We all plan for the future, whether it be marriage, children, building a home or even what you are having for dinner but what do you to to keep those plans on track? Something like planning for dinner is simple, you look up the recipe, grab the ingredients and take the meat out of the freezer to defrost. But if you have plans for a good financial future it takes a lot more care and work to make it happen. How do you make it happen?
For my husband and I, we have a lot of goals both in our near future and in the distant. We want to build our home, have savings, I plan on going to school to become a registered nurse (RN), have another child and have savings for our children's future. Unfortunately we are late in the game on getting this started because of the cards we have been dealt but we are jumping in and never looking back!
So here is our little story on how we plan on getting where we want to be including our time line. Sure things may change, we may come across some bumps and have to leap over some hurdles but we are confident that we can reach our goals if we work together and remain focused.
We plan on building our home. Now this one is a tough decision because all of our other goals rely heavily on making this happen. If we can't build savings, we can't build a home, if I don't finish school, we can't build a home. Everything goes hand in hand so this one pretty much depends on all of our other goals but we will sock away every little extra that we have to get to this point in our lives. Our first goal was to clear our outstanding debt so we can begin building credit which we successfully did in May of this year. Now we begin building credit so we can bloom from here.
I am currently in the process of doing everything I can to begin and complete the registered nurse program (RN) In order to do this spending the least amount of money possible we have decided that I would focus on all of my upgrading for the remainder of this summer and fall through the Independent Learning Center. My decision to do this was a financial one. I had three choices when considering how I would find myself in the RN program. Decision one was to go to night school classes being offered in the city at least 30 minutes from my home. Now add in the factor that I do not drive and come September I will have four children in school this would mean two trips to this city twice daily for my husband and my children staying up late four nights a week. This was not a smart parenting or financial decision for us. My second decision was to skip the upgrading and apply to the college for the pre health sciences nursing program which would give me all of my pre-requisites for the program. This would save me time and would ensure I had all of the credits that I would need but this also brought up two obstacles. One being I again do not drive and the college is in the city so lots of travel and gas spent and secondly being that I would have to pay for this program to the tun of over $3000. This made little financial sense to us so I choose to skip this option. My last option was the Independent Learning Center which would allow me to do all of the upgrading in my free time at home online. This would be the cheapest option and still give me the flexibility to be home with my children and husband. This made the most financial sense to us and is the decision that I have committed to. Once this is completed I can then apply directly to the RN program, complete it as quickly as I can and hopefully be within my career of choice and making great income in no time.
Now another financial decision that have had to make was savings for both ourselves and our children's futures. For our own savings the best way for us to be able to accomplish this was to first get more income whether it be through surveys, or to save money on other expenses such as groceries. This is where my couponing really comes into play as well as freebies. This allows us to spend less than our budgeted amount every week and sock away that extra into savings. For our children's savings right now we aren't able to contribute much at this time but we ensure that we put all birthday, Christmas and other holiday monies in there. Although it may not be much it all adds up and helps build something for their futures. We also put in $50 per child each month and rather than spending outrageous amounts on holiday gifts for our children we instead have chosen to give them a larger sum of money to put into their accounts rather than a lot of toys that they will forget or will be broken months later.
Overall we have made some very small changes like couponing and having a very detailed budget but those have made a very big impact in our futures. We only spend cash, never credit cards and we never spend more than we need to for anything. We look for rock bottom prices and always wait on larger ticket purchases to see if we really need the items or if we can find it cheaper else where. Entertainment for us is almost always free or next to nothing as we will spend the day at the beach, swimming at a friends house or movies which we go to with free or buy one get it free movie tickets from cereal boxes and other offers.
What I would like to know from all of my readers is how you plan for your financial future? What steps do you take and how often do you revisit your financial plan? Do you talk to a financial adviser? I'd love to hear what you do to invest in your future! I look forward to all of your tips and will be sharing a sample budget with all of my readers for those of you who are interested in budgeting! I hope my financial plan has inspired you or has given you some ideas on how to invest in yourself and your future!
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Listia, have you heard?
