How Lucky Do You Feel?

It’s been a few months since we’ve seen a great sale at Banana Republic but for a brief three days (March 5-7), you can add to your wardrobe at a fraction of the cost at the Banana Republic Everybody Wins Sale! In store, you’ll receive an envelope that will let you receive either 25%, 35% or a whopping 50% OFF your entire purchase.

So, what pre-shopping rituals are you going to do to increase your chances at winning the Banana Republic 50% OFF envie??

Beauty of a Deal!

Right now, at Holt Renfrew, with any Estée Lauder purchase of $55 or more (before taxes), you’ll receive a fabulous deluxe FREE Spring gift, which includes:

• Re-Nutriv Ultimate Lifting Creme:15ml ultra deluxe 14-day supply
• Estée Lauder Signature Hydra Lustre Lipstick: full size lipstick in Apricot Sun
• Exclusive Eyeshadow Compact: 8 Coordinating Shades including Mocha Cup, Sand Box, Honey Drop, Amethyst, Cinnamon, Copper Penny, Ginger Drop and Tea Biscuit
• Double Wear Zero-Smudge Lengthening Mascara: 10-day supply in Black
• Estée Lauder Sensuous Eau de Parfum in a golden atomizer
• Luxurious Fashion Tote

…all gorgeous colours that will work very well from Spring right through the Summer!

**One per customer, while quantities last

  Click here to find a Holt Renfrew near you!

canadasnowboardclearance has posted this excellent Toronto deal in the Dealcetera forum!

Canada’s largest snowboard clearance show is coming to Toronto!

Save big on all men’s and women’s snowboards, boots, bindings, snowboard jackets, snowboard pants, accessories and shoes. Don’t miss out on the absolute lowest prices in the industry! Admission is FREE.

SAVE 50% - 70% OFF ALL 2010 GEAR

BUY NOW!!! **** RIDE NOW!!!

Burton, Forum, Nitro, Lib Tech, Rome, Thritytwo, K2, Ride, Electric… AND MORE!!

$39.99 ON ALL Vans, Etnies, eS, Emerica, DC, Adidas, Globe and Adio shoes!

All products are brand new and come with full manufacturer warranty.

**FREE ADMISSION**
Friday, February 26 Noon to 9pm
Saturday, February 27 10am to 8pm
Sunday, February 28 10am to 5pm

Location:
58B Fraser Avenue
Liberty Village
Toronto, ON

Get your shred on, Toronto!

The party continues in Vancouver!! And in the midst of all the Vancouver 2010 Olympic festivities, LUSH on Robson Street wants you to smell and feel nice!

Hit LUSH on Robson Street on Saturday, February 20, between 12 - 9 pm to take part in the festivities. While you’re there and while quantities last, buy $45 or more worth of Lush goodies and receive a limited edition Aura Suavis Shower Gel FREE! Smell the love!

But before you do that, be one of the first 50 to RSVP to the Lush Robson Street Party (email robson@lush.com or phone 604-687-5874), and get yourself a FREE Street Party Bath Bomb! Dat’s da bomb!

OK, bargain beauties, this sale’s da bomb! It’s time to buy at Bombshell Bargains!  Until February 16 and while quantities last, get 50% OFF everything! And with brands like Estee Lauder, Elizabeth Arden, Ralph Lauren, Clinique, Lancome, Cargo and Shiseido in their $10 Treats!, $15 Scent-sations!, $5 Finds!, 2 For 1 and Scratch & Dent Clearance sections, you won’t be able to do anything but explode with fantastic deals!

Be sure to use promo code VDAY2010 at checkout!

Click here to shop online at Bombshell Bargains!

Get 25% OFF regularly priced items during this one-day H2O+ sale!!

To get your 25% OFF your order, be sure to enter promo code 100222 at checkout!! Hurry! This deal ends at 12am, February 12th!! Limit of 10 per item. Valid towards regularly priced items.

PLUS! Spend $100 or more before taxes and your order ships FREE!

By Phone: On Thursday, February 11, shop by phone: place a phone order, please call 1.800.690.2284 M-F from 8:00 AM-6:00 PM.

In Store: To receive 25% OFF your in-store order, click here to print the emailer. You can find H2O+ at:

• 929 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC
• Eaton Centre, 1 Dundas Street West, Toronto, ON

Click here to shop online at H2O+!

On Saturday, February 13th, while quantities last, buy any wrapped gift over $40 and get a FREE massage bar (A $6.95-$11.45 value)! Just enter promo code VDaymassage10 at checkout!

You may be inclined to think Valentine’s Day gift for this deal, but consider the shipping time required! Get a head start on that next special occasion instead! Or check with Lush to see if this deal can be honoured in-store as well!

Click here on February 13 to buy wrapped gifts online at Lush!

