Rickis has revamped their Fashion and Friends club.  If you haven’t received an offer lately I recommend signing up again.

Join and you’ll receive…

a welcome offer – emailed to you upon sign up

members only invitations to special shopping events throughout the year

a birthday bonus – emailed to you in your birthday month

a chance to win your purchase when you swipe your member card – there’s a winner every week!

mystery offers – sent directly to our email members only

first notice for special promotions, time limited offers, and sales

No purchase necessary to join. By providing your information on this card, you are signing up to join Fashion & Friends. By offering communications consent, you are agreeing to the use and disclosure of your personal information for the purpose of receiving invitations, email announcements, and other promotional and marketing communications from Ricki’s (Comark Inc.) in accordance with our privacy statement, a copy of which is located online at rickis.com. Swipe your Fashion & Friends ID at time of purchase a minimum of once every 12 months, and we will continue to send communications to you based on your communication preferences and consent provided. To receive Fashion & Friends emails from Ricki’s to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), add [email protected] to your address book or safe sender list.

 Click here to sign up.

Did you know that our awesome member Jeniana has been keeping a list of all the current mail in rebates for years?

All the current mail in rebates are listed in one place on our forum.  If your looking for a form, or have extras this is the place for you!

Click here for the mail in rebate section.

To celebrate the Canada Day Long Weekend, American Apparel is offering FREE SHIPPING ’til July 1st. Simply enter the promo code FREESHIP712 upon checkout.

Click here to start your shopping. Don’t forget to scour the sale section for further discounts!

To celebrate Canada day celebrations Bombay is offering no taxes on all items thru July 2nd, and savings up to 50% off.  See store for holiday hours.

Click here to find a location near you.

Thanks Couponlady for the awesome post.

Fallen Pixels has put together another great list for all our loyal readers.

Click here to view.

Odd duck has done another fantastic job posting this weeks baby deals to go with flyer savings.

Click here to view the full list on the forum.

Just a quick remember that the Old Navy One Day Wonder is coming up on Saturday.

$1 basic flip flops for the family, while supplies last.

If you missed your chance to score one of these coupons the first time ’round, don’t fret ’cause Save.ca is offering it again!

When you click here to reserve your coupon for a FREE box of either Nature Valley’s Granola Thins, Fibre 1 Brownies (yummers!), or Fibre 1 100 Calories bar. Coupon is valid for one-day only, July 24th, so use it or lose it. 😉

So order coupon before it goes away again!

***Update: Changed the link directly to Save.ca as there were issues with the Facebook page!***

If you make use of the coupons as regularly featured by Living Well, you may want to check out their new coupons! Discounts include:
– $3 Off Benadryl Allergy
– $3 Off Children’s/Infant’s Tylenol
– $3 Off Extra Strength Reactine
– the usual Nicoderm/Nicorette, & more!

Click here to check them out and have your printers ready!

Right now, Oasis juices are offering a coupon booklet to save you $3 off your next purchase! I’m pretty sure that this offer is the same one that I just received in the mail, that has 4 coupons in total, each saving you $0.75. 🙂

Just last night I used it on an Oasis Smoothie, on sale at Walmart for $3 – $0.75 = $2.25, NOT BAD!

So click here, onto their Facebook page, fill out your details to get your coupon booklet.

Btw, if you’ve already ordered these coupons, you cannot order them again…unless it’s to another mailing address!

The kids get the summer off and Ikea is offering you up to 50% off.  While I don’t think it’s a fair trade there are some good deals. The sale runs thru July 8th.

Patty Smyth has been kind enough to post the flyer on our forum.

Click here to view the flyer on our forum.

Anne D has a great list so far for this weeks flyers.  While the main part is generally added on Thursdays i’m posting it a tad early since I am swamped tomorrow.

Click here to view the list so far.

Forever 21 is offering buy one get one free on sale items thru July 1st.  They have lots of styles to choose from.

Click here to check out the sale online.

The Samsung Galaxy S3 has been released in Canada!  Have you checked them out yet? I have the S2 and just love it.  We have a Blackberry, and an iphone and I prefer my Sammy overall.  The S3 looks very sharp and I have a feeling it will sell out quickly.  Most stores are offering it on a three year contract for $159.99.

The Samsung Galaxy S III™ takes sharing seriously, making moving things around a snap, whether it’s from person to person, to groups, or pulling and pushing your content to and from anywhere. S Beam is a name you’ll get to love, letting you “beam” large files–like pictures, movies, and music–quickly and easily just by tapping your Galaxy S III with another Galaxy S III. Group cast lets you do the same thing with presentations, PDFs, and pictures, from one Galaxy S III to a whole group of smartphones with ease. And All Share Play is Samsung’s DLNA-compliant technology that lets you stream almost anything across your home network to or from your phone. Simply put: it’s sharing done right. (to continue reading click)
Click here to check out the S3 on Futureshop.ca

Is this you in the Spring/Summer/early-Fall? Well, this was me, only wearing less clothes, on Father’s Day weekend on an attempt to mow my parents’ just-under-1-acre property…after months of overgrowth. 🙁  And because the lawn hadn’t been tended to in so long, cutting the grass was more like light-forestry!  I kid you not.

(Condo/Apartment dwellers, the next time you dole out those maintenance fees, just think of those who live in houses with lotsa green space.)

Personally, although I can appreciate a nice lawn, I’m not one for gardening or landscaping.  Nor do I really understand the whole mentality of “keeping up with the Joneses” by making sure everything looks nicely manicured from the outside.  However, at least in my neighbourhood, many households seem to care as they hire landscaping companies to do the “heavy lifting”.

I do not have any experience in dealing with landscaping companies, but I can imagine that their services do not come cheap!

So Smart Canuckers, for those of you who live in houses, how do you maintain your lawn:  DIY or pay someone else to do it?

Btw, where are those teenagers who offer lawn mowing services at cut-rate prices?