New P&G Brandsampler!

P&G always comes out with sample packs of their products and I LOVE it! It's like Christmas in the mail. They have samples ranging from personal care products to household cleaning stuff. Better hurry though, the samples always goes fast! Just go here and fill out a little survey (the number/type of samples you get depend on how you answer the questions) and voila! The samples will arrive in the mail when you least expect it and make your (or at least mine) day!

Back Again

I decided to restart this blog, as it is my orignal one. I have been using another blog but I think I should separate all the different types of things I write about. I guess this one will be more of my personal life, and the other can be more focused on deals and freebies? Hmm.

Disney Movie Rewards

Several years ago, Disney came out with the Movie Rewards program. Basically you get points for every Disney DVD and CD you buy and every movie you watch in theatres. I have been collecting points for quite a while now. Recently they started the free birthday gift promotion. You get a FREE blu-ray movie of your choice (there are only 5 you can choose from) for only $2.95 shipping! This is ridiculously cheap if you know the prices of Disney products. My sister's birthday is today (Happy birthday!) and she chose Enchanted. Take advantage now and sign up! Message me your email and I will send you a referral for it.

Update on Life

Sorry for the lack of posts lately. I've been madly applying to jobs that I even remotely qualify for, and sending out some general applications to companies. Ugh. So far, I've only had one phone interview, and I'm not sure that went all too well either. Plus it's just a summer job, but it would be a pretty awesome one. The problem is, there isn't enough entry-level positions. How about giving new grads a chance, huh?! All the positions I look at require 5 to 10 years of experience or a masters/phd. :( How am I supposed to get experience if no one will hire me in the first place? I need to get back to volunteering.

Anyway. Other than job hunting, I have been continuing to enter contests and trying to keep up with Swagbucks and Irazoo (see links on side to sign up!). I picked up my watch from the Safeway Lucky Break contest, and my mum got a call today to pick up hers as well, yay! I also made a couple of orders from Amazon.ca and Amazon.com using my stash of FREE Amazon gift cards that I earned from Swagbucks and Irazoo (WOOHOO, best sites ever). I ordered:

The Nanny Season 3
The Muppet Show Season 3
Up Blu-ray
Ke$ha CD
David Archuleta CD

The shipping and import fees from Amazon.com was ridiculous. But thank goodness I didn't have to spend a penny out of pocket. If you want to get in on the free Amazon gift cards (Swagbucks lets you get .ca ones), check out the links on my right side bar!

Kick Ass! - Movie Review

I watched Kick Ass last night. I thought it was a pretty good movie! Sort of like Kill Bill but with kids. The little 11 year old girl killing a bunch of baddies without flinching is a little creepy though, since she does it with such precision. Nicolas Cage plays Big Daddy, the father of the 11 year old Hit Girl, and he's a little sadistic, training his daughter to be this killing machine to get revenge on a crime lord.Crazy. I recommend Kick Ass, it's a fun movie filled with foul language and ass kicking, if you enjoy action superhero movies!

Dine Out Vancouver 2010

Each year, a lot of fabulous restaurants put together a menu that lets you sample what they have to offer at their restaurants without breaking the bank (They keep raising the prices each year though). This year, the menus are $18, $28 or $38. You get a full course meal and some pretty fancy restaurants. I've never been to one myself, but I'm definitely planning to go this year. Dine Out Vancouver runs from April 26 to May 6th this year. Better make reservations, the popular restaurants book up fast!

FREE Sample - Biore Steam Activated Cleanser

Biore is offering a free sample of their new Steam Activated Cleanser. I actually bought a bottle last time I went shopping, though I have yet to use it. Supposedly it reacts to the steam when you take a shower and then cleans better. Or something. LOL. Anyway, go sign up for your sample here.

FREE V-Neck Tshirt from Aeropostale!

Seventeen magazine is once again doing a promotion with Aeropostale, this time for a free v-neck solid colour tshirt! Last time was a tank top. For those that subscribe to Seventeen magazine, just bring in your copy and show them the page (the staff might rip it out though). If you don't subscribe, you can go to the Seventeen magazine website and print out the homepage and bring that in! I already picked up mine :)

FREE Amazon Gift Cards @ Swagbucks & Irazoo!

