If you’re a Tommy Hilfiger fan, you’ll want to check out their new concept boutique at Yorkdale Shopping Mall in Toronto. Not only will you enjoy cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and savings of 20% off – you’ll also receive a FREE iPOD Shuffle with purchases of $250 or more! See details below, and don’t forget to RSVP!
Tim Hortons is helping to clean up the environment – one cup at a time!
You can now feel a little better about your morning double-double. As part of the company’s ongoing waste reduction strategy, they’re encouraging customers to bring their own travel mug (rather than using the standard paper cup). Customers that go green will save 10¢ off the price of all hot beverages.
I know it doesn’t seem like a lot, but the savings are twofold:
1) If you’re a regular coffee drinker and happen to frequent Timmy’s, every cent adds up. One coffee per day at 10¢ less would save you $36.50 annually, two per day; $73.00. (That’s almost a pair of Aldo shoes for you!)
2) With more than 2,800 stores across Canada serving more than a million customers daily, this is a significant opportunity for Tim Hortons and their regular customers to make a positive impact on the environment.
Here’s what Tim Hortons has to say:
Go Green. Grab a handle.
By using our china and travel mugs instead of paper cups, you’re making a difference in the environment and in your wallet. When you bring your travel mug into our stores, you’ll get a 10¢ discount on all refills. We’re proud to support the One Million Acts of Green Initiative because we know that every small act goes a long way.
Pledge your act of Green at onemillionactsofgreen.com.
It’s 8:17am. Just about time for my first cup of java!
Ooo-kay. Coach Outlet. Yet another 20% off coupon. Valid until Sunday, June 28th. Please click here to print your coupon. ‘Nuff said.
(Okay that’s not all. I’m really sorry – but I just can’t get excited about this. It’s a perfect example of “quit while you’re ahead”. Don’t get me wrong – I know this coupon is valuable to those who couldn’t make the drive the first time around, but even so – if Coach insists on re-issuing coupons, they should, at the very least, offer progressively greater discounts. Now I’m done.)
Says Cake:
If you don’t love us already, then let us sweeten the deal a little bit more…. save 50% on EVERYTHING online at CakeBeauty.com! Now through noon EST on June 24th, enter coupon code: scarlettsummer to save on your Cake Beauty favourites.
What are Cake’s favourites?
Milk Made Smoothing Hand & Cuticle Buffer – we love that you can smooth it on your hands and feet and feel manicure/pedicure-ready.
Sweet Cheeks Better Bod Rub – we’ll use this to highlight our summer tan!
Satin Sugar Revitalizing Shampoo – it’s the perfect hair-gone-summer-frizzy cure. Cake girls say that it smells like zesty lemon cookies!
Don’t forget shipping is FREE on all purchases over $75. We say…let them enjoy Cake!
I scream! U scream! We all scream for Ice Cream!
Did you know that your ice cream preference actually says a lot about who you are? According to Squidoo, it’s true! There have been numerous studies that suggest a person’s preferred flavour of ice cream can tell a lot about their personality. So choose your favourite and read on to see if the studies were right – or if you are the one that broke the mold. Fun fact: Vanilla is the most popular flavour!
If you love…
Banana Cream Pie
If you bask in bananas, you are very easy-going. You are well-adjusted, generous, empathetic, and honest.
Strawberry
If you are a strawberry lover, you are shy yet emotionally robust. You can be skeptical, detail-oriented, opinionated, introverted, and self-critical.
Mint Chocolate Chip
If you indulge in Mint Chocolate Chip, you tend to be ambitious and confident yet skeptical about life. You prepare for the future, needing a plan to feel secure. While your stubbornness is a business asset, it can add challenges to your relationships.
Rocky Road
If you opt for the rich, indulgent taste of Rocky Road, you have a balanced mixture of charm and practicality. While in social situations you are outgoing and engaging, in the business world you are more aggressive and goal-oriented. You appreciate the finer things in life and enjoy being catered to.
