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If you’re in for a pair of Crocs, this is the time to buy. With every purchase from Crocs online, they will pledge $5 to the Aurora Victim Relief Fund. The reason why Crocs is doing this great thing is because Crocs headquarters in Niwot, Colorado which is just outside of Boulder, about 36 miles northwest of Aurora. Please refer to our link in our blogroll where you can save 60% off or where you can buy 2 pairs of kids’ select styles for only $20.
Give dad a free round of golf if he plays golf. If he doesn’t then give yourself a free round of golf. Simply go to Budget Golf and buy up to $150 worth of merchandise and a free golf voucher automatically appears in your cart. The list of participating courses is outstanding as it is valid across Canada and the US. If you live in Calgary, you can play at Shaganappi Point or Fox Hollow for free. If you live in Southern California, you can play at DeBell in Burbank or Los Robles in Thousand Oaks for free. The offer is valid until June 17, 2012 so shop early before they run out of vouchers.
If you live in Calgary, AB, Canada, I welcome you to a new blog named YYC Envy. Kids 6-12 years old on June 16th can get a free sports sampler at any one of three locations including Village Square Leisure Centre, Southland Leisure Centre and Foothills Athletic Park. More information, click here. On June 23rd or July 9th – 15th, July 28th at McCall Lake Par 3, it is family night. Kids from 6 to 17 years old plays golf for free with every paying adult.
When it comes to running a small business, either from home or in an office, it is vital that you fully stock your business with supplies. I’ve shared a Staples $20 off coupon with you before but it comes with a $150 minimum purchase. It’s not hard to rack up the bill, especially if your business needs a new external hard drive or a new printer. Even school supplies can easily make up for the $150 minimum. Here’s the coupon anyways: 5991592125470472. Use it online or by phone.
Any of you planning a Walt Disney World vacation? If so and you are planning to stay onsite at one of the WDW resorts then get free shuttle service from Orlando airport to your Disney resort. This is called the Disney Magical Express and is available to guests staying at all the WDW resort hotels. To get this service, simply ask for it by name when reserving your WDW vacation. Reservations made prior to 30 days from departure will get special luggage tags sent to you. Disney will automatically transfer your luggage from the airport to the resort.
While in Florida, rent a mid-size SUV from Dollar for only $37.99 per day. Or in Tampa, get a mid-size SUV for only $169.00 per week from Alamo.
My feet is cold today and it doesn’t matter how thick my wool socks are. I hear it’s cold and snowy out in Vancouver, not the warm and sunny location that I have fixated in my head. Alright, as long as there is a compact car waiting for me at the airport tonight, I will be pleased that I did my homework and booked the best rate on the internet. Btw, I used LM78 at Thrifty’s and it did not work for me this time. However, it did work for me for my Vegas trip later this month because I managed to book a compact car for only $10 a day. What a deal! However, tonight is with Alamo and I used my corporate id # 675899 to get a 4-day rental for only $65 including taxes and all.
Have you been shopping at the dollar stores lately? I did and I managed to find a few stocking stuffers including the stocking itself for a buck. I don’t recommend buying your spouse’s Christmas gift there but for your pet, your neighbor’s cat or the odd stocking stuffer then go for it. Dollar Giant or MegaDollar stores seem to have the best stock of things.
Here are my picks today:
1. Travelling Buddies – I picked up a few items for friends that travel alot. They include luggage tags, luggage locks, inflatable pillows to wear around your neck, over the neck safety wallets, L.E.D. flashlights, calculators to help with currency exchange and bubble envelopes for my friends to send gifts to me from abroad.
2. Pets – I found a few interesting things such as frisbees, bones to gnaw on, toys for cats, costumes for Christmas including Santa outfits, reindeer antlers and pet treats.
3. Household items – There are alot to choose from but my picks include extra rubbermaid containers for leftovers, funny mugs and laser engraved crystals.
