Wednesday – Saturday, December 20 – 23, 2006

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Sorry everyone for my sudden absence… I was extremely busy these last couple of days. I’m glad JimmyCanuck kept you entertained with his enjoyable posts. Thanks Jim!

As Jim promised, we’ll be brining you the latest deals and greatest ideas for the last few days before Christmas 🙂

[We’re in the last week before Christmas, and everyday until that very last minute we here at SmartCanucks will be bringing you some great but obscure gift ideas for that special someone]

Have an injury-prone friend? How about a breakfast-prone one? There’s no better way to cover up those bacon splatter burns than with Bacon and Egg bandages! Amazingly, this is the third time in my life I’ve blogged about bacon-related bandaging (nothing cauterizes a wound like pork!) But hey – fun bandages don’t always have to be about Dora and Care Bears you know. At $6.50 a tin, these make an excellent stocking stuff for anyone on your list.

Bacon and Eggs Bandages are available from the Canadian site Absolutely Fabulous.

[We’re in the last week before Christmas, and everyday until that very last minute we here at SmartCanucks will be bringing you some great but obscure gift ideas for that special someone]

Homer J. Simpson – Man, myth, and now …mouse! Everyone has at least one Simpsons fanatic in their circle of friends, and I can’t think of any better way to bring them some yuletide cheer than with a half-naked Homer floating around in a pool of blue water. In addition to its Simpsons-related coolness, the Floating Homer mouse isn’t lacking in any of your standard expectations – it’s a 2-button mouse with a scroll wheel, and it’s optical rather than antiquated. Not too shabby for a $17 USD price tag.

The Floating Homer J. Simpson mouse is available from USBGeek.com.

I don’t know about you, but I hate iTunes. And I mean HATE. I find it so unfriendly, so slow – in my books, it’s an absolute nightmare. But that hasn’t stopped me from wanting an iPod. As much as I hate to admit it there’s still nothing better out there than Apple’s little white pocket pal. Thanks to MGTEK there’s finally some hope for folks like me. So if you’re putting an iPod in someones stocking this year, why not tell them about Dopsip? It’s a Windows Media Player plug-in that will allow WMP11 to recognize the iPod just like it would any other portable music playing device.

Dopisp does have one limitation though, and depending on how you acquire your music it might be a real stick in the mud. Dopsip can’t sync any music with DRM protection, which means that if you’ve purchased music from the iTunes Store you won’t be able to sync it through Dopisp.

If you’re interested in Dopsip, I’d suggest getting it right away. It’s not available for purchase yet, but it is available for free as a two month evaluation copy. Give it a shot and let us know what you think!

Click here to visit the Dopisp site and download the free evaluation copy.

I’ll be updating this list throughout the weekend so stay tuned

The Real Canadian Superstore
Everything in-store is Tax Free! at the Real Canadian Superstore (Ontario only)
Click here to read the Real Canadian Superstore flyer

A&P/Dominion
TROPICANA Pure Premium Orange Juice $2.49
BREYERS Classic Ice Cream $2.49
PILLSBURY Crescent Rolls $1.29
BUTTERBALL OR MASTER CHOICE Basted Turkey $1.99/lb
7X Air miles when you spend $70 or more

Click here to read the A&P Dominion flyer

No Frills
CHICKEN BREAST bone in, skin on $1.97/lb. $4.34/kg.
COKE, SPRITE OR CANADA DRY selected varieties 20 x 355 ml $3.97
NESTLE LOADED ICE CREAM selected varieties 1 L $1.97
MCCAIN PIZZA PREMIÈRE frozen, pepperoni or deluxe 700 – 736 g $2.99 WAS $4.99

Click here to read the No Frills flyer

Canadian Tire
Spend $40 or more on December 16 or 17, 2006 (including gift cards) and receive a free $10 gift card good on merchandise purchased on December 26 – 31 in store and in gas bar.