I just joined the site Listia after doing a little research on it first and wanted to share with all of my readers what the scoop is on it. So here is the basics of the site, you get 100 credits just for signing up and quite a few more credits (I got over 700) by filling out information, setting your first auction and bidding on other auctions. Basically you search for things you would be interested in finding, for example I searched for iCoke pins since I can never have enough of them. The search will then bring up any of the available auctions for the items you are looking for. If you like what they have to offer you then put in your bid using your credits given to you. This is a great way to get some free items using the credits that are given you initially and then as you list things that you don't want for auction you can use those credits that you receive for auctions of items that you do want.
It seems like a really great site to get some cheap items or even free and get rid of items that you no longer want. I've decided that I will only use the site to auction off pins or coupons, just things that would not cost much at all to ship. I think that is where it could get a little sticky because you could get stuck paying a lot more in shipping then you do for an item.
Anyhow I thought I would share this with all of you. I'm pretty new to it but thought others maybe interested in trying it! Best part is you can get started for free and try a couple auctions without having to invest much time into it just to see if you like it!
If you'd like to try it out and see for yourself just copy and paste the link into your browser and check it out! http://www.listia.com/signup/626487 I hope you enjoy it as much as I have so far! Happy bidding! I currently have a General Mills free towel pin listed, something I could not use (I've already reached my 10 total) and will hoping win the auction for the ICoke pins that I could use!
It seems like a really great site to get some cheap items or even free and get rid of items that you no longer want. I've decided that I will only use the site to auction off pins or coupons, just things that would not cost much at all to ship. I think that is where it could get a little sticky because you could get stuck paying a lot more in shipping then you do for an item.
Anyhow I thought I would share this with all of you. I'm pretty new to it but thought others maybe interested in trying it! Best part is you can get started for free and try a couple auctions without having to invest much time into it just to see if you like it!
If you'd like to try it out and see for yourself just copy and paste the link into your browser and check it out! http://www.listia.com/signup/626487 I hope you enjoy it as much as I have so far! Happy bidding! I currently have a General Mills free towel pin listed, something I could not use (I've already reached my 10 total) and will hoping win the auction for the ICoke pins that I could use!
I appologize for my absence
After my long absence I am here to apologize to my readers. As much as we sometimes have good intentions life gets in the way of all of the things that we want to do and instead there are things that we have to do instead. With that said things have calmed down for us quite a bit and I am back into couponing full swing. I hope to offer my readers valuable information with couponing and am going to be offering many more things to my readers in the near future.
Things you can look forward to seeing here at My Thrifty Canadian Life include ways to find coupons, how to best use them and lots of information on the different types of coupons. I am forever being asked how I keep my binder full and how I find the unique coupons. I look forward to sharing all of this information with my readers in the near future. Along with this information I hope to provide direct links to printable coupons, manufacture coupons and websites that will allow you to order coupons that will be delivered right to your door step.
I also intend on offering links to sites which will allow you to order free items, some of which are limited time offers and others which you can contact the companies at any time to receive! These are great offers which I have enjoyed receiving both in the past and look forward to receiving in the future.
Here at My Thrifty Canadian Life I will be offering contests, giveaways, product reviews and movie reviews for all of my readers to enjoy!
I hope you are all looking forward to everything that my blog will have to offer in the near future as I am very excited to share with all of you.
For today I will leave you with a freebie that I recently applied for and am looking forward to receiving! On facebook right now Trident is offering a free gift pack to all members who help build a bike for the bicycle factory. These bikes are being built by entering UPC's from certain products. These bikes will be built and sent to students in Ghana.
The terms for this giveaway are: Enter unique pins participating UPC's below. As a thank you, we will send you a gift pack consisting of new Trident layers mint mint gum and new Trident Splash Grape Orange Gum. Limit one gift pack, per person, per day. 20 000 gift packs available. Offer expires the earlier of July 31st , 2011 or when all gift packs have been given away. Must be 14 or older. Only available in Canada.
You can find this giveaway here:
https://www.facebook.com/BicycleFact...39019656133966
And to get you started here is the 5 UPC codes needed to receive the gift pack. Please help continue to build the bikes though as this is for a great cause and will mean the world to the students in Ghana!