4. Toys – Look for puzzles or card games.
5. iPod – Everyone has iPods and they love their accessories. Most dollar stores have a nice variety of accessories such as cases, earbuds, faceplates, stick-ons, purses, etc.
I know Christmas is around the corner and I should be out there shopping but I’m not. What’s your excuse? I guess my reason is because on Global TV, they were saying that things were going to get cheaper as it gets closer to Christmas. Is that true? Hmmm.
I was at Wal-mart last night and noticed the Casio LK-100 keyboard with lighted keys is on sale for $97. If you check online, you can get it anywhere from $107 and up. Remember that’s not the delivered price. Shipping charges still needs to be applied.
If you’re still looking for deals at Linen & Things, keep waiting because now they’re advertising on tv and they said they have slashed prices from 20%-60% off. In my opinion, that’s hardly any dent to the high prices they are charging. For example, I bought a 2-pack water filters for my Braun coffee maker at a discounted price of $11. The Bay sold it for $14.99. Deal or no deal? Last Chance Liquidation on Barlow Trail proved that it was not a good deal because they have the exact filter pack for only $2.50.
Don’t go crazy at Wal-marts just because they are open 24 hours. Yesterday I bought a pack of Chinet party plates and today I returned it because Superstore sold it for $2 less. And since you are at Superstore, you might as well pick up J.K. Rowling’s new book titled “Beedle of the Bard” for $7.49 as oppose to $10.48 at Wal-mart.
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It’s that time of the year again when everyone you turn, someone is giving you a free calendar. Over the weekend, T&T Supermarkets were handing out auspicious Chinese calendars for customers who bought more than $38 worth of groceries. They varied in size, ranging from a small fridge magnet type to a full 11×14 portrait size. I managed to get a desk calendar with two weeks’ worth of groceries.
If you are a Telus customer, get your free 2009 calendar by clicking here. Enter your Telus cellphone number, residential or business number into the form and you’ll get your calendar 5-6 weeks from now. With the Telus calendar, you will most likely get a simple yet elegant calendar with fish, rabbits, iguanas, birds and meerkats on it.
If you’re not into animals and prefer to get $5 off for Ocean Spray products then click here and get a free Ocean Spray 2009 calendar. Offer is good until supplies last and for Canadian residents only.
If you are looking for something technical and free, give your boss an anonymous gift by sending him/ her a Virtualization Dummies book from Sun Microsystems. Here’s the link for your free book. Like most Dummies book, it’s probably worth at least $10.
And last but not least, here’s the link for a free 2-year subscription to Lego.
If you’ve been patient and have managed to ignore the piles of Guitar Hero and Rock Band games then head on down to your Real Canadian Superstore (or Target in the US) for Popstar Guitar. I just did and it’s going to get wrapped up for Christmas. The Wii copy gives you two AirG’s to fit over your remotes. It’s like the Guitar Hero attachment for Nintendo DS units but the buttons are larger. With the nunchuk attached, you have an air guitar to play over 50 pop hits from artists like Miley Cyrus, Jonas Brothers, Rihanna, Maroon 5, Simple Plan and more.
Also at Superstore, there is a nice supply of Wii Mario Karts, the newer version of Boogie, American Idol and Animal Crossing. There are also accessories for your previous games such as a fishing rod, Nerf gun, Wii sports pack, crossbow and Wii wheel for GT, Monster Truck and Mario Kart.
If you want to check out the fun you will have with Popstar, you can visit the site and play it using your computer keyboard as your guitar. The game superimposes the letters X, C, V and B for the guitar chords.
As the Americans are preparing to shop on Black Friday, we Canadians are gearing up to shop for Christmas. I visited Deerfoot Mall this weekend and noticed all the outlet stores there. Among the few I visited, the Mexx outlet and Liz Claiborne outlet are the two that really stands out. I always liked the fashion and quality of the stuff that Mexx makes and at the outlet, you can save up to 70% off retail. Same goes for the Liz Claiborne where you can save some serious money on activewear, casual and golf wear. If you need ski or snowboard fashions and equipment, checkout the SportChek outlet which is clearing alot of its winter gear.