17 piece Magic Bullet $69.99 $39.99
Play-Doh Fun Factory $24.99 $9.99
Play-Doh Molding Mania $24.99 $7.49
90 piece Mega Blocks in a bucket 50% off
Magnetix system to build fun shapes and characters 50% off
Heated seat cushion for your car $34.99 $9.99
19″ collapsible rolling luggage $29.99 $9.99
Trophy roasted salted cashews, 275g $4.99 $2.99
Insulated travel mug and tumbler set $16.99 $4.99
25% off on NHL embroidered jerseys, caps, and tshirts $74.99 $11.99 and $99.99 $15.99
Dr. Scholl’s Foot Spa with bubbles $49.99 $24.99

Click here to read Canadian Tire’s flyer

The Bay
This weekend only, Fri, Sat, & Sun, Dec 15th-17th
Scratch & Save on all regular & sale priced items storewide!

Huge savings:

Click here to read The Bay’s flyer

Thanks to global warming many of us here in the Great White North have been able to stave off the cold for a few weeks longer than we’re used to. As we creep closer to January though, it’s good to be prepared for the winter weather that awaits us and the high heating bills that come with it. The Ontario Ministry of Energy has put together a handy energy saving guide titled “Conserve Energy and Save Money.” Not only does it offer a number of handy tips for reducing your heating costs this winter, but it’ll give you some other environmentally friendly money saving tips that you can use all year round.

Heating-related highlights include;

• Use area rugs on cold floors – if your feet are cold, your body will feel cold.
• Clean or replace the air filter on your furnace every month to improve efficiency.
• If you feel cool, put on a sweater rather than simply turning up the thermostat.

You can check out the online version of the guide here, or you can order a print version here.

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Get:
$10 off $100
$25 off $250
$50 off $500
Click here to get your Best Buy coupon codes

Skype is offering a great deal on PC-to-Phone calls:

Unlimited Calling gives you a full year of unlimited calls to anyone, on any phone, within the US and Canada for just USD $14.95 = $1.25/month
($29.95 after January 31st 2007

With the unlimited you get:

– 12 months of unlimited calls to any phone in the US and Canada – right from your computer.
– More than an hour of international calls.
– Over $50 in coupons to get a Motorola headset, Netgear WiFi phone, and a Polycom speakerphone.

Let me clarify a few points:

Who is this promo for?

Who isn’t this promo for?

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Hi everyone! As the latest addition to the editorial staff here at SmartCanucks I thought I should take a few moments to introduce myself. Many of you already know me and my antics – I’ve been a pretty active member in the SmartCanucks forums on and off for the past year. For those of you that aren’t familiar, let me take a moment to introduce myself. My name’s jimmycanuck, and I’m a blogoholic. 😉

I’m a father to a soon-to-be two year old daughter and a husband to a soon-to-be mother of two. I’m a student with Athabasca University and an avid gamer. But most importantly, I’m an active blogger finding himself more and more active by the day. In addition to my exciting new role here at SmartCanucks, I’m a regular contributor with the gaming blog bits bytes pixels and sprites and the primary contributor to the pop culture blog flotsam/jetsam which should be relaunching in the Spring of 2007.

I’m a busy guy, and life just keeps getting busier. I’m looking forward to becoming an active contributor here at SmartCanucks, and hopefully you’ll all come to know and love my irreverent sense of humour the seemingly random selection of topics I’ll bring to the table.

Purchase a Costco Gold Star Membership and enter GSWEB in the coupon field during checkout. You will be mailed a $10 Costco Cash card. Gold Star Membership is $55 per year (plus applicable taxes) and includes a FREE Spouse card. This offer is valid for a new Costco membership only and expires January 14, 2007. A Spouse refers to either a spouse or a family member 18 years of age or older living at the same address.

More details at Costco’s website

H&M is having a special item at a special price from today until December 24, 2006. You can find the deal for each day at H&M’s website
Here are the ones for the next few days:

More details at H&M Canada’s website