton of prizes. All you have to do is search and you might be rewarded with points. The fastest way to earn though, is to enter a swagcode. Usually there is one a day! They also just revamped the site so there is a new layout, and the best part is, there are new ways to earn swagbucks! They multiplied everything by 10 though lol. But now you can get 3 sb a day for looking at the special offers, sb for using the toolbar, searching, and of course codes.



Irazoo is another search and win site. They recently changed it so that you can only win points several times a day, as well as treasure codes (they copied swagbucks!).. If you live in the states, then you have access to the other prizes as well. Canadians can only get the Amazon gift card. I just redeemed for another $5 today (I have cashed out for $110 amazon.com gift cards!

Nabob Coffee - Product Review

A new campaign from BzzAgent, the best word-of-mouth company IMO! This time I got to try out Nabob Coffee. There were two flavors, Breakfast Blend and Full City Metropolis. There are several other flavours as well, including Espresso, Summit 100% Colombian, Traditional and Sumatra Blend.

Not only is Nabob Coffee delicious, it's environmentally friendly too! 60% of Nabob Coffee is from Rainforest Alliance Certified coffee farms, which means forests, habitats, rivers etc. are protected and non-chemical pesticides are used on their coffee beans!

For those interested in trying out Nabob Coffee, I have $1 off coupons to share! Just leave me a message or send me an email!

Free Comic Book Day Today!!

The first Saturday of each May is Free Comic Book Day! Participating comic book stores in Canada and around the world has free comics (specifically printed for this day) to give away to anyone who visits their store. Every year I mean to go, but I either have school, or I'm out of town. This year I'm all set! My friend went last year and told me some stores limit you to 5 comics, while some are really generous and let you take a copy of each comic. Make sure to go early before they run out! More information on Free Comic Book Day can be found here.