Burger King has released two new poutine creations!  Bacon (mmnnn bacon) poutine and Angry poutine!  The “angry” poutine has angry sauce, angry onions and jalapeno peppers.  I could use an angry poutine right about now.

Are you going to try any?

We buy a lot of produce in our house.

Where we buy it depends a lot on where we are when we need it though we always prefer the produce at our local farmers’ market and nearby farms.  Directly buying produce from our local farms yield the most amazing prices and makes for a fun outing.  We once bought a 30lb bag of apples for a Halloween party for $15. All of the apples were fresh, tasty and crisp.  More recently we bought 12 ears of corn for $2 from a roadside stand and it was delicious!

We have the benefit that our No Frills is frequently supplied by a local farm with the fruits and veggies that are in season and I am sure this is common at lots of your local grocery marts too.  This allows us to conveniently pick it up while we are at the grocery store and also support our local farmers.

It’s always a fun outing when we go to a farmers’ market.  They offer a wide variety of produce as well as fresh eggs (we happen live by an Amish community so we can get awesome eggs of any size by the double-dozen), breads, cheeses, jams and baked goods.  As there are always oddball shops at the market like used books, furniture and junk sales it also give us something extra to browse through.  While it is fun to look around it also makes us feel more like a part of our community.

As you may already know, a local bakery is a great place to pick up fresh bread, cookies, buns, donuts, etc.  Our bakery here makes the best donuts I have ever tasted!  They are SO good we sometimes buy from the day old rack.  While not as fresh as the ones baked today they are still quite good and save some extra money.  I have even brought home day old buns or breads that I managed to pick up for a good price and then froze them until I needed them.

Here are a few links to help you find a farmer’s market near you:

• http://www.farmersmarketscanada.ca
  
• http://www.farmersmarketsontario.com/
• http://www.traveltowellness.com/canada_farmers_markets

What are your thoughts on buying local?  Are you a one stop shopper or would you drive around a bit to get the fresh local produce?

Be on the watch for specially marked boxes of General Mills cereal where you can receive a coupon for FREE yogurt.  The coupon is good for one FREE tub of Yoplait, Source or Asana yogurt.  That’s a value of up to $4.77!

Coupon is available in specially marked boxes of cheerios, honey nut cheerios, banana nut cheerios, multigrain cheerios, apple cinnamon cheerios, reese puffs, nesquick, lucky charms, french toast crunch, cinnamon toast crunch, oatmeal crisp triple berry, oatmeal crisp raisin, oatmeal crisp maple nut, oatmeal crisp almond and oatmeal crisp vanilla alomond.

Remember to check your coupons at home for use on purchasing a box of cereal.

Chattem Canada has two coupons up for grabs.  Fill out the online forms and they will mail you coupons for $1.00 off Selsun Blue and $1.00 off Icy Hot.  Coupons should arrive in the mail within 2 weeks.  My wife used a lot of the Icy Hot when she had a back strain earlier this year.

Fill out the form for Icy Hot here to receive your coupon in the mail.

Fill out the form for Selsun Blue here to receive your coupon in the mail.

Aleve has a $1.50 off printable coupon available on their website.  I use this for my headaches and it works amazingly.  Click here to print out your coupon. Expires December 31st 2011.

Aleve is going on sale at Wal Mart this Friday September 30th for $6.97.  If you use your coupon you can get it for $5.47.

Living Well is offering a $5.00 off Tylenol Arthritis coupon.  Click here to go to livingwell.ca to select your province and get your coupon.  It is a printable coupon so you don’t have to wait for it to come in the mail.  Coupon is valid for Tylenol Arthritis 50 ct or higher.  Coupon expires December 31st, 2011.

Right now, Living Well is offering $5 off Nicorette, in either the Gum Handy Pack &/or Mini Lozenge format. Coupon expires December 31st, 2011.

Click here for Gum Handy Pack coupon.

Click here for Mini Lozenge coupon.