Chocolate Chip
As a Chocolate Chip lover you are competitive and accomplished, no victory is sweet without a little hard work. Although you are generous with your money, you are competent and ambitious in love and work. You are a shining star in social situations with your captivating personality.
Butter Pecan
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
If you love your mix of cookie dough and ice cream you are a natural leader and you always aim high. You are a total go-getter and will not give up until you have achieved all that you wanted to do.
Chocolate
If you can’t live without classic chocolate, you are a total flirt. You love attention! At heart, though, you are a hopeless romantic waiting for your prince/princess to come and sweep you away.
Coffee
As a coffee lover, you are lively, dramatic, and flirtatious. You thrive on the passion of the moment. Because you throw yourself into all you do, you tend to be over-committed and start new projects before you finish old ones. You get bored with dull relationships and thrive on new exciting adventures.
Lena’s a Banana Cream Pie girl :) What’s your favourite ice cream flavour?
Mango is having an amazing sale – 50% off everything online, with FREE shipping for orders $150 or more! I started to copy and paste a few examples of faboosh styles, but with over 800 items to go through, and too many sizzlin’ pieces to choose from, I gave up! You’ll just have to browse for yourself (warning: not the most user-friendly website; will require patience and more time than a 15-minute coffee break allows).
However, when I have some down time later today, I’ll surely peruse their amazing selection online! Hot! Hot! Hot!
To being shopping at Mango, please click here.
I’m thinking of re-naming my blog to “The Old Navy Deals Blog.” Seriously, these guys just don’t stop! This weekend (Friday, June 26th to Sunday, June 28th) Old Navy is holding a Swimwear and Shorts event, where selected styles are just $5 each! PLUS, all summer merchandise is up to 50% off, making it one hot sale :)
(Remember, swimwear will be $5 each piece. Selected styles, while supplies last.)
It’s so cute when they’re out together shopping – I swear if I wasn’t lurking in the shadows, hubby would be attracting some serious attention :)
And, don’t forget to jump onto Old Navy Weekly to grab a coupon (they still have 15% off your entire purchase coupons available – click on “Get their No Sweat Style”).
A few months ago, just before we began transitioning Ryder Ronnie from a bottle to a sippy cup, I decided to do a little research. Hence, I blocked off an hour in my schedule, grabbed a steaming mug of coffee, and stationed myself in front of the computer. And then I Googled “Best Sippy Cup.”
Well, gosh darn it, I really should have blocked off two hours. Pages and pages of websites danced before my eyes, all with strong recommendations for (and against!) brands, features and styles of sippy cups. There were valves and suction to consider. Ergonomics. Spill-proof features. Travel-friendly. Hard spout vs. soft spout. Liquid flow rate. Removable handles. After over an hour of surfing through the possibilities, I summed up that it was easier to buy a car.
And the real stinger? Every parent seemed to sing the same song – “You have to try out a bunch and just see which one your child takes to. It may mean trying out several brands before you settle on one that is accepted.” Just wonderful. As if it wasn’t confusing enough.
However, after weighing the options (and recommendations), I decided to try out the Nuby brand sippy cups. My research told me that 1) parents seemed to vouch for them the most – far more often than any other brand, 2) they were affordable, and 3) had a built-in valve so there were less parts to clean, and therefore less bacteria and mold growth.
The next day, I ventured out to purchase a few different Nuby cups, just in case Ryder had a preference for style, colour or features. And then, the battle began.
Ryder didn’t want to drink from a sippy cup, he wanted to play with it. Shake it. Turn it upside down. Throw it across the room (twice hitting mommy in the head). I know this is normal behaviour for a child first introduced to this portable, colourful contraption, but Ryder never actually graduated to realizing it wasn’t a toy, even after countless demonstrations on how to hold, sip and drink from it.
Then one day, after weeks of frustration, and a true-blue bottle-sucking freak, I passed him my strawberry smoothie to he could sample it’s deliciousness. He looked at the straw, and then at me, and in one glorious motion, he started drinking from the straw. Bye bye sippy cups!