Swagbucks is an awesome search and win site that's totally legit, and 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 $135 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, just like swagbucks, but there may be new ways to earn coming soon. 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 think I'm up to $95 now)!

Free Cap @ Disney Store for Earth Day

Earth Day is coming up soon and we should all remember to be green and help the planet! There are plenty of Earthy Day events revolving around this day, and one of them is a free Disney cap when you bring in 6 plastic bottles or cans to recycle. Unfortunately, only Disney Store close to me closed down, so I cannot get this freebie. There are other things I will be participating in, such as bring 20 plastic bags to my mall to get entered to win a mall gift card. That would be pretty sweet! And I have PLENTY of bags (my mum still got them when I told her to use reusable!). Anyway, check your local papers to see what Earth Day events and celebrations are happening in your neighborhood!

Please Vote for my Picture DAILY!

Remember to vote for me daily in the Scotiabank Show Your Colours contest! Follow the instructions below to find my entry:

1. go here: http://showyourcolours.scotiabank.com/photo-album
2. Type in Karen Lee in the search box on the left hand side
3. Vote for the picture titled "Sunrise at Pan Pacific"
4. Repeat daily.

Thanks!

Tax-Free Weekend at Superstore

This weekend Superstore is once again offering no tax on everything in the store! This is the best time to use your free product coupons, as without the tax, it will be completely free! Also if you are planning to buy expensive things like BBQs, patio sets, TVs, game consoles, etc, this is also a good time as you'd save on the 12%! I am planning to go and buy some groceries and use some of my coupons. Remember to bring your own bag!

FREE Reusable Bag from Swimco

Swimco is offering a free reusable tote bag if you subscribe to their blog. Just subscribe and you will get a link to print out a coupon! I picked mine up yesterday, it's pretty cute! Click here to subscribe. The coupon is good until April 18th, so you still have a few days left!

FREE Mars Chocolate!!

Mars is offering a free chocolate bar with coupon. MMM! You can over it over here and the coupon will be mailed to you. This week Zellers has a BOGO sale on Mars chocolate, so it would be the perfect time to use your coupon if you already have it!

Free Stuff from Loyalty Programs

I have about a billion loyalty points cards in my wallet for various stores. I collect points on them every time I buy stuff and I finally cashed out some points. Here's some stuff I got:

The Princess and the Frog Blu-Ray Combo Pack
From: Best Buy (800 reward zone points)
Reg $32.99
- $10 online coupon
- $10 Best Buy Reward Zone coupon
- $15.68 Gift Card
= $0.07 OOP!! Plus I got the Princess and the Frog Totebag as a gift wub the movie! (not pictured)

Pokemon SoulSilver & Zelda Spirit Tracks DS games
From: $170 Bonus Redemption at Shoppers Drug Mart
Reg $39.99 each
- 2x $5 Nintendo coupon
I got a bunch of other food and stuff with the redemption I posted earlier.

Game and Watch Collection DS game
From: Nintendo Club (800 Nintendo coins)
Had to buy a ton of Nintendo games to get these coins, but of course, I got most of the games on sale or using SDM redemptions! Plus I used a bunch of those Nintendo coupons from the cereal boxes as well.

Black Eyed Peas The END CD
From: Airmiles (120 airmiles)
The majority of the miles (100) came from signing up for the Safeway newsletter!

Janet Jackson & From the Heart CDs
From: Being a listener of radio station
I just let them know I'm a listener when they were on location (the JJ CD is my sister's)

$10 Cheque
From: TSN Surveys (1000 points? I forget)
Did online surveys.

Easter's Over

Now that Easter is over, you know what that means....

EASTER CANDY CLEARANCE!!!

A lot of store I have been to have their Easter candy, chocolate and other Easter themed merchandise anywhere from 50-75% off. The Zellers I went to was 50% but I checked out Superstore today and their stuff is already 75% off. There are some pretty good deals on chocolate. At Superstore I found a lot of TV/movie character chocolates (250g) discounted to $1.79. MMMM-mmm! I already bought a solid chocolate bunny at Shoppers Drug Mart last night for $0.60. Yum. And as I am typing this, I'm snacking on a Lindt gold bunny that my mum bought at Sears for half off. Mmm...chocolate...