0 61200 08445 0
0 61200 22591 4
0 61200 00380 2
0 61200 08680 5
0 57700 21505 0
Enjoy your Trident Gift pack and doing a great thing for those in Ghana!
Things you can look forward to seeing here at My Thrifty Canadian Life include ways to find coupons, how to best use them and lots of information on the different types of coupons. I am forever being asked how I keep my binder full and how I find the unique coupons. I look forward to sharing all of this information with my readers in the near future. Along with this information I hope to provide direct links to printable coupons, manufacture coupons and websites that will allow you to order coupons that will be delivered right to your door step.
I also intend on offering links to sites which will allow you to order free items, some of which are limited time offers and others which you can contact the companies at any time to receive! These are great offers which I have enjoyed receiving both in the past and look forward to receiving in the future.
Here at My Thrifty Canadian Life I will be offering contests, giveaways, product reviews and movie reviews for all of my readers to enjoy!
I hope you are all looking forward to everything that my blog will have to offer in the near future as I am very excited to share with all of you.
For today I will leave you with a freebie that I recently applied for and am looking forward to receiving! On facebook right now Trident is offering a free gift pack to all members who help build a bike for the bicycle factory. These bikes are being built by entering UPC's from certain products. These bikes will be built and sent to students in Ghana.
The terms for this giveaway are: Enter unique pins participating UPC's below. As a thank you, we will send you a gift pack consisting of new Trident layers mint mint gum and new Trident Splash Grape Orange Gum. Limit one gift pack, per person, per day. 20 000 gift packs available. Offer expires the earlier of July 31st , 2011 or when all gift packs have been given away. Must be 14 or older. Only available in Canada.
You can find this giveaway here:
https://www.facebook.com/BicycleFact...39019656133966
And to get you started here is the 5 UPC codes needed to receive the gift pack. Please help continue to build the bikes though as this is for a great cause and will mean the world to the students in Ghana!
0 61200 08445 0
0 61200 22591 4
0 61200 00380 2
0 61200 08680 5
0 57700 21505 0
Enjoy your Trident Gift pack and doing a great thing for those in Ghana!
Monday, March 14, 2011
Where to start?
I know there are thousands of people out there that say they want to coupon, tear off a couple coupons from their local grocery store and then see that it is only saving them a few cents they give up. So where do you start to save thousands of dollars every year on things that you would normally buy is the real question!
The answer to this really depends on the person and how much effort and time they are willing to put into coupon savings. Sure we all want to save thousands or get things for as close to free as possible but if you are already finding yourself lacking time clipping coupons, matching sales and spending time getting to the stores bright and early on the first day of the sales might not be a great option for you.
Here is the first thing that you need to decide, how much time are you willing to invest into using coupons to increase your savings? If your answer is none at all then you will save very little, if you can spend a moderate amount of time matching coupons to sales and coupon hunting then you can save quite a bit and if you have lots of spare time and are willing to spend as much time as it takes to get the most savings you can you can easily save thousands.
Once you have decided how much time to invest you can then start your task. Your first task that I would highly recommend would be to sign up at SmartCanucks.ca where they will post all of the weekly hot deals under the deals tab and you can simply match your coupons to those deals. I would also highly recommend signing up for save.ca, gocoupons.ca and brandsaver.ca these three sites will deliver the coupons that you have chosen right to your doorstep. Another thing that I did to start out was doing trades on smartcanucks to build my trade rating as well as getting some coupons that I could use. The users on that site are very friendly and are great to get you started, if you have any questions I can almost guarantee that someone there will have the answers.
A good way to start couponing to ensure that you don't get overwhelmed right away is to choose one aspect of your life and coupon for those items first. For some people it is health and beauty, others it is baby products, household cleaners or foods. By choosing one area this will give you a chance to get a feel for coupons, where you can find them, what stores accept printables or are very coupon friendly and which other stores are not as pleasant. Once you have successfully couponed for that area of your life and you feel comfortable with coupons you can then branch out into another area.
Where to find coupons is always another popular question. Before I really got into using coupons I thought the only ones that were available were in store tear pads and through emails. I never realized all of the different places that you can find coupons and I'm sure I have tossed hundreds of dollars in coupons away just not even knowing to look for them.
