Lululemon Canada is a well known retailer for high-quality and trendy workout gear, but even more so than that, they’re better known for their (normally) incredibly high price tags. This is why their “we made too much sale” is usually the only time I buy Lululemon, as most of the times I just can’t justify it – no matter how bright and cute the patterns may be! Their current sale on the Swiftly Headband, a 50% reduction, plus the free shipping, is an offer anyone would be mad to pass up.

The Swiftly Headband normally sells for $14, which is a bit much if you ask me for an accessory that’s designed to keep your hair out of your face. Right now, however, you can pick it up for just $7; a much more reasonable price tag for an item you (most likely) won’t be wearing out on a Friday night on the town.

What is great about the Swiftly Headband, is the silicone lining on the inside which prevents your headband from sliding off your head mid-run. It also is made with the same moisture wicking material that the workout tanks and jackets are made with at Lululemon, aiming to prevent sweat from dripping down your nose and into your eyes (a most painful mishap when it does occur).

The headbands are one size fits all and they come in a rainbow of different pigments to choose from, all of which will give your morning workout routine that much needed pop.

Click here to buy the Swiftly Headband from Lululemon Canada online.

Good morning Smart Canucks! This fine Wednesday morning, the Hudson’s Bay Canada is offering you a flash sale on the entire Hotel Collection of bed and bath products, with select pieces being marked up to 60% off their original price. This sale will only be sticking around until 11:59pm EST this evening, but stock will surely sell out before then at these hot prices!

You can pick up within the 60% off sale on pillows and duvets some really great finds that will keep you and your family warm during long winter nights for the rest of the season. A queen size Primaloft Down Alternative Lightweight Duvet can be bought now for just $144 (Regularly $360) or if you’re just looking for a nice firm pillow to ease your aching neck, then you can grab this Hotel Collection Firm Down Pillow for just $200 (regularly $400).

Hotel Collection towels, though there isn’t a huge selection of them included in this sale, have been marked down to be just $15.99 per bath towel, though they are normally marked up by 40% more than that at $27.99.

You can also of course pick up bed collection sets, sheets and shams for 50% off in this sale as well. The best deal that I was able to find within this sale was on the queen size 600 Thread Count Flat Sheet (in truffle), which is now just $45.56 though usually it sells for more than double that price at $135.

The Hudson’s Bay will also offer free-shipping on orders that exceed $99, and you won’t be able to shop this sale in-store as it is an exclusive online sale.

Click here to get all Hudson’s Bay Canada online Flash Sale.

The online deals at Princess Auto Canada are shaping up to be some of the better ones online that you’ll find on all those sneaky odds and ends that you always seem to be out of or in need of, but can never seem to place exactly where that good old measuring tape has gone off to. The sale is being offered exclusively online, and the price drops on these household and auto products will only be around until January 18th.

The one catch to these sales at Princess Auto is that the shipping and handling is not free and will be a standard rate of $6 for shipping plus an extra $0.65 per pound. Be sure that you’re aware of this before placing your order, especially if it’s on something a bit heavier as the shipping rates may out weigh your savings and actually make it not worthwhile to buy that specific item from Princess Auto.

Some of the better deals that I was able to scope out during this online sale were mainly smaller items, but still necessities that every household should have (or is missing a copy of):

• 3-piece measuring tape set, now only $3 (was $3.99)
• mini spade, now only $2.50 (was $3.99)
• 2 1/2 in. 4-edge paint scraper, now only $3.53 (was $4.99)
• 60-piece 1 in. Screwdriver Bit kit, now only $3.53 (was $4.99)
• 80-piece Industrial Big Wipes, now only $5 (was $6.99)

Click here to begin shopping the Princess Auto Canada online sale.

If you live in the GTA and are expecting a baby, or know someone who is, check out Square One’s Walmart this weekend. From 11:15am to 2pm, Walmart will be hosting a baby shower in their store to introduce people to their baby registry at the Mississauga Square One location only.

There will be free refreshments, games and lots of giveaways, you may win something good for your little one.  If you need help creating a registry, they will have staff on hand to walk you through the process and recommend products you may not have thought about – including all of the non baby products they sell, because sometimes mom needs some pampering or kitchen tools to make life easier.

If you are not into that sort of thing, and hate the crowds, maybe shop another day!