Since that day, he now drinks from Rubbermaid Litterless Juice Boxes (the ones with the flip-top straw). He knows they’re not toys, doesn’t have to tip them back to enjoy their goodness, and mommy is pleased as punch he’s drinking his water, juice and milk like a champion.
All you have to do is post a comment telling me, as an adult, what you would prefer to sip from a sippy cup. My pick? A Long Island Iced Tea! I’ll draw for a winner next Monday – Good luck!
The Gap Summer Sale starts today! (Perfect timing for our contest winner, Madison!) All summer stock is now up to 50% off, with fantabulous discounts on shirts, dresses, tees and tanks, shorts and more.
In addition to seasonal merchandise, Gap is also clearing a good chunk of their denim inventory (it’s been confirmed that the entire line will be revamped in mid-August, therefore all remaining stock will eventually have to go). You can find jeans normally retailing for $78+, now reduced to $29.99!
A quick call to the Mississauga Square One location confirmed that the following styles were now on sale: Women’s Straight and Boot Cut (in dark denim rinse only), and according to the associate – practically ALL Men’s styles are on sale for $29.99, including Carpenter, Standard, Relaxed, Straight, Low Rise and Loose Fit.
(When I joked that the men were getting the better bargain this time ’round, he hinted that there may be an upcoming advertised (or unadvertised) sale to clear out the remaining women’s inventory. So sit tight ladies, further discounts will follow. And when they do, I’m grabbing the Skinny Capris.)
Isn’t it wonderful to stock up on summer goodies just one day after the official start of summer?
To celebrate Zac Efron’s movie “17 Again”, Joe Fresh Style is offering a coupon for $17 off your purchase of $60 or more! Since we benefit from the savings, it’s only right to plug the movie (which will soon be available on DVD):
A heartwarming movie about a man whose life didn’t quite turn out how he wanted it to, and wishes he could go back to high school and change it. He wakes up one day and realizes he is seventeen again, and gets the chance he wanted to rewrite his life.
To answer your questions:
Offer is valid until June 28th, 2009. To print your coupon, please click here.
Remember this post?
I was sooo pumped to hear of Dove Ultimate Visibly Smooth, a revolutionary new product designed to reduce underarm hair. “A deodorant that can systemically replace hot wax? Yes please.”
Alas, I was equally bummed to learn that the anti-perspirant was only available in the States, and have since given up stalking the health & beauty aisles, waiting for the product to make it’s appearance north of the border.
But you know what they say – for every girl with a beauty conflict, there’s a fairy godmother – or in my case, a fairy auntie – who will swoop in to save to the day! (Ah, fairy tales.)
My Aunt Marian (who has single-handedly been crowned the “Hottest Aunt in the Universe” by hubby on many occasions) recently traveled to the US and remembered the Dove post, and my dilemma. She picked up a couple of the sticks and very kindly saved one for me – and today, my friends, the trial period begins!
My thanks to Marian! Woot! Woot!
Because I can’t say it enough, a BIG THANK YOU to all my followers! And, to my new followers on Listen to Lena! and Twitter, welcome!
Read about the Follow Me! contest here.
For the draw, I carefully placed all your names in a bag (actually it’s a Coach Patchwork Pouch). For those who follow on my blog and Twitter, you received two entries. And, all those who e-mailed me for a ballot were awarded an entry as well (nice to hear from ya’ll).
Without further ado, the winner of a $100 Gift Card from Gap is… the person with the Gossip Girl Avatar (LOL)… MADISON!!! Congratulations!
As you’ll see below, I drew her name and placed it on the floor to be photographed…
Before I knew what was happening, the evidence was on it’s way to being destroyed…
I couldn’t let that happen, so I tracked down the petty thief and retrieved the ballot. It was a little moist around the edges, but thankfully still legible…
Phew! Madison – your ballot is safe, and you are indeed the undisputed winner! Please send me an e-mail with your full name and address, and I’ll have the prize sent to you right away!
Thanks again to everyone who participated. Sit tight for more great summer contests. Next up: one for the wee ones – a cute little Sippy Cup prize pack!