Some places you can find coupons include in store tear pads which are pads of coupons which are attached to the grocery store shelves, on a display board or at the cash registers. These are coupons that can be used at that store only sometimes but there are also other coupons that can be used at any store so if a product is cheaper at another store you can use them there as well. It is always recommended that you only take enough coupons that you will use and never all so if there is a full pad and you know you will use 10 it is fine to take them but never take a whole pad!
You can also find coupons attached to products either inside the packages, printed onto boxes, on peelie stickers attached to boxes and jars of products and behind labels. Most products will say on the outside packaging if there are coupons inside but sometimes you maybe surprised!
Many companies have mailing lists that you can be placed on or request coupons either monthly or yearly. A good example of this is Chapmans icecream. You can email Chapman's and they will mail out either a $3 or $5 coupon once per year per household. It is a great idea to contact companies with compliments for products that you truly do love. It is never a good idea to make false complaints or compliment companies just to receive coupons that you will not use.
Mail in rebates are another great place to get coupons. Many companies will offer promotions through out the year that if you purchase X amount of product and send in the receipt, mail in rebate form and UPC codes they will in return send money saving coupons or even free product coupons. One example of these would be the Pepsi Tostito promotion that was held in January for the Grey Cup. When you mailed in proof that you had spent X amount on specified products they sent a $20 coupon booklet which included 1 free 12 pack of Pepsi products, 1 free 2L Pepsi product, 2 free potato chips, 1 free Gatorade and 1 free 6 x 710ml Pepsi products. Offers vary from time to time and sometimes you may find old mail in rebate forms kicking around stores so before making purchases always check the dates on them to ensure they are still valid.
I listed a few websites above where you can choose your coupons and have them mailed right to your doorstep. These sites mailing times vary greatly, I have received my coupons in as little as 10 days but sometimes as long as 6 weeks so it is a huge variation.
Many companies have special offers on their facebook pages and websites that you can either request coupons which will be mailed right to your doorstep or you can print off money saving coupons. Often times these coupons will say "limit one per person" which means that you are only suppose to print one of these coupons. Other times they will say "limit one per transaction" which means you can use one coupon per shopping trip and another important detail is when they say "limit one per purchase" some cashiers argue that this means that you can only use one of these coupons for your entire shopping trip but this is not true. One per purchase simply means you can only use one coupon per product that you are purchasing, for example if you have 3 bottles of Heinz Ketchup and you have 3 $1 off coupons you can only use 1 $1 off coupon per bottle of Ketchup not 3 $1 off coupons.
It is very important in the beginning not to get discouraged by annoyed cashiers or rude comments as it is bound to happen and I promise you the first time that you have a loaded cart and pay very little out of pocket any attitude that you have ever received will be a thing of the past. Take things at a pace that you are comfortable with and if you have any questions ask. If you feel that a cashier is being unfair don't hesitate to ask for a manager and if you still feel it has not been resolved contacting head office is always encouraged. Customer service should be very friendly regardless of the number of coupons you are using as you are still a paying customer and the store will always be refunded 100% of the value of the coupon as well as a handling fee.
If you get discouraged give yourself some time, becoming a Coupon King or Queen does not happen over night. It takes time, planning and you are bound to make some mistakes, have some coupons refused or find that your shopping plan was derailed because of items being out of stock. It is ok to feel defeated, it is ok to make mistakes because it will teach you how you can better plan for the next time and how you can make your experience with coupons even better.
Share with me how you plan to start using coupons or how you started. Have you kept track of your total savings? Did you start with just one aspect of your life? What is one tip you would give to someone new using coupons?
The answer to this really depends on the person and how much effort and time they are willing to put into coupon savings. Sure we all want to save thousands or get things for as close to free as possible but if you are already finding yourself lacking time clipping coupons, matching sales and spending time getting to the stores bright and early on the first day of the sales might not be a great option for you.
Here is the first thing that you need to decide, how much time are you willing to invest into using coupons to increase your savings? If your answer is none at all then you will save very little, if you can spend a moderate amount of time matching coupons to sales and coupon hunting then you can save quite a bit and if you have lots of spare time and are willing to spend as much time as it takes to get the most savings you can you can easily save thousands.