Vote for my picture daily!

Remember to vote for me daily in the Scotiabank Show Your Colours contest! Follow the instructions below to find my entry:

1. go here: http://showyourcolours.scotiabank.com/photo-album
2. Type in Karen Lee in the search box on the left hand side
3. Vote for the picture titled "Sunrise at Pan Pacific"
4. Repeat daily.

Thanks!

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

Swagbucks is an awesome search and win site that's totally legit, and 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 $135 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, just like swagbucks, but there may be new ways to earn coming soon. 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 think I'm up to $95 now)!




I just recieved my first $5 Amazon.ca gift card from Superpoints. I just joined it recently, but you basically play the lucky button everyday to win points. You can also search and win, or invite friends, do surveys or complete offers. Every 500 points gets you a $5 Amazon gift card (though there are other prizes to redeem for as well). I just click the super lucky button everyday, and that's about it. It doesn't take very long, and it's a great addition to all the gift cards you can get from Swagbucks and Irazoo.

The Blind Side - Movie Review

I watched The Blind Side the other night because I heard it was a great movie and plus I am a huge Sandra Bullock fan. And it was a great movie! I really enjoyed it, and it was really heartwarming to know that there are some really nice people out there that can open their home to a stranger. I definitely recommend this movie!

ZOMG, Another Win!!

I wouldn't have thought I could win contests in consecutive days...but I did. I got an email from General Mills this morning notifying me that I won a $100 grocery gift card! It was from their Feeding the Cheer contest they had during the Olympic and Paralympic games. There were 1000 prizes awarded! I signed and sent in the release form this afternoon, so I'm looking forward to when that comes in the mail! <3 free groceries!!

Here's hoping that I win something tomorrow (unlikely, but possible)!!

Nestea Contest on iCoke.ca

I already blogged about one contest that iCoke.ca was holding, but they have another one for Nestea. There are 3 grand prizes of $10,000, and other prizes like Nestea for a year, $1000, Best Buy gift cards, movie vouchers. Like all iCoke contests, you can enter by entering pins found in specially marked Coca Cola products. But of course, there is also a no-purchase necessary method, where you can enter up to ten times a week. I've already won Nestea for a year, in the form of 52 coupons! It is going to be mailed out to me soon! Pretty sweet! Go enter for yourself here: http://www.icoke.ca/nestea-diw/npn

FREE Perfume Sample @ Town Shoes

Friday's flyers came with an ad for Town Shoes, which contained a coupon for a free perfume sample if you try on any pair of shoes. I can't remember what it is exactly, but I think it was ck for women and men. My mum went to pick it up for me today, so I'll let you know what it is. Yay, more perfume to add to my collection! <3

Another Contest Win!

Wahoo, I'm on a roll! I got a call today to notify me that I won a $100 La Senza gift card from a contest they held, giving away 28 $100 La Senza Beauty shopping sprees. I just have to fill out the release form and send it back and they will send me my gift card! I've never shopped at La Senza but I don't have an excuse not to now! lol.

Not only that, but I've been entering my mum in the Safeway contest and she just won a Bulova watch today!

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

Swagbucks is an awesome search and win site that's totally legit, and 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 $135 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, just like swagbucks, but there may be new ways to earn coming soon. 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 think I'm up to $95 now)!




I just recieved my first $5 Amazon.ca gift card from Superpoints. I just joined it recently, but you basically play the lucky button everyday to win points. You can also search and win, or invite friends, do surveys or complete offers. Every 500 points gets you a $5 Amazon gift card (though there are other prizes to redeem for as well). I just click the super lucky button everyday, and that's about it. It doesn't take very long, and it's a great addition to all the gift cards you can get from Swagbucks and Irazoo.