Another good stop at Deerfoot Mall is the Winner’s. I always enjoy going through the aisles where the electronics and gadgets are kept. It looks like there is stuff from the failed Sharper Image stores in the US. There you will find a great selection of iPod accessories and iHome sound systems. There are also golf balls, framed photographs of Mike Weir, Tiger Woods and more, and golf ball monogramers, putting practice cups that returns your ball automatically, golf towels, divot tools, utility belts and more.
For the big kids in us all, there are two robots to check out. iQue and a red mobile robot that can respond to your voice commands. At $79, it’s worth checking out. For the smaller kids, Thomas railway sets and accessories are an abundance there, starting at $6.99 and a mountain track set for $9.99 (selling for more at Wal-Mart). Dora, Disney princess, Hannah Montana are all waiting for little girls and plenty of craft kits are there too.
If I had a time machine, I would grab IOGear’s Mobile Digital Scribe and my laptop to bring back in time to when I was attending university. Those were the days when we wrote novels of text, just by attending lectures. With the IOGear Digital Scribe, I would have reams and reams of notes in two formats, in my own handwriting and in digital form. The IOGear Digital Scribe is a cool device. Shaped like a normal pen, everything that you write with it is automatically translated (via OCR) and stored internally. When you’re next to your computer, you can upload everything you wrote.
You can share your notes with your classmates, simply by e-mailing them with the JPEG of your handwritten notes. Or have it uploaded and translated so that you can send it to them in a Word document or an email.
The Digital Scribe does 
not require any special paper nor tablet to write on. You can write on anything, any surface or any paper up to the size of a Letter or A4. It comes with a receiver that captures your handwriting and stores it. The OCR is powerful, able to translate your handwriting to digital text. It comes with support for 12 languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Korean, Japanese, Traditional/Simplified Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, Dutch and Swedish.
What would you pay for this device? Believe it or not, it is only $80. But while supplies last, you can get it for $50.
If you wear size 7 or 9 then you are in luck. Luckily for me, my foot was small yesterday as I picked up a few Keen sandals and shoes for cheap. How cheap? Almost 50%-60% off retail prices. I found a Newport style for $50 that normally sells for US$80. 
Also at $50 was the Jasper style shoe that normally goes for US$95. There were about 4 shelves full of Keen shoes, ranging from sandals to hiking shoes, some men’s and some ladies’ but were all size 7 or 9. My favorite pair of sandals is the Newport H2’s. They had a navy blue pair for $55 which is a great price considering that you can easily pay more than US$95 a pair. 
They also had Keen bags and knapsacks. For knapsacks, they had daypacks which are great for school or for a day tour. My favorite was 
a style called Burnside where a zipper along the side would reveal a compartment to hold your laptop in. Nice ample shoulder straps let you carry the bag comfortably on your shoulders or if you wish, you can carry it like a normal bag, there is a fabric handle on the side. A small mesh pocket to hold your keys, earbuds (or makeup) is hidden by the top flap, reached by unzipping the zipper on the top. The bag normally sells for US$95 but was on sale for $55.
On another floor, there was a clearance of ski wear. Everything for the snowboarder can be found here including Kombi undergarments, toques, face masks, hoodies, gloves, performance fleece and more. Rip Curl knapsacks for $30 and Australian snowboards for $300 were at hand too. Toques were clearing at 2-for-$10, a great stocking stuffer. Roots golf shirts were selling for $30 or less. And a bargain rack of various shirts and sizes in the hallway for $5. Opposite the hallway cashier was a room clearing shoes of all types, mostly sample sizes that range from 6 to 9. I managed to pick up a pair of Bite golf shoes for $30 that I have seen at Golf Town for $60 or more. LPGA visors went for $2 and golf spikes for $4.
If you’re interested in checking this out, drop by the Manchester Building at 339 – 50th Ave SE today before 3:00pm.
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