Once you have decided how much time to invest you can then start your task. Your first task that I would highly recommend would be to sign up at SmartCanucks.ca where they will post all of the weekly hot deals under the deals tab and you can simply match your coupons to those deals. I would also highly recommend signing up for save.ca, gocoupons.ca and brandsaver.ca these three sites will deliver the coupons that you have chosen right to your doorstep. Another thing that I did to start out was doing trades on smartcanucks to build my trade rating as well as getting some coupons that I could use. The users on that site are very friendly and are great to get you started, if you have any questions I can almost guarantee that someone there will have the answers.
A good way to start couponing to ensure that you don't get overwhelmed right away is to choose one aspect of your life and coupon for those items first. For some people it is health and beauty, others it is baby products, household cleaners or foods. By choosing one area this will give you a chance to get a feel for coupons, where you can find them, what stores accept printables or are very coupon friendly and which other stores are not as pleasant. Once you have successfully couponed for that area of your life and you feel comfortable with coupons you can then branch out into another area.
Where to find coupons is always another popular question. Before I really got into using coupons I thought the only ones that were available were in store tear pads and through emails. I never realized all of the different places that you can find coupons and I'm sure I have tossed hundreds of dollars in coupons away just not even knowing to look for them.
Some places you can find coupons include in store tear pads which are pads of coupons which are attached to the grocery store shelves, on a display board or at the cash registers. These are coupons that can be used at that store only sometimes but there are also other coupons that can be used at any store so if a product is cheaper at another store you can use them there as well. It is always recommended that you only take enough coupons that you will use and never all so if there is a full pad and you know you will use 10 it is fine to take them but never take a whole pad!
You can also find coupons attached to products either inside the packages, printed onto boxes, on peelie stickers attached to boxes and jars of products and behind labels. Most products will say on the outside packaging if there are coupons inside but sometimes you maybe surprised!
Many companies have mailing lists that you can be placed on or request coupons either monthly or yearly. A good example of this is Chapmans icecream. You can email Chapman's and they will mail out either a $3 or $5 coupon once per year per household. It is a great idea to contact companies with compliments for products that you truly do love. It is never a good idea to make false complaints or compliment companies just to receive coupons that you will not use.
Mail in rebates are another great place to get coupons. Many companies will offer promotions through out the year that if you purchase X amount of product and send in the receipt, mail in rebate form and UPC codes they will in return send money saving coupons or even free product coupons. One example of these would be the Pepsi Tostito promotion that was held in January for the Grey Cup. When you mailed in proof that you had spent X amount on specified products they sent a $20 coupon booklet which included 1 free 12 pack of Pepsi products, 1 free 2L Pepsi product, 2 free potato chips, 1 free Gatorade and 1 free 6 x 710ml Pepsi products. Offers vary from time to time and sometimes you may find old mail in rebate forms kicking around stores so before making purchases always check the dates on them to ensure they are still valid.
I listed a few websites above where you can choose your coupons and have them mailed right to your doorstep. These sites mailing times vary greatly, I have received my coupons in as little as 10 days but sometimes as long as 6 weeks so it is a huge variation.
Many companies have special offers on their facebook pages and websites that you can either request coupons which will be mailed right to your doorstep or you can print off money saving coupons. Often times these coupons will say "limit one per person" which means that you are only suppose to print one of these coupons. Other times they will say "limit one per transaction" which means you can use one coupon per shopping trip and another important detail is when they say "limit one per purchase" some cashiers argue that this means that you can only use one of these coupons for your entire shopping trip but this is not true. One per purchase simply means you can only use one coupon per product that you are purchasing, for example if you have 3 bottles of Heinz Ketchup and you have 3 $1 off coupons you can only use 1 $1 off coupon per bottle of Ketchup not 3 $1 off coupons.
It is very important in the beginning not to get discouraged by annoyed cashiers or rude comments as it is bound to happen and I promise you the first time that you have a loaded cart and pay very little out of pocket any attitude that you have ever received will be a thing of the past. Take things at a pace that you are comfortable with and if you have any questions ask. If you feel that a cashier is being unfair don't hesitate to ask for a manager and if you still feel it has not been resolved contacting head office is always encouraged. Customer service should be very friendly regardless of the number of coupons you are using as you are still a paying customer and the store will always be refunded 100% of the value of the coupon as well as a handling fee.