Click here to find a Lush store near you!

Lovely! Step into Jacob before February 14, buy both a Jacob Eau Parfumee & Perfumed Body Cream and get a pretty cosmetics bag FREE!

Click here to find a Jacob near you!

Vancouver Snowboarders! You’re in luck! During the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, Grouse Mountain will be open 24/7!

And from February 12-28, from 8PM-6AM, you can ride the DC All-Nighter Grease Bus for FREE to and from Grouse Mountain! Key stops will be the Boardroom locations on West 4th Avenue and Lonsdale Ave, as well as Lonsdale Quay.

Not only do you get a FREE ride to and from your night of outdoor mayhem, but you’ll also be doing at least one act of green: This bus will not be running off of traditional gasoline. The DC All-Nighter Bus will run solely on soybean oil recycled from the Grouse Mountain kitchen. Named “Greasebus,” it is the first waste vegetable oil powered bus to provide riders with shuttle services to and from mountain resorts in North America. It outputs zero sulfur dioxide emissions, which is a major cause of acid rain!!

NOTE! There will be limited space on the bus and seating will be based on a first come, first serve basis.

Riders of the DC All-Nighter bus will have a chance to win a 2010-2011 season’s pass to Grouse Mountain, snowboards from DC and Boardroom gift certificates. Whoo Hoo!

Click here for detailed routes and schedules for the DC All-Nigher Grease Bus!

 H2O+ ♥s me? I ♥ H2O+! 

This is a really great deal from H2O+!! Not only do you receive FREE shipping and FREE samples (♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ FREE samples!!) when you spend $50 or more at h2oplus.com but they also have LOTS of products on sale up to 61% OFF!!

To get your FREE shipping & FREE samples, be sure to enter promo code VALENTINE at checkout!! Hurry! This deal ends February 8th!! 

Click here to shop online at H2O+!

The “Save More” Online offer is valid from Saturday, January 23 through to Sunday, January 24, 2010 and entitles customers to receive the following: (a) 15% off any purchases between $30 and $39.99; (b) 20% off any purchase between $40 and $49.99; and (c) 25% off any purchase of $50 or more. Products not eligible for purchase in connection with the Offer are gift cards and Love Your Body membership cards. The Offer cannot be combined with any other order level offers, discounts or coupons. Offer is not applicable to prior purchases. Valid only in Canada.

Click here to shop online at The Body Shop!

Don’t miss out on this exclusive Lancome.ca offer! Purchase this Lancome Collection, valued at $206, for only $47, when you purchase any other item at Lancome.ca! Just add this offer to your cart at checkout! But hurry, this is a limited time offer!

What’s Included:

• RÉNERGIE MICROLIFT R.A.R.E.^TM SPF 15: Superior Lifting Cream - 30 mL jar
• RÉNERGIE MICROLIFT EYE R.A.R.E.^TM: Superior Lifting Eye Cream - 7 mL jar
• GÉNIFIQUE: Youth activating concentrate - 15 mL tube
• COLOR DESIGN LIP: Sensational Effects Lipcolor - The New Pink
• OMBRE ABSOLUE Radiant Smoothing Eye-Shadow - She’s So Lovely, Amber Splendor, Golden Peach and Black Cuivre
• BLUSH SUBTIL POWDER BLUSH DUO - Aplum and Miel Glace
• LANCOME SIGNATURE TOTE

Nice! But to take full advantage of this offer, be sure to first:

• become a member of the My Lancome Club
• purchase at least $85 worth of merchandise

 and you’ll also receive FREE shipping and 2 FREE Lancome sample products!

Shop online at Lancome.ca now!

Friday, January 15th ONLY!!

Receive 12 deluxe-size beauty, fragrance and skin care products plus a two piece travel case (total $120 value!) FREE when you purchase $75 (before taxes) of cosmetics or fragrance!

Includes:

• Origins Modern Friction^TM 30 mL
• Clarins Beauty Flash Balm 15 mL
• StriVectin-SD® Intensive Concentrate 30 mL
• Biotherm Multi Recharge SPF 15 15 mL
• FREE M.A.C. invitation for a personal makeup consultation
• Plus more!
• Two-piece travel case

*One gift per customer please. While quantities last. Quantities are limited. Samples may vary.

Click here to find a Bay near you!

I hate to admit the age I was when I was came into possession of a very yummy smelling bar of tangerine soap and decided it smelled so much like a fresh, summery tangerine that it must absolutely taste like a fresh, summery tangerine.

It didn’t.

And I hate to admit that I’m kind of getting that urge to taste test the holiday bubble bars and bath bombs currently on sale at LUSH…(I strongly advise you NOT to taste test yummy smelling bath products—it’s not good for your health!).

