My shopping tonight...

My shopping trip tonight was pretty inexpensive (well, except for the tax).

Natural Instincts hair color $9.97 paid $0 (FPC)
Always Infinity $4.98 paid $0 (FPC)
Pure Protein bar $1.67 paid $0 (FPC)

Travel size Dove Shampoo & Conditioner 4 x $1.57 = $6.28 paid $2.28 ($2.00 when you buy any 2)
Travel size LaCoupe hairspray & mousse 4 x $1.66 = $6.64 paid $0 ($1.36 overage) (used 4 x $2 off any LaCoupe)
Gillette body wash 3 x $2.00 each paid $1.00 (used a $5.00 off when you buy 3)
Oasis juice $1.00 paid .50 cents (used 50cent off coupon from coupons.ca)
and not pictured, 1L coffee cream (10%) for $2.50

Sub total $5.02
Taxes :( $4.58
for a Grand Total of $9.85

All in all, not a bad trip!!

Been awhile

It's been a while since I've updated. Canada Post is no longer on strike, so I've been playing catch-up with mail. The items I've received over the last bit include:
- Coppertone Beach bag
- Always samplers
- Garnier (full size) Anti Wrinkle cream
- Olay (full size) pore minimizer scrub/cleanser
- A. Vogel sample - Herbamare herb and vegetable sea salt
- Biotherm Aquasource sample
tons of coupons including FPC for Always, Saybon candy, Dr. Oetker Sherrif Mousse.

I also have a bunch of coupons that expire of the next few weeks (18th, 21st, 31st of July). Some of these coupons, I probably won't use so, I think the coupon fairy will be leaving these coupons on or near product in a store(s) this weekend.

Happy Shopping!

Shopping, Shopping, Shopping

I took a trip to the Dollarama tonight, I wasn't happy with how I had my coupons organized in a small filing folder, so, I splurged and purchased everything I'd need to set up a binder. For a total of $9.20 I purchased a zipper binder ($2), 4 packages of baseball card holders ($1 each), a package of full sheet pockets ($1) and a package of index dividers ($1). So, for under $10 I now have a fancy smanchy coupon binder!!


After I left Dollarama, I went across the street to Walmart (with competitors flyers in hand in case I needed to price match anything). Here's what I picked up tonight:
3 x Quantim Finish Starter kits (clearance @$6) used 3x $6 off = $0
2 x Schweppes Ginger Ale ($1.50 each) used 2 x $1.00 off = .50 each plus .10 deposit total: $1.20
1x Scrubbing Bubbles Extended Clean ($8.47) used $5.00 off = $3.47
1x Pure Protein bar ($1.67) used the FPC that was in either SmartSource or Red Plum = $0


My grand total for $36.01 (including tax) worth of merchandise ended up being $9.34 for a grand total of 75% savings...not too bad

Rib Rub...Rib Rub...

Say that 3 times fast!! I mixed up some batches of rib rub yesterday, a sweet rub (on the left) and a spicy rub (on the right). I located recipes on www.meat-smoking.com....and I altered them slightly...
Currently, there are two racks of side ribs in the fridge with one rubbed in the spicy and another rubbed in the sweet - will be interesting to see how they turn out! If this damn rain would go away so I don't get soaked BBQing them!







Recipes:

Sweet Dry Rub for Ribs

6 tablespoons brown sugar
3 tablespoons paprika
3 tablespoons salt
3 tablespoons ground black pepper
2 teaspoon garlic powder
2 teaspoon mustard powder

I pretty much followed this recipe to a T - doubled the batch so I had additional rub on hand for the next time. I did use a mix of 'regular' paprika and smoked paprika in this one.

Spicy Dry Rub for Ribs

6 tablespoons paprika
3 tablespoons salt
3 teaspoons ground black pepper
2 teaspoon garlic powder
2 teaspoons Onion Powder
1 teaspoon Cayenne pepper
use Habanero peppers or for more flavour Chipotle peppers (dried & smoked jalapeno peppers) to add real heat

I didn't have cayenne pepper, and thought I had picked up some chipotle powder, but, it must have fallen through the rails of the shopping cart, so I used chili powder (just a touch) in its place.

Will be interesting to see how they turn out - nothing like making your family guinea pigs!!

Great Mail Day Today!

It was a good mail day today!

The photo here shows all that came in the mail, as well as some freebies from Superstore last night.



Today I received my Mario Badescu samples, which were:
- healing & soothing mask
- collagen moisturizer
- drying cream
- special cucumber lotion
- dermonectin eye cream
- enzyme cleansing gel

There were two other items listed in my recommended products, but, the samples weren't available - which is too bad. They were the buffering lotion and drying lotion. I can't wait to try the samples - THANK YOU Mario Badescu!!

Also in the mail today was the P&G/Costco Brandsampler. Here's what came:
- Febreeze to go (travel size)
- Herbal essences 'body envy' travel size shampoo and conditioner
- Cascade All in 1 (2 in package)
- Tide with ActiLift (one load sample)
- Tampax Pearl tampons
- Always Infinity pad
- Olay 2 in 1 facial cloth

Also in the picture were some freebies picked up at Superstore last night:
- Skinny Cow individual serving size tubs
- Nestle Chocolate Milk with less sugar
- Triscuit crackers (parmesan and garlic flavour)
- Wonder + hot dog buns (they weren't free, but, on sale for .99, used my .75 coupon - paid only .24 cents for those)

Also, I have to make a run to the Purolator depot tomorrow to pick up my package from Nielsen Homescan scanner - I hope this won't end up being too much of a pain....if it is, I'll send it back.

Envelope from Save.ca came as well:
- $1 off Activia yogurt
- $1 off Majesta bathroom tissue
- $1 off Kraft singles
- $1 off Cheez Whiz
- $1 off Jalapeno Tex-mex Cheez Whiz
- $1 off any Cool Whip product
- $1.50 off Nabob coffee

Happy Friday everyone!

Cheap Camera - Good Brand

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