Thanks to Margheret for the heads up on this positively de-lish freebie!
In celebration of Canada Day, all Canadian citizens can enjoy a FREE buffet meal, compliments of Mandarin Restaurant, on Wednesday, July 1st, 2009! The meal (including soft drinks, tea, and coffee) is free for all Canadians with one of the following proofs of citizenship: Canadian birth certificate, Canadian passport, or a Canadian citizenship card.
I’m sure I don’t have to tell you that there will be long, long lineups of egg roll enthusiasts. I will never forget the last time Mandarin ran a similar promo: We happened to drive by the location at Dundas & the 403, and couldn’t understand why people were lined up around the building. Hubby leaned out his window and called out, “What’s the occasion?” – to which we received a thunderous “FREE FOOD!”
We drove away laughing, not even attempting to brave the (at least) 4 hour wait. But if Chinese food is your thing, and you promise to wear comfy clothing and lots of sunscreen, this is definitely a fatabulous freebie!
Conditions apply, so please be sure to read below:
FREE Buffet for Canada Day!
July 1, 2009
To celebrate Canada Day at Mandarin, we’re making fireworks of our own by offering our All-You-Can-Eat Buffet for FREE to Canadian citizens! We want to say THANK YOU CANADA, for welcoming us into this great country. Visit any of our 21 locations on July 1, 2009 and enjoy tasty Chinese cuisine alongside tried and true Canadian dishes, all for FREE. The celebration begins at 12:00pm and ends with our last seating at 8:30pm. Reservations will not be taken on Canada Day – guests will be seated on a first come first serve basis. Come join in on the festivities!
We ask for your co-operation in respecting the following:
* No reservations will be taken: guests will be seated on a first come first serve basis
* Our first seating is at 12:00pm and our last seating is at 8:30pm
* All guests in your party must be present in the line.
* Dress code is in effect
* This offer does not apply to: other beverages, take-out or delivery meals
* Tips are not included and are appreciated by the staff
慢慢吃！(Mànmàn chī!)
If you’re a fan of M&M Meats and their delectable spread of frozen goodies, this weekend is a fantastic time drop by: they’re holding a Scratch & Save event, where you can potentially score everything in your cart – for FREE!
On Saturday, June 20th and Sunday, June 21st you can scratch between 5-100% off your entire purchase (I’m certain there will be a fair share of 10-15% off cards, but hey, it’s still better than nothing). To sweeten the deal, M&M has a great flyer out this week, with awesome savings on savoury grilling meats, their famous hors d’oeuvres, and sweet, tempting desserts. They’ve also got a section totally devoted to Kabob Mania! – a celebration of their most popular kabobs, all at amazing sale prices. Oh boy, it’s only 9am and I’m already craving some!
To view their e-flyer, please click here.
My personal favourite picks from M&M include:
Yummy!
If you live in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and have a weakness for designer blue jeans, you’ll want to check out Over the Rainbow’s Spring Sale – up to 50% off all brands in-store!
Over The Rainbow is the absolute mecca of premium denim brands, including: Rock & Republic, Seven, Citizens of Humanity, Splendid, True Religion, Juicy Couture, Ed Hardy, Fidelity, Velvet and many more. They have a friendly, knowledgeable staff who, most importantly, will tell you if your butt indeed looks fab in those jeans!
Over the Rainbow has started its Spring 09 sale today! This means tons of markdowns from the Spring 09 season, both mens & womens products from denim to fashion. Below are some KEY DETAILS for the SALE:
DEALS:
-30% off all seasonal DENIM styles (All week long LOTS TO CHOOSE FROM!)
-30% off all SPRING 09 fashion items (men’s & women’s bargains!)
-50% off select denim & fashion (mix of SPRING 09/FALL 08 goods!)
Before you hit the sale, be sure to print out their “Summer Camp” coupon. It’s good for $30 off any purchase of $100 or more (trust me, you’ll spend that), valid until Tuesday, June 30th.
Happy shopping!
