Well everyone, the New Year is upon us, in less then 10 hours (Ontario time) we will be in 2010.   A time for new resolutions and a fresh start of a New Year.

Do you make New Years resolutions? What kind of resolutions do us Smart Canucker’s make? Save more money? Use more coupons?

I personally don’t generally make resolutions. Last year I quit smoking the 3rd week of January, not a New Years resolution, just something I needed to do. Maybe this year I’ll work at losing the weight I gained from quitting lol!

I hope everyone has a wonderful evening tonight whether it be with friends, family or a quiet evening in. Please do not drink and drive, arrive alive.

Happy New Years from the Smart Canucks team! See you in 2010!

Thank you ADDITION ELLE for sponsoring our latest contest 😀

Click here for video of winner. The winner is:

• 379 dustykatt

Please send an email to smartcanucks at gmail d0t com to claim your prize.

This year I’ll be covering the Boxing Day (week) deals and flyers like never before! SmartCanucks will be your best source of all Boxing Day flyers and you’ll get to read the flyers in advance so that you can plan your shopping trip that day.

I invite everyone to participate by submitting any flyers they have advance access to. You’ll win immediate gift cards and prizes. No contests or draws… straight forward gift cards.

How can I pay for this? Well I have a few Google Ads placed around the website and I use the money I make from advertising to pay for prizes like these.

The full details on the prizes and how to add a flyer can be found here

Thanks to ClearlyContacts.ca for sponsoring yesterday’s daily giveaway 😀

If you didn’t win here are some ClearlyContacts.ca coupon codes for December 2009 that you might be interested in using:

• Clearly Contacts Coupon code 1: SMARTFESTIVE
• Discount: 10%, no minimum, everyone

• Clearly Contacts Coupon code 1: SMARTHOLIDAYS
• Discount: 25% Off Eyeglasses, no minimum, new customers

Today’s sponsor is one of our favourite retailers, ClearlyContacts.ca 😀

ClearlyContacts carriers all kinds of original designer frames for amazing prices. Clearly Contacts also sells contact lenses and other eye related products such as sunglasses and accessories. I think ClearlyContacts’ business strategy is very simple and successful! Instead of renting stores at malls and spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on brick and mortar stores, they stick to an online business model and transfer the savings onto us, the customers 😉

Enough of my chit chatter and I’ll let the website and products talk for themselves.

SmartCanucks Giveaways Day 23: Free frame from ClearlyContacts.ca

Thank you Pediped.com for sponsoring yesterday contest 😀

Here is a video of today’s winners. The winners are:

• 78 Kelly
• 328 Deb
• 480 Heidi McMaster

Congrats! Please send an email to smartcanucks at gmail dot com to claim your prize.

I’m very sorry for my very long absence. School took all of my time and I barely had any free time to do anything else. We’re back to normal now and you should be seeing more contests as well as deals on the blog.

Today’s sponsor is Pediped footwear which I personally think offer superb products. As a child, my Mom would only buy me “medical shoes” and I’ve come to really appreciate this over time since I never suffered from any walking/feet  problems. I like how Pediped go one step further and add the “Fashion” factor to their shoes. Fashionable medical shoes sounds perfect to me!

SmartCanucks Giveaways Day 22: Free shoes from Pediped.com

It’s been a while I know! I’m sorry for the delays! Divine.ca’s winner is :

• 21 jojo

Congrats! Please send an email to smartcanucks at gmail dot com to claim your prize.

Click here for video of winner. Stay tuned for the next contest in less than an hour.

Well… I just called Canada Post ( 1-800-267-1177 )to confirm the bad news.   Sorry to say but it is time to stock up on stamps, because Canada Post is increasing the prices of postage stamps from $0.54 to $0.57  in the new year.  Good thing I have lots but for those of you who use or trade stamps better add them to you shopping list!!  The price increase will be being on January 11,2010.
Click here to go to the Discussion Thread.
Click here to go to Canada Posts Website.

Thanks to MiltonFreecycle for the heads up!!

(Stamp circa 1958)

Hi everyone!

I’m very sorry for being absent over the past few days. I had a long paper to write. It’s 9 pages long, two column with a font size of 10 and it’s about an utterly boring subject. I’ve also been having to attend seminars and a bunch of other not so fun school classes. The picture below describes how I feel about these classes. I’m almost done with the paper though and have no more seminars or classes to attend so we should be back on track soon!

This Saturday and Sunday receive a collectible Canadian Tire $1 coin with a $25 dollar purchase.  While this isn’t  a “start your car” deal It’s kind of neat that Canadian Tire has made their own coin. The coin would make a cool stocking stuffer, or you could send some of this “funny money” to a USA friend.

I think this week spending $25 dollars at Canadian Tire would be fairly easy with some nice sales in the flyer starting this Saturday. Oh heck who am I kidding, when is it ever hard to spend $25 dollars at Canadian Tire?

Let me know if you pick up a coin and what you think of it! 🙂

Thanks BumbleWeeNursing.ca for sponsoring yesterday’s contest 😀

Here is the video of the winner. Winner is:

• 335 jaxflower

Congrats! Please send an email to smartcanucks at gmail d0t com to claim your prize.

A nursing mom is a beautiful mom. At BumbleWee Nursing Wear our aim is to make all nursing moms feel as beautiful as they are while making nursing in public convenient, comfortable and easy.

Our specialized nursing & maternity clothing is created to be sexy and fun while still allowing easy and discreet access to the breast. Our tops are so stylish that no one would ever guess that they were nursing tops.

Most of our tops, dresses and pajamas are 2 in 1, which means that they are sized to be used during pregnancy as well as through nursing, so you won’t need to buy a separate wardrobe for each!

SmartCanucks Giveaways Day 20: Free $100 of items from BumbleWeeNursing.ca

Thank you BraAllure for sponsoring yesterday’s contest. Natasha of BraAllure.com has kindly given us a coupon code to use:

I would like to offer to those who didn’t have a chance to win a 20% off coupon for all bras & briefs in the store. Minimum purchase $100, good for first 10 customers only, Valid today and tomorrow.

Coupon code: CANUCKS20

Click here to shop at BraAllue.com

Here is the video of today’s winner. The winner is:

• 126 Harbie 

Congrats Harbie! Please send an email to smartcanucks at gmail d0t com to claim your prize.