Lowe’s Canada is having a one-day small appliance sale today that will only be valid for January 14th. 2015, after which the prices will shoot back up to their regularly advertised prices. Some of these deals are super hot, like the over 50% off discount on a Cuisinart 11-piece Pro Classic Stainless Steel Cookware Set.

Normally this 11-piece set would sell for $349, but in today’s one-day sale you can pick it up for $210 off that price at just $139. The set will include:

• a 2 qt saucepan with cover,
• a 3 qt saute pan with helper handle and cover,
• a 5 qt stockpot with cover,
• an 8 in open skillet,
• a 10 in open skillet,
• a 28 cm steamer insert,
• a Nylon solid spoon
• and a Nylon slotted turner

Other small appliances included in this sale at Lowe’s, that you would be wise to at least check out, include:

• save $12o on Oster Gourmet Collection Pump Espresso Maker
• save up to $159 on Bissell 48K2C CleanAlong Canister Vacuum
• save $100 on Hoover Hoover Air Bagless Upright Vacuum Cleaner
• save $70 on Crock-Pot 6-Quart Stainless Steel Oval 1-Vessel Slow Cooker
• save $63 on Crock-Pot 5-Quart Black/Stainless Steel Rectangle 2-Vessel Slow Cooker
• save $60 on Cuisinart Griddler
• save $60 on Hoover FloorMate 0.375-Gallon Carpet and Hard Floor Cleaner
• save $50 on Hamilton Beach 31103 Convection Toaster Oven w/ Rotisserie
• save $20 on Cuisinart Stainless Steel Immersion Blender with Accessory Jar
• plus more!

Click here to shop the small appliance one-day sale at Lowe’s Canada online.

With the New Year and new resolutions to get healthier, so to calls for revised (and often times expensive) remodels of our diets. This also means, for some of us, going out and purchasing the appropriate appliances and cookware that will aid us to eat better and order in less often. The Lodge Cast Iron brand has been making cookware products for decades, with each piece being crafted with a commitment to the environment and your health in mind. Right now at Kitchen Stuff Plus Canada, you can use this coupon, both online and in-store, to take 20% off on any Lodge Cast Iron product.

If you are using the coupon in-store, you must present and print out this coupon and will be limited of one use per day per paying customer. For online shoppers at Kitchen Stuff Plus Canada, you may enter in the coupon code, KSP256, to get your 20% off discount on Lodge Cast Iron products. You will have until January 18th at 11:59pm EST to redeem this coupon, after which it will no longer apply.

I love the variety offered in this promotion, particularly on the Lodge Logic Cast Iron minis, which would be ideal for people who are cooking for just themselves or one other person. The frying pan is normally $9.99, but with the coupon comes down to being just $7.99. For the entire collection of minis then, you would only pay $55.96 (as the other three pieces will cost $15.99 with your coupon discount). Ordinarily, a collection like this from Kitchen Stuff Plus would cost $69.96.

Click here to print out the coupon from Kitchen Stuff Plus Canada, or here to check out the stock of Lodge Cast Iron products.

Starbucks Canada’s end of the year sale has taken all of that once so sought after (and pricey!) Christmas stock and slashed the prices by up to 40% off the original price. The sale is going on both in-store and online, but you’ll have a better chance of finding the stock you want if you shop online – as each store only gets a limited number and kind of each item.

Tumblers and cold cup travellers are starting as a low as $7.95, with the most expensive ones in the sale still being just $14.95! One of the better finds from this sale, at least I thought so, was on the Dot Collection Pike Place 16 fl. oz. tumbler which is now just $12.95, marked down from the previous price of $21.95.

If you enjoyed this year’s Christmas blend, then you still have a chance to stock up on the last bit of supplies from this year’s stock as both the whole bean and the ground options are still available in either half-pound or whole pound bags. My suggestion, would be to stock up on the Whole Bean Christmas Blend, and then freeze the extra bags you have leftover – as the coffee can be frozen and still retain most of the freshness and complex flavour profile. The Whole Bean Christmas Blend, in the half-bags, is now just $5.95 (or $13.95 for a whole pound), which is an incredible discount considering they normally sell for $9.95 and $18.95.

Click here to begin shopping the end of the year sale at Starbucks Canada online.

