Weekly coupon/flyer deals!

It's that time of the week again! The coupon flyer deal is up on the Smart Canucks, website. For those of you that may not know what this is, it's a list that the amazing people at Smart Canucks compile with all the great deals out there. It is also updated through out the next few days. It's a great resource and the list also has a "printable" coupons click. Click on the link below and check out what is happening this week!


Weekly Deals May20th -27th

Happy Savings!
Miss Savings Girl!

Coleman Sale

This summer, we are going camping with a few couples from work. I am not a camper. I have nothing, nada, zilch of camping equipment.  My boyfriend on the other hand would rather sleep under the stars, literally!  At the moment we have to buy camping gear and I noticed this great sale happening next weekend at the Coleman warehouse. According to the flyer found on their website Coleman Canada items are reduced up to 80%. 

WHEN:
Friday May 13TH, 2011 - 3:00PM TO 9:00PM
Saturday May 14TH, 2011, 9:00AM TO 5:00PM
WHERE:
20 Hereford Street Unit B
Brampton ON
L6Y 0M1


I am definetly going to check this sale out!

Happy Savings!
Miss Savings Girl

My deals this weekend! Can you say FREE!!

I am thinking that more and more people are using coupons these days! I went out to do my shopping this weekend and noticed that a lot of the items that were on sale and had coupons that one could increase their savings were gone! Example the Walmart that I went to was all out of the $1.48 Ziploc Evolve Sandwich Bags - so I am hoping they get more in before the sale is done (FYI when you use the right@home coupon B2 get $4 off would make them free).   But I did end up getting some great deals

1. Glade Sense and Spray (websaver coupon) FREE
2. Vector Cereal  (SAVE special deal coupon) FREE
3. 3 travel size St. Yves Facial Scrub ($1.00 tear pad coupon) FREE
4. Case of Diet Gingerale (courtesy of the nice woman I met last weekend) FREE
5. Asana yogurt (Facebook coupon) FREE

At the check out, the cashier told me that she had a lot of people using coupons this weekend! I think that is great, its all about saving where you can. Keep using those coupons, they are just like cash, would you throw out a $20 bill?

Don't forget about my $100 worth of coupons contest! CLICK HERE for more information!  


Happy Savings! 
Miss Savings Girl!




 

The Clearance Rack

I love Shoppers! What Canadian girl doesn’t? I remember when I was younger and working as a waitress in Scarborough. Every week after my Friday night shift, I would stop at the SDM located at Kennedy and Eglinton and buy myself a little treat. There is something inside me that gets giddy when I walk up and down the aisles. I could spend hours just looking, touching and smelling.   I am sure that many of you can understand the soothing, relaxing, meditative affects that a leisurely walk down the drug store aisles has.

One of the best things in SDM is the clearance shelf. It’s usually located at the back of the store (sometimes there are two) that is where you find some great things on sale, and that is a place where you can MAXIMIZE your coupon savings!  Great example of a STEAL this weekend, I went out to my local shoppers yesterday and headed to the clearance rack, and I saw Garnier Ultra Lift anti-wrinkle firming serum for $6.00! This stuff is usually closer to $20.00. I grabbed 2 bottles and my coupon B2G$10 off, and once all was said and down the total cost to me - $1 each! 

So the moral of the story is simple, always have your coupons ready and always look at the clearance rack, you never know what you can get for almost FREE! Now if only I could remember to use my optimum card!

Happy Savings!

Miss Savings Girl!

LOOK WHAT I GOT IN THE MAIL TODAY!

A few weeks ago, Proctor and Gamble was offering two brandsamplers; one for men and one women.  Well the one I ordered for my boyfriend came in the mail today!

Although the offer to order your own brandsampler  has expired for the time being, check back in the next few weeks, because I am sure they will have a new one available for the summer!

You can always book mark the page if you want to check it out for yourself BRAND SAMPLER MEN

Also don't forget about my coupon contest, CLICK HERE to take a look at what I am giving away!
For a recap here is how you can enter:

May 5th and running until May 15th, you could earn the following:
One entry clicking "LIKE" on my Facebook page Miss Saving Girl Facebook
One entry for following me on Twitter Miss Savings Girl Twitter
One entry for each unique retweet of Miss Savings Girl Tweet
One entry for each unique comment on my Facebook wall Miss Saving Girl Facebook wall
One entry for each unique comment on my blog  Miss Savings Girl Blog
Two entries for following the Miss Savings Girl Blog

On Tuesday May 17th I will post the winner!