FREE Perfume Sample @ Shoppers

Shoppers Drug Mart is once again offering free perfume samples (last time it was for Chanel No 5), this time for Very Hollywood by Michael Kors. My mum got her sample last week, and it's actually a really cute miniture replica of the full sized bottle! It's pretty awesome, for a sample! Print out this coupon and go to your nearest Shoppers with a Beauty Botique today to pick up yours!

Vote for my picture daily!

Remember to vote for me daily in the Scotiabank Show Your Colours contest! Follow the instructions below to find my entry:

1. go here: http://showyourcolours.scotiabank.com/photo-album
2. Type in Karen Lee in the search box on the left hand side
3. Vote for the picture titled "Sunrise at Pan Pacific"
4. Repeat daily.

Thanks!

Mango Mousse

I bought ingredients to make mango mousse today, since I saw it on the back of a Europe's Best bag of frozen mangoes. I'm trying it now, and I must say, it tastes a lot more peachy than mango-y. But I'm not really surprised. I'm going to try it again except go to an Asian store to buy mango jello and mango juice. Here's the recipe if anyone is interested:

1 cup frozen mangos - puree
80ml peach juice
2 packs peach jello
2 cups hot water (to dissolve jello)
1L vanilla ice cream

Pretty simple to make, and pretty tasty too. I bet it'll taste even better if I use all mango ingredients! Mm-mmm! I'll see if I can take a picture later on so you can see how it looks like!

Julie and Julia - Movie Review

Last week I finished reading Julie and Julia by Julie Powell about her year cooking through Julia Child's cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking and blogging about it. It's an interesting read, interspersed with snippets of Julia Child's life. What makes it more fun is that it's a true story, and Julie Powell actually exists, and she actually did cook through all those recipes. Even the original blog still exists!!! Check it out here. She has a new blog now that her cooking project is finished, about her life.

Last night, I watched the movie adaptation. Meryl Strep does a spot on impression of Julia Child. She's brilliant! It's a fun movie to watch, and though it does not follow the book exactly, I would recommend it to anyone looking for something light to watch!

Safeway Lucky Break Contest

Safeway has been having these type of contests for years now, but this is the first time I've really gotten into it. Currently they are holding their Lucky Break contest, with 3 ways to play:
1. Instant win
2. Online entry
3. Ballot entry

There are some cool prizes, like Hoover vacuums, Bulova watches, and Sharper Image speaker systems for the online game, Camcorders and luggage sets for the ballot entry, and a grand prize of a 2010 Nissan Rouge! So far I have won a Bulova watch, which is pretty exciting, since I've never won any of the Safeway contests before!!

You can get a ballot every time you shop at Safeway. There is also a no-purchase necessary option where you just swipe your Safeway club card at customer service and they'll give you a ballot  (though a lot of the Customer Service reps don't seem to know about it). Good luck!

Chuck - Best TV Show Ever!

Before I thought Alias was the best TV show ever. But then after the second season, everything went downhill. Plus back then, I didn't have cable, and so I had to watch every episode in fuzzy black and white, with jumping lines. I was THAT dedicated a fan. But I got busy with school and I never finished the 5th season. I have all 5 seasons on DVD, but haven't had the chance to re-watch everything (I only got up to season 2).

But now there is another show, Chuck. It's yet another spy show (I don't know what the appeal of spy shows is to me), but it's less dark than Alias, it's a comedy/action show. And it's the best show ever. And the best episode EVER just aired this week.

Chuck Bartowski is a computer nerd who gets a government computer, the Intersect, downloaded into his head when his ex-best friend (who is a spy) sends it to him. The CIA find out, and Sarah Walker comes in from the CIA to be his handler, as well as John Casey, a member of the NSA. They have to use the information that Chuck has to complete missions. Chuck falls for Sarah, but there are so many people that get in the way, including Bryce, the ex-best friend mentioned above, and Superman, Brandon Routh, who plays Shaw.

But FINALLY, after 3 seasons, Chuck and Sarah are together!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAAAAAY!! Now we have to wait until Apr 26 for the next episode. Can't wait! Go catch up on Chuck now!

Win prizes on iCoke.ca

iCoke.ca has been holding contests for a while now, and after the Olympic themed one, they have another! You can collect entries by using the pin found in select Coke products (each pin is worth 250 points, which you can spend to enter the contest). But there is also a no purchase necessary option, where you complete a really short quiz (very easy) and you get up to 20 entries a week! Totally sweet!