Not only can preparing for a baby be both a joyous and nerve taxing event, but it can also be quite expensive in terms of actual dollars and cents when it comes down to monetary terms. The sale going on at Babies R Us Canada is here to somewhat lighten the load on your stresses, at least in terms of managing your budget. They are currently having a massive sale where merchandise has been marked down by up to 50% off, like the half price sale on infant toys.

If you’re looking to find some decent sales on big ticket items, like strollers and car seats, then you should check out the On-the-Go With Baby sale where products have been reduced by upwards of $100 – which can make quite the difference when buying these more expensive items. A really sweet find within this sale was on the Graco FastAction Fold Jogger Travel System with SnugRide Click Connect 35 Infant Car Seat Tidal Wave, which is now just $399.97 (regularly $499.97).

Smaller household and everyday necessities, that when you add them all up can be quite pricey, are also on sale at Babies R Us Canada. Potties, diapers, diaper genies and an abundance of other essentials for baby have been reduced in this sale by up to 40% off the original price.

Babies R Us Canada will be having this Baby Fest sale until January 22nd, 2015 and will be offering free-shipping on all orders that exceed $25.

Click here for Babies R Us flyer

Pick up this Graco Charleston Convertible Crib (in Cherry stain) from the Walmart Canada online clearance sale for just $171, as it is not only the lowest price you will find on this crib but also one of the few retailers left who sells this wonderful convertible crib.

Though the Graco site has this same crib advertised for a similar price point, $179, the no longer have the crib left in stock. Other sites have instead marked this Graco Charleston Convertible Crib by nearly double the price being advertised on the Walmart site. For instance, Amazon.ca and Sears Canada are selling the same model available at Walmart for the outlandish price of $299!

Walmart Canada will also ship this Graco product for free, unlike Sears who will tack on an extra fee as it is considered over-sized.

Click here to buy the Graco Charleston Convertible Crib from Walmart Canada online.

The semi-annual sale at The Body Shop Canada is still on and it’s still full of some amazing offers and deals, for those of you who may have forgot or may have missed out on earlier posts about this sale. These deals are offering you up to 70% off throughout the entire store, and you will also have the chance to cash in on some bonus freebies, depending on what you buy.

Some of the better combos that you can use to pick up some sweet freebies, if you don’t want to splurge too much, is the offer of buy 1, get 1 FREE on select Bath & Body. In this combo, I was able to pick up this White Musk Voluptuous Velvet Body Butter for just $20 and then pick up a 100ml Wild Rose Hand Cream for FREE.

The individual travel sized products at The Body Shop are great for weekend getaways, as they only take up a tiny amount of space and should they on the off chance explode (which some of us have had the great misfortune to experience with much larger hair care products…) there won’t be that much product that actually gets on your clothes! Right now, you can pick these little guys up for just $5, or pick up three and only pay $10; meaning you could grab a shampoo, conditioner and lotion and be set for your weekends for just $10!

The Body Shop Canada will offer $5 shipping on standard orders that exceed $75, or you can always shop these deals in-store as well!

Click here to begin shopping the 70% off sale at The Body Shop Canada.

Sears Canada is having a hot mattress event on today in their warehouse sale, where the prices are so low, I had mistaken them at first for price errors – turns out, that contrary to the seemingly too good to be true prices, these are in fact the correct markdowns (mini hooray!). Mattresses in this sale have been marked down to up to 55% off the original price, bringing select king size mattresses to cost only $175.

The full list of discounted mattresses in this sale at Sears can be found here, but here is a brief preview of some of their better offers:

• Sealy Posturepedic ”Hepburn” Tight Top Mattress-now only $359-$764 for twin-king
• wholeHome/MD “Springbank” Box Spring-now only $200 for a Queen, or $150 for a King
• wholeHome/MD Sussex Euro Pillow Top Mattress-now only $849.99 for a Queen, or $1,099.99 for a King

Sleepsets are also being included in this mattress event going on at Sears, where you can pick up a king size Sealy ‘Vanita’ Firm-support Tight Top Sleep Set – Queen/King for just $175. Other great deals within this warehouse sale include:

• Springwall ‘Loretta’ Eurotop Sleep Set With Low-Profile 6” Posture Base, now only $699.99 for a Queen (was $1,199)
• Sealy Posturepedic PROBACK ‘Esslemont’ Eurotop Sleep Set, now only $799.99 for a Queen (was $1349.99)
• Sealy Posturepedic Lonmay Tight-Top Pocket-Coil Sleep Set, now only $899.99 for a Queen (was $1,799.99)

Additionally, when you spend over $100 or $200 on select sale merchandise, you can use your extra savings coupon to take an extra $20 or $50 off your total purchase! If you spend over $100, you should enter the promo code, 941612147, and if you spend over $200, you should enter the promo code, 941612154.