Happy Savings!
Miss Savings Girl! 

5 Cents for a COKE!

Coca-cola is kicking it old school style! Came home and found a great deal in my in box, for their 125th birthday  May 7th, you can get one 414ml coke for only 5 Cents! Only one per customer, so print off the coupon below (right click and save to your hard drive) and head out to your local Macs store and enjoy your free coke!

REMINDER!!! Proctor and Gamble sale starting SATURDAY!

Just a reminder to all my Miss Savings Girl fans, The P&G sale is starting this Saturday at 11am. This is a great sale that happens a few times a year. They have a HUGE variety of P&G product at amazing discounted prices and 100% of the proceeds are donated to The United Way!

They sell diapers, beauty products, makeup, household cleaners, laundry detergent and usually some small household appliances

Where: 
International Center 6900 Airport Rd, Mississauga– Hall 6
When:
Saturday May 7th 11am - 7pm
Sunday May 8th 10am - 4pm

I have heard from others that this is a sale not to miss!!

Happy Savings,
Miss Savings Girl!

Where to find coupons in Canada

You might think that there are not that many coupons available in Canada. I thought the same thing when I was first looking into using coupons. I can say I was WRONG!  There are so many places that offer coupons. Here is a great list to look at.

At the grocery store: Many grocery stores carry coupons. You can always find pads of them near the products that are being promoted. I have realized that not all stores have coupons, but you can use coupons at most major grocery stores. For example, Freshco, Shopper Drug Mart, Dominion all carry coupons in on their shelves, where it’s sometimes really hard to find them in is Walmart, but you can always use your coupons at Walmart.   You may be tempted to take as many as you can, but be kind and not greedy, take enough for your own personal use you will require until the expiry. Also look at the checkout to  find calendars and booklets that contain coupons (Toonies for Tummies is a great example of a coupon booklet that costs only $2.00 and is full of savings that you can use at most stores).

Newspaper flyers: There are two nationally distributed coupon flyers – Red Plum and Smart Source  they are distributed about once a month.  Here is their schedule for the rest of the year:

Smart Source
May 14
June 11
July 9
August 6
August 27
September 24
October 15
November 5
December 3

Red Plum
May 7
June 4
July 2
August 13
September 10
October 1
October 29
November 26

In Magazines: There are usually some great coupons that you can find in Canadian magazines and sometimes you will find Clip ‘n Save booklets inserted in them.  Canadian Living and Chatelaine by far have the best coupons.

Online printable: some companies offer promotions where you can immediately print a coupon right from your own printer, cut it out and take it to your local stores. Check out Living Well, they always have great printable coupons. My favourite site is SmartCanucks they always have great links to great deals!


Corporate websites: Take a look at the products you like and see if they have a website. Many times these websites have great offers for their consumers. 

Facebook:  With Facebook becoming a huge marketing tool for many companies, there are plenty of coupons to be found within this social network. To get a coupon its easy, just simply "LIKE" the product page and there are usually some great offers.  Make sure you scan the pages updates, because they usually have some great savings offers!

Order them online: There are sites that you can order your coupons on, these sites are usually pretty strict with their ordering, for example on order per household and there is a waiting period to re-order some of your favourite coupons:

www.save.ca
www.websaver.ca
www.gocoupons.ca
www.brandsaver.ca
www.lifemadedelicious.ca
www.rightathome.ca
 
On or in product packaging: There are some great coupons to be found inside of packaging. A friend of mine started saving coupons she found on milk bags, as a mother of 4 she went through a lot of milk! The coupon was for Tide Buy 2 get $5.00 off. She saved these coupons and found a great sale on Tide for $4.44 she had 10 coupons and she ended up getting 20 bottles of Tide for the price of less then ten! So before you recycle your packaging, remember to take a quick look and see if there are any coupons inside!

Mailing lists: Join the mailing lists of the companies that you often buy products from. You can always send the company an email and ask to join their mailing list, and when filling out forms I always check YES to be included in other promotions. You never know what you could get in your mail one day!

Writing to companies: Share your thoughts and ideas with the companies that you really like and buy their products, being positive can at times be rewarding, and they may just send you a few coupons to say THANK YOU! 