Go here http://www.icoke.ca/game-iw/npn for the NPN option. You can win thing from iCoke points to Best Buy gift cards! So far I have won a ton of iCoke points!

New Contest - Please Vote for me Daily!

I just entered in a picture to the Scotiabank Show Your Colours contest and I need you to vote once a day!

1. go here: http://showyourcolours.scotiabank.com/photo-album
2. Type in Karen Lee in the search box on the left hand side
3. Vote for the picture titled "Sunrise at Pan Pacific"
4. Repeat daily.

Thanks!

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

Swagbucks is an awesome search and win site that's totally legit, and 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 $135 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, just like swagbucks, but there may be new ways to earn coming soon. 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 think I'm up to $95 now)!




I just recieved my first $5 Amazon.ca gift card from Superpoints. I just joined it recently, but you basically play the lucky button everyday to win points. You can also search and win, or invite friends, do surveys or complete offers. Every 500 points gets you a $5 Amazon gift card (though there are other prizes to redeem for as well). I just click the super lucky button everyday, and that's about it. It doesn't take very long, and it's a great addition to all the gift cards you can get from Swagbucks and Irazoo.

Ultra Palmolive Dish Soap - Product Review

BzzAgent, a word-of-mouth company that I am a part of, has a new campaign! This time I get to test out Ultra Palmolive Aroma Sensations dish washing liquid. Palmolive has been around for awhile, but they revamped their dish soap so that it's a new, more powerful formula. Plus they changed the shape of the bottle, so it looks really cool and cute!

As always, Palmolive is phosphate free and uses biodegradable ingredients in its formula. Palmolive comes in 3 different lines: Pure+, Aroma Sensations and Oxy Plus. I was sent a bottle of Aroma Sensations, with the Fresh Green Apple scent.

I have been using Palmolive Aroma Sensations for the past few days now, and I must say I'm quite pleased with it. I have used Palmolive in the past, but I really like how well this cleans. Plus I really, really, really like the nice green colour that it comes in!! It makes me happy just looking at it! I know, I'm weird. Anyhoo, I've always liked the Palmolive brand, and I think re-launching their product is awesome, since you don't have to use so much dish soap with the more powerful formula they are now using.

I have several $0.50 off coupons for any Ultra Palmolive 591ml dish liquid for any of you who want to try it out for yourself and save a bit of money! Leave me a comment or send me your email, and I will dole out the coupons!

Pokemon SoulSilver DS - Game Review

I opened up the Pokemon SoulSilver DS game I picked up at the last Shoppers bonus redemption and have been playing it for about a week now. I've never played any Pokemon games before so I'm not really familiar with the story or what you're supposed to do (besides trying to catch them all). I found the game to be really repetitive. I mean, every few seconds you have to battle something, and it's the same thing over and over and over and over and over and over. I don't really see the appeal of this game - does it even end?! I wouldn't have gotten it if my sister didn't want it!

I recommend Pokemon SoulSilver to anyone who is a fan of the Pokemon series. But if you're looking for a game that is fast paced with more action, stay away. Mario games are more worth your money!

Vancouver International Auto Show

I picked up four free tickets to the Vancouver International Auto Show, so my family and I went today to check it out (my dad goes every year!). I've never been to a car show before, so I didn't know what to expect. There were a lot of cars. LOL. My sis and I ran around getting freebies, taking pictures, sitting in cars. It wasn't too boring, which I would have thought it would have been! Here's some of the stuff my sister and I picked up:

- Reusable tote bags
- The Province paper
- Wildflower seeds
- Tire Pressure test
- Car freshner
- Magnet
- Pencil holder
- RAM tape measurer
- Magazines
- Fortune cookie
- Posters
- Candy & Chocolate
- $5 Tim Hortons GC (from voting in a contest, sis got one too)
- Cineplex movie ticket (won it by doing a survey, 1/10 chance)
- $25 Petro Canada gas Gc
- Granola Bar
- Blistex Chapstick