Today we continue the Smart Canucks tradition of counting down till Christmas. Each day we’ll post about something interesting. It may be a classic Christmas song, shopping tips, ideas, stories, articles or anything fun and exciting!
If you’re a blogger you can get to write for one of the countdown days on Smart Canucks and also link to your blog. If you’re interested and have a creative idea please email me at smartcanucks {att} gmail com.
Threadless is have their Annual Holiday Sale right now, with dozens of great designs going as low as $5. For those of you not in the know, Threadless is a T-Shirt site with designs submitted by independent users. The designs are then voted on by the community and the cream of the crop make their way to the store on the site.
It’s probably my favorite place for shirts and yet I’ve never bought a one from there. Probably because clothes are always a tough purchase for me to justify. Let’s face facts — I’m a geek, and t-shirts aren’t electronics. Still — I’ve turned enough people on to them that it’s lead to me seeing a number of these in person, and they’re always of fantastic quality. They even have shirts in kids sizes. You can find something truly original for everyone on your Christmas list — hopefully for less than $5 — at threadless.com.
Featured Blog: Glimpse
Run by two moms with a love for Canadian parenting products, Glimpse offers reviews and giveaways on Canadian-made products that will appeal to moms and kids alike. Everything from cloth diapers to chemical-free soaps are reviewed. It’s a great resource for those of you looking to shop Canadian, and it seems as though there’s almost always a giveaway going on!
A blog featuring Canadian products is a great idea and I’m glad to see that it’s turned out so well. My only complaint is that all of the products featured relate to parents and parenting — I’d love to see a companion site that showcased a variety of products that are Canadian made! After all – who doesn’t want an Ookpik review?
Another week, another round of celebrities bent out of shape with the big M. Last time it was Paul McCartney and his anger over some Beatles pictures hanging in a Liverpool McDonald’s. This time? Devo’s looking to crack that whip over a Happy Meal toy that bears a striking resemblance to their lost plastic bandmate.
“This New Wave Nigel doll that they’ve created is just a complete Devo rip-off and the red hat is exactly the red hat that I designed, and it’s copyrighted and trademarked,” says bass player Gerald Casale. The song the toy plays, says Casale, also sounds strikingly like a Devo tune.
New Wave Nigel was part of the American Idol line of Happy Meal toys that were available in the US earlier this year. He was joined by other anthropomorphizations of music genres like Disco Dave and Soulful Selma. “They didn’t ask us anything. Plus, we don’t like McDonald’s, and we don’t like American Idol, so we’re doubly offended.”
Lawsuit is underway. Unlike the McCartney thing, I think they’ve got a pretty solid reasion for being bent out of shape over this one.
Lone Star Texas Grill, one of my favourite restaurants, has a coupon for $10 off a minimum food purchase of $35 😀 . Coupon is valid at all Ontario Lone Star locations.
I’m getting hungry just thinking of their sizzling fajitas Mmmm.
Coupon expires December 4, 2008.
Click here to print this Lone Star Texas Grill Ontario coupon
Thanks Missy for suggesting this freebie 😀
Complete a short survey at “Take Your Butt Outside” and get a coupon for a free help kit that you can pick up from a Jean-Coutu pharmacy.
Click here to register and get your coupon for a free help kit at Jean Coutu
Mark’s Work Wearhouse Canada is having a Friends & Family Night Sale. On Saturday November 29th 2008, 5PM until closing Save 20% on everything storewide. Some stores open until 11pm, check local store for hours of operation. Stores in Quebec and New Brunswick will host the event from store open to close.
Click here for details on this Mark’s Canada Friends & Family Sale
Click here for Mark’s Canada store locations
Receive 50% off the CN Tower’s best value ticket, the Total Tower Experience. Ticket must be purchased on site and cannot be combined with any other offer. The Total Tower Experience regular ticket price is $32.99. So using this 50% off coupon you’d get it for $16.50. Total Tower Experience includes the following:
Coupon expires January 4, 2008.
Click here to print this Toronto CN Tower coupon
The second coupon entitles you to a free gift when you spend $12 or more at the CN Tower Retail Store. They don’t mention what the gift is. Any ideas?
Coupon expires January 4, 2008.
Click here to print this Toronto CN Tower coupon
Life’s Lessons has a coupon booklet at many Canadian stores. These coupons usually have long expiry dates and are high quality coupons in general. The booklet has coupons for daily use products such as:
You can find the coupons at many Canadian stores including:
If you come across the Life’s Lessons Canadian Coupons Booklet please let us know where you found it to help other Smart Canuckers get it too 😀
Receive a Sunglass Hut Canada Care Kit and Visor Clip with in-store purchase of $15 or more.
This coupon must be presented at time of purchase. Redeemable at any Sunglass Hut store in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico. One gift per person per transaction. Not valid with sale items, other coupons, discounts or promotional offers, Internet orders, gift card purchase, returns or exchanges. Select styles and colors.
Coupon expires November 30th, 2008
Click here to print this Sunglass Hut Canada coupon
Apparently you can now download content on Xbox Live that used to be given out with access codes.
This information was posted on Slickdeals.
Now that the marketplace is on the internet, and no longer confined to the 360, I think it is possible for everyone to download content that used to be given out with access codes. For example, I have the Call of Duty: World at War “Day 1 Tactical Edge” downloaded to my 360. I used a code from GameStop to get it. But, since the marketplace is available to everyone, everyone can download it!
- Call of Duty: World at War “Day 1 Tactical Edge
- Banjo-Kazooie: You can download the game before the official release date of Dec. 6th
- FirstWar Enlistment Pack: for EndWar game
- Cod4 Prestige picture pack
- Luminies Live – Heavenly Star Skin
- Breeze Skin
- Gold-Plated Lancer Assault Rifle for Gears of War 2
- Gears of War 2 Theme (from gamestop)
- Test Drive Unlimited cars – Lamborghini Gallardo Coupe
- Pagani Zonda C12S Roadster + McLaren F1
- The Last Remnant preorder extras. Cost 100 mspoints (still, something you can’t get otherwise)
- Bungie Day ’07 Theme
- Bungie Day ’07 Picture Pack
Thanks christine17 and 544282882 for posting this freebie in the Canadian Freebies & Samples section
Receive a free Crystal Light Pedometer and Crystal Light sample sticks from The Shoe Company. No Purchase Necessary! Limit 4 per family while quantities last.
Ava liable in Ontario now and all stores across Canada on November 26, 2008.
Click here to print the coupon for your Shoe Company freebie
Click here for The Shoe Company store locations
Thanks couponlady for posting about this Sportcheck event in the Canadian Shopping Deals and Flyers section
Sportchek is having Friends and Family event on November 26th and 27th, 2008. You will get a discount of:
This coupon is posted on the Student Price Card SPC’s website however the coupon does not say that an SPC card is needed.
Click here to print this SportChek Canada Friends & Family Sale coupon
Click here for SportChek Canada store locations
Thanks couponlady, Arch_Dandy & courtreporter for as usual posting this week’s flyer deals in the Canadian Deals Section
Reminder of useful links:
And here are this week’s flyer deals (Nov 21 – 27, 2008):
The wonderful Smart Canucks forum members have been posting hot deals too:
You can also visit the Canadian Hot Deals Forum to keep track of other good deals.
The reception to our caption challenges thus far has been amazing! Thanks to everyone for participating!
This week I thought it might be fun to take a look at a meeting of the minds …between furry lovable Elmo and the Dark Lord of the Sith.
Get on your caption hats, folks!
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