If you get discouraged give yourself some time, becoming a Coupon King or Queen does not happen over night. It takes time, planning and you are bound to make some mistakes, have some coupons refused or find that your shopping plan was derailed because of items being out of stock. It is ok to feel defeated, it is ok to make mistakes because it will teach you how you can better plan for the next time and how you can make your experience with coupons even better.
Share with me how you plan to start using coupons or how you started. Have you kept track of your total savings? Did you start with just one aspect of your life? What is one tip you would give to someone new using coupons?
Do you like make up?
Lulla Writes is having a St. Patrick's day giveaway with some great prizes!
First prize winner will receive:
A bag of Lindor Truffles♥
Victoria's Secret Beauty Rush body mist in appletini
Cutex Nail Polish Remover
Sally Hansen Nail Growth Activator
Nail File
EOS in Tangerine♥
W&W: Hallucinate and Sparked
Jesse's Girl: JulieG
oke doke: steal this teal and Pink This
Petites Color Fever: Periwinkle
Sinful Colors: Show me the way
And second prize winner will receive a beautiful handmade glass bracelet that she made! It truly is gorgeous!
Check out her blog for beauty tips, product reviews and how to guides! Great little blog that I will be following as someone who is a total make up newbie I look forward to finding some great tips! Check it out and enter the giveaway, either of the prizes are great!
First prize winner will receive:
A bag of Lindor Truffles♥
Victoria's Secret Beauty Rush body mist in appletini
Cutex Nail Polish Remover
Sally Hansen Nail Growth Activator
Nail File
EOS in Tangerine♥
W&W: Hallucinate and Sparked
Jesse's Girl: JulieG
oke doke: steal this teal and Pink This
Petites Color Fever: Periwinkle
Sinful Colors: Show me the way
And second prize winner will receive a beautiful handmade glass bracelet that she made! It truly is gorgeous!
Check out her blog for beauty tips, product reviews and how to guides! Great little blog that I will be following as someone who is a total make up newbie I look forward to finding some great tips! Check it out and enter the giveaway, either of the prizes are great!
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Mars Needs Moms!
I've started to enter some contests even though I have absolutely no luck I figured it didn't hurt to try. So off I went entering a bunch of contests with some great prizes in hopes of winning something but not setting my hopes too high knowing my past luck. Boy was I surprised to receive the email yesterday from Xenia from Thanks, Mail Carrier! I entered a contest to win a Mars Needs Mom's prize pack and I won! Who would have thought, me the person who could be the only one to enter a contest and still lose won something! So what did I win you ask?
Mars Needs Moms Prize Pack containing a Mars Needs Moms adult t-shirt, a Mars Needs Moms youth t-shirt and a 3-pack of Mars Needs Moms temporary tattoos!
Here is the contest that I won:
http://www.thanksmailcarrier.com/2011/02/disneys-mars-needs-moms-prize-pack.html
And my email saying that I won:
Surprise!
I just drew your name as the lucky winner of a Mars Needs Moms prize pack! Congratulations!
Please respond back with your size selection for the adult and the youth t-shirts (they will do their best to accommodate) as well as your mailing information and I will forward it over to Disney to send out your prize.
Thank you so much for entering and supporting Thanks, Mail Carrier, I really appreciate it!
So even if you have lousy luck like I have had, don't stop entering contests as you never know when you might win! Even a small win is still a win! I'm very excited to receive our prize as my youngest son brought the Mars Needs Mom story book home from the school library a week ago and it was such a cute story. We have been watching the previews and have anxiously awaited it to come to theaters so we can go watch it as a family! Hopefully our new t-shirts and temporary tattoos will arrive soon as it is in theaters so we can go all decked out in Mars Needs Mom gear!
Mars Needs Moms premiered in theaters March 11th in 3D! Have you gone to see it yet? What did you think?