Coupons for kitchen staples like bread are always great. Websaver has a new $2 off coupon when you buy any 2 Wonderbread loaves. Wonderbread’s new campaign highlights the absence of additives and preservatives in their products. I’m actually eager to try and see if it tastes any different, as in “fresher” or more “natural” than the old Wonderbread. Unfortunately, this nifty little coupon is not available in Quebec.

Click here to go to Websaver.ca.

Here is a fantastic coupon from one of my favourite stores, Bath & Bodyworks. Get a free item of your choice (up to $12.50 value) with any $10 purchase. It expires on Oct. 2, 2011 so there’s plenty of time to make it in and shop their new collection of yummy fall scents. I was there yesterday and spent a good amount of time in the candles section. With scents like Homemade Cookie, Hot Chocolate, and Frosted Cupcake, it was heaven!

Click here to print your coupon.

Right now RW&CO is offering 20% off all outwear with a minimum purchase of $78 before taxes.

Included in this deal are:

• Coats / Jackets
• Hats
• Scarves
• Gloves

Shop today before the styles run out and that cold weather hits … brr!

How I Met Your Mother: Season 6 on DVD was released today, and can be had at Amazon.ca for $24.99.

Also on sale is the Ben-Hur 50th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition (DVD and Blu-Ray for $29.99/$39.99 respectively). And, up to 60% off select Blu-Ray movies and TV shows, including Planet Earth on Blu-Ray for $32.99 (getting ready for gift season, anyone?).

Many retailers are selling Pink items in their stores now in support of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.

Do you support by buying Pink? Making a donation yourself?

Zellers currently has many new Think Pink Items and 10% of the proceeds go to the Foundation. They offer everything from keychains to winter jackets. Click here to view Zellers Think Pink Items

What’s the coolest Pink item you’ve seen?

For me it’s the pink Drum Kit I recently spotted in my boyfriend’s Long & MacQuade flyer. It’s a set of Pearl Drums and it’s not only gorgeous but they will donate $200 for each kit purchased! Also, if you purchase the drum kit there’s a printable coupon for a FREE set of cymbals, a carrying bag and Vater sticks.

Click here to print your coupon

Right now H&M is hosting a fantastic mid-season sale with tons of pieces of Womens, Mens & Kids Clothing for only $7. I’ve shopped this sale before and stocked up on great layering pieces for the upcoming season.

You can’t really go wrong spending $7 so I hope you score some great deals!

Thanks couponlady

I find it pretty ironic that after living all my life in the same city, I have NEVER gotten a speeding ticket here. However, on that occasion that I do decide to venture downtown…BAM…speeding ticket central! It’s like one, giant welcome sign: Welcome to Toronto, here’s a ticket!

It’s pretty obvious what city is strapped for cash, but I digress.

Over the weekend, I got my second speeding ticket ever. I was exiting a long ramp, with multiple exits, cutting around a car with a shaky rear bike rack, when a cop motioned me to the shoulder. I had been a victim of a speed trap! 🙁

After the whole licence, registration, insurance spiel, the cop retreated back to his car I was soo livid since come Dec./Jan. my record will be wiped completely clean of my last speeding ticket. So when the officer re-approached my car, I had decided that I was going to put my pride aside and get my acting chops together. I was going to plead with him.

(Did you know?: Once you receive a speeding ticket, the next time your insurance is up for renewal, your rate goes up…for 3 whole years!!! So on top of wasting time going to court, paying your ticket + fees, you are ultimately being penalised for 3 years. Someone please tell me how this is fair! I understand if your rates shoots up as a result of a collision that is your fault, but we’re talking about a speeding ticket here.)

After asking if the officer would give me a break, he said aggressively, “No…I have already written it out!” So I’m not sure if this meant that I had a chance to plead my case with him before he officially logged the offence.

I know that talking your way out of a ticket is not an urban myth as my sister would do it all. the. time. So if you have experience in this field, how did you get out of a speeding ticket?

P.S. I cannot cry on cue!

Team Buy has an awesome group buy deal today. For $25 get $50 to spend at American Apparel online or in-store.