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 - Movie Review

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 - Movie Review

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 - Movie Review

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

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.

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!

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 awesome and played a great set! Mix in an open bar, delicious appies and my Mob!ler buddies, it was a fun 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!