But I do advise you to take advantage of these great Buy One, Get ONE FREE and Buy One, Get TWO FREE deals at LUSH!! But Hurry!! It looks like these deals may only be available until January 5th!! 

*From 6am (PST) December 26, 2009, buy any holiday item or soap and get two products of equal or lesser value free and/or buy a holiday pre-wrapped gift or a year round pre-wrapped gift and get one of equal or lesser value free. Offer applies only to holiday items, holiday retro products, soap, holiday pre-wrapped gifts, pre-wrapped year round gifts (made before December 1, 2009): all other products, Retro soaps, gift cards, and gift wrapping services are excluded. Offer limited to available inventory while supplies last. No promo code required. Customers will automatically be prompted to select free product (s) during the check out process. Maximum of 10 free items per order. We reserve the right to make substitutions for free products. No rainchecks. Product availability may vary over the course of the promotion. Offer limited to the web and phone orders only. Not valid for purchases in LUSH shops or prior purchases. All products eligible for the boxing day promotion will not be available for shipping until January 5, 2010. Only Standard shipping is available.

Click here to shop the online Holiday Sale at Lush!

Here’s just a small sample of the many, MANY amazing bath, body, skincare, gifts, makeup, fragrance and home fragrance deals available during The Body Shop’s up to 50% OFF Sale!

• Body Butters (Raspberry, Coconut, Almond, Papaya) - Regularly $20, On Sale for $10!
• Warm Amber Shimmer Body Lotion - Regularly $18, On Sale for $2!
• Body Scrub (Papaya, Mango, Coconut) - Regularly $10, On Sale for $2!

Wow!!!

Note:

•  No price adjustments on previous purchases
• All sales final
• All discounts will be reflected on your final credit card receipt that will arrive with your package

Click here to shop online at The Body Shop!

Banana Republic already has some amazing markdowns on so many items…this can only be a win for you!!

Click here to find a Banana Republic near you!

Boxing Day prices before Christmas!

Last month, Jacob treated us to 50% OFF select items. I hemmed (pun intended!) and hawed over a couple of very pretty, sparkly holiday pieces that were part of the sale. I would have loved to have added them to my wardrobe but as they weren’t essential pieces, I passed.

Now, Jacob has come out with an even better sale! Until December 24, 2009: up to 70% OFF select items! I don’t think I’ll be strong enough to pass if the skirt and sweater I was agonizing over have been marked down even further!

Have. No. Willpower.
Have. Been. Seduced. By. Sparklies.
Must.
Go.
To.
Jacob.

Click here to find a Jacob near you! I won’t be far behind!!

For all Windows 7, Vista and XP users, there are some great free software downloads available to you.

The first, is the Windows Live Essentials Suite.

It contains the new Windows Live Mail and Instant Messenger programs, as well as Photo Gallery, Movie Maker, Parental Controls and Writer (for blogging).

This software is now separate from the operating system (it would have likely come with Windows 7) due to anti-trust issues. If you are looking for the built in instant messenger or mail program for Windows 7, you won’t find one and will have to download Windows Live Essentials to get the latest Windows versions of these products.

If you don’t have Windows 7, no problem, as t is worth a look by users of all three operating systems.

Head over to http://www.download.live.com/ to grab a copy. Don’t forget, you can pick and choose which items you wish to install.

The next piece of software worth a look is Microsoft Security Essentials. A free virus, malware and spyware solution from Microsoft. If you are tired of paying a yearly subscription for anti-virus, or are just plain dissasitisfied with your current provider, it’s worth a look.

Microsoft Security Essentials can be downloaded from: http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/

Lastly, if you are looking for a little extra protection to defend against spyware, look no further than to Microsoft Windows Defender. Microsoft’s free solution to combat spyware. This product will work with your existing anti-virus solution and provide you with that extra bit of additional protection you may just need. It generally works well with other security solutions, but if you do already have built-in spyware protection, you may want to test the compatibility of Windows Defender. You need to remember, running two spyware products, much like running any security software of the same type, at the same time, can cause issues.

Note: Windows 7 comes with Windows Defender already installed.

Microsoft Windows Defender can be downloaded from: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx

Bulk Barn Canada has 2 coupons for $3 dollars off  $12 on the front of their most current flyer. Don’t have the flyer or recieve one? Pick  one up in store, request the discount without a flyer. I don’t get the flyer in the flyer bags but it does come in my local paper.

Click here for the Bulk Barn site.

* Coupon may not be used in conjuction with senior or student discount.

Want to  try Calvin Klein’s new men’s fragrance CKFree?  If you do sign up quick and receive 12 FREE vial-on-card samples from Matchstick! Only the first 3,000 registrants will receive this exclusive ckfree for men sample! Don’t delay sign up today!

Click here

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