Mars Needs Moms Prize Pack containing a Mars Needs Moms adult t-shirt, a Mars Needs Moms youth t-shirt and a 3-pack of Mars Needs Moms temporary tattoos!
Here is the contest that I won:
http://www.thanksmailcarrier.com/2011/02/disneys-mars-needs-moms-prize-pack.html
And my email saying that I won:
Surprise!
I just drew your name as the lucky winner of a Mars Needs Moms prize pack! Congratulations!
Please respond back with your size selection for the adult and the youth t-shirts (they will do their best to accommodate) as well as your mailing information and I will forward it over to Disney to send out your prize.
Thank you so much for entering and supporting Thanks, Mail Carrier, I really appreciate it!
So even if you have lousy luck like I have had, don't stop entering contests as you never know when you might win! Even a small win is still a win! I'm very excited to receive our prize as my youngest son brought the Mars Needs Mom story book home from the school library a week ago and it was such a cute story. We have been watching the previews and have anxiously awaited it to come to theaters so we can go watch it as a family! Hopefully our new t-shirts and temporary tattoos will arrive soon as it is in theaters so we can go all decked out in Mars Needs Mom gear!
Mars Needs Moms premiered in theaters March 11th in 3D! Have you gone to see it yet? What did you think?
Free Wii remote charger
Since I redeemed my bonus points at Shoppers Drug Mart yesterday for the Nintendo Wii I figured I better look at getting some more remotes and chargers but they are so expensive! One thing at a time! So off I went to search amazon.ca for a good deal on a charger. We decided that the four remote charger would be the best fit for our family of 6 at this point.
This is the one we decided to get
http://www.amazon.ca/Quadruple-Charge-Station-Rechargeable-Batteries/dp/B00366KE60/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1300031601&sr=8-11
$29.99 with free shipping isn't too bad of a price but why pay that when we could get it for free! How did we do it? It's simple, I used the amazon.ca gift cards I had accumulated from swagbucks and ordered it for free!
What is swagbucks you ask? I'll gladly share since this is one of my very favorite websites and rewards programs.
Swagbucks.com is an online portal dedicated to helping you earn digital dollars called "Swag Bucks", which can be redeemed for exclusive Swagbucks.com merchandise. But in terms everyone can easily understand it's just like google, you use the search bar to look for things that you would every day anyhow and find swagbucks which can be redeemed for pay pal, merchandise, gift cards and enter into contests! There are many ways you can earn swagbucks other than just searching including doing surveys, daily polls, special offers, watching swagbucks tv, finding codes and referring friends! If you are not already swaggin' I highly recommend it, to date I have earned over $400 in amazon.ca gift cards. It is a rewards program that does work and costs nothing to join or use. There are no negative things about this program from what I have experienced and everyone who has joined has been very happy! If your not already using it why not check it out?
http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/Wiserwithwords if you are already a member tell me what you have used your swagbucks on, I'd love to know!
This is the one we decided to get
http://www.amazon.ca/Quadruple-Charge-Station-Rechargeable-Batteries/dp/B00366KE60/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1300031601&sr=8-11
$29.99 with free shipping isn't too bad of a price but why pay that when we could get it for free! How did we do it? It's simple, I used the amazon.ca gift cards I had accumulated from swagbucks and ordered it for free!
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What is swagbucks you ask? I'll gladly share since this is one of my very favorite websites and rewards programs.
Swagbucks.com is an online portal dedicated to helping you earn digital dollars called "Swag Bucks", which can be redeemed for exclusive Swagbucks.com merchandise. But in terms everyone can easily understand it's just like google, you use the search bar to look for things that you would every day anyhow and find swagbucks which can be redeemed for pay pal, merchandise, gift cards and enter into contests! There are many ways you can earn swagbucks other than just searching including doing surveys, daily polls, special offers, watching swagbucks tv, finding codes and referring friends! If you are not already swaggin' I highly recommend it, to date I have earned over $400 in amazon.ca gift cards. It is a rewards program that does work and costs nothing to join or use. There are no negative things about this program from what I have experienced and everyone who has joined has been very happy! If your not already using it why not check it out?
http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/Wiserwithwords if you are already a member tell me what you have used your swagbucks on, I'd love to know!
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