Last week was insanely busy, so didn’t have time to update…
Week 1 : down 4.5lbs (this makes up for a gain over Christmas so not nearly as impressive as it sounds)
week 2: down 0.4lbs
So, what do you eat on weight watchers? well anything you want! You get a set number of points per day plus [...]
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Weekly Update: Jan Week 1 and 2
January 15th, 2012 
Admin Happy New Year
December 31st, 2011 Admin I have really slacked at posting this year but things have calmed down in my life and I hope to be back blogging.
I joined weight watchers in September have have lost 17.5lbs (if it is a resolution of yours to lose weight and you are also thinking about joining, join through Great Canadian Rebates for [...]
February Savings in Review
March 6th, 2011 Admin February update: I did stock up on some items this month but mostly it was just savings on groceries.
Purchases:
Regular Prices: $1,174.54
Shelf Prices: $636.24
Coupons $220.29
Discounts/Gift Cards $82.35
Spent $333.60
Money ‘Made’
Swagbucks $25 Amazon
Surveys $15 ( $5 Amazon and $10 Paypal)
Rebates $105.29
3 free coffees & 2 donuts from Tim Hortons (he really needs to stop buying coffee every day)
A good weekend for deals
February 12th, 2011 Admin The new Toonies for Tummies coupons came out this week so I popped into Longo’s last night to check and see which ones they had (and they had most of them woohoo) but even better were some of the deals.
Cat Chow Weight Management, which admittedly I would not feed my own cats, was on sale [...]
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Tags: cat food, coupons, freebies, kraft, longos, sizzling salads 
No Comments »Smart Canucks Meetup
January 27th, 2011 Admin Catching up on lost posts… over the last two weeks I attended two SmartCanucks meetups & coupon swaps.
The first was in Toronto, many of the members I had already met but we had some new people attend and lots of great coupons passed out including one each for free toothpaste. It was great seeing everyone [...]
$1 a day can make a huge difference!
January 4th, 2011 Admin I mean really, I spend more than that at Tim Hortons in a week (and if I go to Starbucks, I spend it in one visit!)
$5.50 is all it took to buy all of this food for the food bank (plus I got HBC Rewards points)
14 x Knorr Sidekicks @ $0.99 – 10% SPC discount [...]
Posted in Project Donate, Reward Programs, coupons, food & drink, freebies & competitions Tags: donate, foodbank, SPC, Zellers No Comments »New Year … New Goals
January 1st, 2011 Admin As I mentioned in my earlier posts on my couponing resolutions (posts one & two), this year I wanted to be better organised to maximize savings
1. Organize coupons better – CHECK! My binder system seems to be working well for me and I have my new huge accordian file for trading. I went through both [...]
Follow up to New Years Resolutions
December 8th, 2010 Admin In this post I talked about my couponing / saving resolutions and I am adding some more.
Maximising rewards:
Log onto GSN.com each day to do the daily oodle opportunities, I have enough for some decent prizes and barely put any effort into it
Use the airmiles toolbar to search the questions on GSN, this will easily net [...]
Frugal New Years Resolutions
December 4th, 2010 Admin There is a thread on SmartCanucks about people’s couponing resolutions. For me these are less about starting on Jan 1st than just something I need time to organise that I won’t have the time to do until the Christmas break.
A better organization system for my coupons as I have outgrown my current accordian file. Over [...]
Using my Kijiji Daily Deal GC at Chapters
December 4th, 2010 Admin I recently posted how I turned my $10 Bzzagent Zoompass Credit into $25 by using a Kijiji Daily Deal, well today I made my order and made it even more!
Book M wanted (Christmas Present) Reg $19.95 – sale $3.99 ($3.79 with iRewards)
Tea Tumbler with infuser $17.99
Cheap Eats Reg $12.95 – sale $4.99 ($4.74 with iRewards)
Book [...]
Posted in Real Life, Reward Programs, Savings & Product Reviews, coupons, freebies & competitions Tags: Chapters, Daily Deals, freebies, Group Buys, Indigo, Kijiji No Comments »
