Battle of the Online Rebates

I will only buy online if it is a great deal and includes free timely shipping, but a rebate is an added bonus and definitely encourages me to shop online.  I belong to both Ebates and Great Canadian Rebates and use them both regularly.  Why not just maximize savings on one? Because they sometimes have […]

Slimming World Recipe: Healthier Potato Leek Soup

healthier potato leek soup slimming world recipe

Leek and potato soup is one of my favourites.  It is just so warm and comforting on a cold day.  My usual recipe however calls for butter, flour and cream and would eat away at my syn count fairly quickly.  So using my usual recipe and checking on the one from Slimming World, I modified […]

CheeCha Puffs: A Yummy Healthy Snack

Okay, so they are not healthy like eating vegetables but we all have snacks sometimes.  Above is a picture of three Salt & Vinegar flavoured ‘healthier snack’ along with a weighed serving size (strangely, not one of them was the correct number of chips for the weight).  As you can see from the identical bowls, […]

Per Pack Meat Pricing: Frugalista’s Nightmare

I don’t buy meat at Walmart often, but while shopping, I needed to pick up some chicken breasts and did not want to go to our usual store after Walmart, nor carry chicken around for an hour in Walmart.  I know there is always a difference in weights, but the difference really surprised me with […]

Trying Out imPRESS Nails From Influenster

One of the first things I tried from influenster was the imPRESS nails from Broadway Nails (after eating my free Skinny Cow crisp bar). Sadly, I received short nails so I cut my nails down to try these, it is strange having short nails, but so much easier to type!  I am not a huge […]

Introducing Influenster

Influenster Maple Box

Some of you may remember when influenster first started Canadian signups with the promise of a VoxBox (a box of free samples) last June and then the reminders last December.  In December, they finally came to Canada and I was one of the lucky ones to receive a MapleVoxBox.  As much as I love samplesource […]

These Are A Few Of My Favourite Things

As frugal as we try to live, I love trying new things so wanted a place for reviews of items I try, my thoughts, my brags, rants and more. A little about me, I earn extra money online doing surveys, swagbucks, blogging and more.  I coupon and generally try to live frugally but am happy […]