Doctors or Dentists office: Yup believe it or not there are coupons available at your Doctors and Dentist office! (not just in the magazines in the waiting room).  These coupons are usually specific to the doctors specialty. For example Crest coupons and the Dentists office.  Many Doctors offices have parenting magazines and you may be surprised the coupons you would find inside!

Coupon trading: About once every two weeks I bring in my coupons to work and share with the other ladies.  Recently during one of these “giveaway” days I found out that another one of my colleagues was a coupon enthusiast and we ended up sharing and trading coupons!

Coupon trains: I have never done this before, but I am really considering joining one. Here is how it works; one person creates a large envelope of coupons and then asks for a group of people to circulate the coupons amongst themselves. The envelope goes from person to person often across the country they take what they need and give other coupons in return and send it off to the next person. It is a great way to stockpile a variety of coupons quickly.

Happy Savings, 

Miss Savings Girl!

TALK TO OTHERS IN THE GROCERY LINE!

Yesterday I went shopping at the Real Canadian Super Store, and while in line I was checking out what others had in their shopping carts (I do this because I always want to share my coupons).  There was this woman behind me and she started to talk to me about the pop that I bought ($20 worth of Pepsi so I could get the $30 Gift Card from Presidents Choice).  I told her that I usually buy pop that is on sale, and then she pulled out and gave me TWO coupons for a free Ginger ale and a  C-plus (a case of TWELVE).  I was so shocked! Seriously, I thought that I could help her with savings and she pretty much handed me $10 worth of groceries for FREE! I found out that she is a brand manager for the products and she always likes to ask people about their drinking habits. 

When I got home I went to the Canada Dry website and checked things out.  I noticed right away something called DAILY GOODNESS, from what I can tell it's a calender that gives your great tips about the environment, saving money, getting healthy etc.. VERY Oprahish, but very cool indeed!

So the morale of this story, is when in line at the grocery story, look around and always smile you never know when a gift is heading your way! Not only did I get two cases of free pop, but a great website to check out on a weekly or a daily bases!

HERE ARE A FEW OF THE TIPS THAT I HAVE COME ACROSS ON THE WEBSITE:

How to find a place to volunteer
30 ways to use vinegar to replace household products
A video of a wedding proposal
Health and benefits of gardening
A printable organizer

Check out the site and enjoy all the great Daily Goodness it has to offer!

Happy Savings!
Miss Savings Girl!

ONLINE PLACES FOR PRINTABLE COUPONS

There are many places that you can register and get "printable" coupons here are a list of places that I like going to and collecting and printing coupons as I need them.   
(Remember, you might want to start a separate email address just for couponing)

Life made delicious  Great coupons on a variety of General Mills Products
www.surgele.ca - this one is in french, however if you google translate your page you can read in english
www.rightathome.ca/ - great household cleaning items
www.pillers.com - no coupons at the moment, but if you register for their newsletter
ww.stayfree.ca - need I say more
Smartcanucks printable coupon forum- many many printable coupons
www.livingwell.ca many diffferent types of coupons for food, health care etc...

I hope you all have fun checking out these great deals! Also don't forget to check out my previous blog for all the great FLYER/COUPON deals posted on smartcanucks!
Coupon Flyer Deals

THE COUPON FLYER DEALER IS UP ON SMARTCANUCKS!

At Smart Canucks, they list all the deals with coupons each week.    They sure take a lot of time to put it all together and they let you know where all the deal are happening.  It's a great resource and the list also has a "printable" coupons click. Click on the link below and check out what is happening this week!



HOT DEALS APRIL29TH/MAY5TH

Thanks to the great posters on Smart Canucks, without these amazing people there would never be a list a great as this! 


Happy Savings
Miss Savings Girl

PROCTOR AND GAMBLE UNITED WAY SALE MAY 7TH & 8TH

From what I have heard this is a great sale that happens a few times a year. They have a HUGE variety of P&G product at amazing discounted prices and 100% of the proceeds are donated to The United Way!

They sell diapers, beauty products, makeup, household cleaners, laundry detergent and usually some small household appliances

Where: 
International Center 6900 Airport Rd, Mississauga– Hall 6
When:
Saturday May 7th 11am - 7pm
Sunday May 8th 10am - 4pm

I have heard from others that this is a sale not to miss!!

Happy Savings,
Miss Savings Girl!