The sale prices on these mattresses and sleep sets are only going to be sticking around at Sears until January 15th, 2015 (though double check as some select items will be around at their advertised price until February).

Shipping and handling is free at Sears on orders over $99, however since mattresses and sleepsets are over-sized items they will not qualify for this free-shipping. I’d advise you to have it shipped to the store if you are able to pick it up, since the shipping and handling will only be $14.95 versus the $69.95 it would cost to have it shipped to your door.

Click here to begin shopping the mattresses at Sears hot mattress sale.

Check your e-mail this morning to find a wonderful Tuesday morning treat from the lovely people over at Starbucks Canada. If you are a member of the Starbucks Rewards Program, then you’ll have opted in to receive e-mailed customized promotions (or if you haven’t, go to your profile now and make sure you’ve selected to be e-mailed these promotions!) that give you awesome little perks and freebies that will vary depending on your card use and kind of beverages you consume.

For instance, in my offer this morning I received a promo that will give me 2 bonus stars on any handcrafted espresso beverage between January 13th-19th. However, I know there have also been offers sent out this morning that will give you instead 3 bonus stars for every handcrafted mocha you purchase between these dates also.

To my understanding, each Starbucks card’s offer will be different depending on what you’ve been e-mailed, so you will have to use your own registered Starbucks card to redeem the bonus stars. The dates for the bonus stars promo are all the same, running between January 13th-January 19th.

Click here to learn more about the Starbucks Rewards Program, or here to find the nearest retail location.

You’ll perhaps remember how we posted about this Tangerine deal a couple of weeks ago, but it’s such a great offer that we couldn’t resist putting it up again. Previously, the offer was supposed to expire back in December, but it has now been extended until March 31st, 2015. All you have to do earn your first free $50, is use a friend’s Orange Key and deposit $100 in your account and Tangerine will automatically deposit a bonus $50 into your account (normally, they give you a signing bonus of $25).

In addition to this signing bonus, for every person you refer to the program using your own Orange Key, you will receive an extra $50 deposited into your own account (that is if the people you refer also deposit $100 into their own account). And for the first 3 people you refer, you will also receive a $100 bonus, making a total of $250 for simply referring three people to Tangerine.

Click here to learn more about the Tangerine Refer-a-Friend program, or here to sign-up for a Tangerine bank account.

On those cold, chilly days that make you feel like the sun will never shine and shorts will never break out of their hibernation, you should check the temperature to see if you can possibly qualify for a half off hot chocolate from Second Cup Canada as they are currently offering this on certain days – depending on your location and the corresponding temperature.

If the temperature drops below minus 10 degrees Celsius in Alberta, Manitoba, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Ottawa you can claim your half off hot chocolate. For Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Prince George the temperature must drop below minus 5 degrees, and for the rest of British Columbia it must drop below 0 degrees.

Click here to find the nearest Second Cup Canada location to you.

Lancome Canada has a free shipping offer for when you purchase the new City Miracle CC Cream, an offer which you can redeem by punching in the promo code, CITYMIRACLE, at check out until January 17th at 11:59pm EST. Shipping and handling normally costs $6.95, and a bottle of this CC cream will run you just $46 – which may seem pretty steep, but you won’t need to apply very much of this daily foundation to keep your skin protected from the city’s elements.

The City Miracle CC Cream comes in three different shades (Beige Aurore, Peau de Peche, and Beige Dragee) and contains SPF 50 to protect your skin, while the CC cream works to automatically corrects the appearance of skin imperfections. You can also add on any extra items that you may regularly purchase from Lancome, as they too will be included with the free-shipping offer.

Click here to buy the City Miracle CC Cream from Lancom Canada online.