Canada One Outlet Haul

What a great weekend!

So last Friday I was off work cause of flex day. My bf, friend and me went to Niagara falls. So we went on the casino buses that were free cause we had the Fallsview casino membership card. The ride was good only 1 1/2 hour. :) They were playing Hancock on the ride. but it was like fake dvd versions of it. lol.

When we got there it was raining so that wasn't nice. We wanted to go to Canada One Outlet to check out the coach store and shop around. We took the Niagara transit bus and got a day pass for $6 unlimited ride all day.

We were kinda unlucky we got out of the casino and the bus they we needed to go on just left!! saw it go by too. We took the next one which were 15 mins apart.
The Canada One outlet was surprisingly small for an "outlet" lol. They had nike, coach, urban behavior, guess, body shop outlet, urban planet, mexx, etc. It just was very bad that the weather was so terrible. it was literally pouring rain. :(

Coach had a lot of people. There were lots of 20% , 30% and 50% off items. However, obviously things that were 50% where like original price of $500. lol.
We spent so long in there. My bf wanted to get me a coach purse for my birthday so I was trying hard to find something I liked and also something of reasonable price. I was debating between just getting a wrislet, clutch or a mini purse. In the end we got a mini signature purse w/ a white band around it. It was only like $10 more than getting a clutch. So speaking of practicality, it was worth it. I also had an additional 20% off coupon so we used that. The purse came to around $60ish including tax. It retails for $130.
I love big purses.. have lots of stuff I like carrying around, this is going to be a challenge to pick what I really need to put in this small bag.

My friend got the same size bag but in a total white colour. She also got two small coin purses one for herself and one for her sister. They were around $38 each.

I also went to the body shop outlet and got another one of the gift sets. They pretty much had all the clearance stuff that was in stores last month all in this outlet now. The stuff I had gotten last month was now even cheaper. I felt jipped. The gift boxes I had gotten last time for $5 are now $4 there and there was this gift set for $10 before now $6. So I decided to get it since it was the last one there. Great deal . Retail $25; Sale price at store $10; Sale price at outlet $6. It included:

• 2.0 fl oz Satsuma Shower Gel
• 1.7 oz Satsuma Body Butter
• 2.5 oz Satsuma Body Polish
• Orange Bath Lily

They were also giving samples out too at the cashier. But for some reason the cashier didn't give me one but the ladies in front of me got... I was not happy when I left... like why would she not give me one when clearly I saw other people in front of me getting some and I saw that she still had samples left. weird customer service I don't get it... what did i do to her to not deserve one. oh well. just free stuff anyways.

Attractions Ontario Coupons

As there's only close to 1 1/2 month left of summer, I started getting my act together to look for places to go and spend my time. Have to make good use of my summer! Now I realize that almost everything has a coupon, so I need to go search hard for some!

I know a lot of people alread go on redflagdeals to get coupons and stuff to different attractions and events.
Well here is another site wth alot of e-coupons to print off and use.

Attractions Ontario
Go click on the E-coupon tab and there are a bunch!
For example, they have stuff for:
Safari Niagara, Ontario Place, Wonderland, Casa Loma, etc.

I am planning to go to Niagara Falls tomorrow. I will be taking the casino coaches to Fallsview Casino. They have a promotion now that if you have the member card, it is free !! (which I have from last year!) Even if you don't, its only $25 and sometimes they give you money back to use at the casino, but you can just cash it back :)

I will be going to go to the Canada One outlet and maybe one of those haunted house things or the ferris wheel! There is a new Coach outlet at Canada One which I will stop by to see. I heard there are really great sales of 20-50% off. I don't buy any expensive bags, but I will check it out to see anyways! There is a rfd coupon out for an additional 20% off. Hopefully there won't be lineups tomorrow since its a Friday. I will go check it out.

Harry Potter is out! Going to watch that on Saturday. :)
not looking forward to Ginny and Harry getting together... booo.. her character was poorly cast. if only they knew earlier what her impact would be.

Beauty/Cosmetic Acronym List

too many acronyms to know, that i started making a list.. this is like work cause when i first started work, my company had like their own acronyms for everything and I had to learn it all in like a week or so ! haha. so now i have lots of acronym lists! update more in the future or something if i add more to it :)

Acronym List
Cosmetics/Community Related Acronyms

AHA - Alpha Hydroxy Acid (fruit or lactic acids)
BB - Bobbi Brown
BCP - Birth Control Pill
BHA - Beta Hydroxy Acid (salicylic acid)
BN - Brand New
BNIB - Brand New In Box
BNWT - Brand New With Tags
BP - Benzoyl Peroxide
CG - Cover Girl
CCO (or CCS) - Cosmetics Company Outlet (Cosmetics Company Store)
CP - Custom Purchase
DC (D/C, DC'ed) - Discontinued
D/S (DS) - Drugstore
E/L - Eyeliner
E/S - Eyeshadow
EOTD - Eye Of The Day
EOTN - Eye Of The Night
FOTD - Face Of The Day
FOTN - Face Of The Night
GC - Gift Certificate (gift card)
GWP - Gift With Purchase
HE - Higher End
HG - Holy Grail
LE - Limited Edition
L/L - Lipliner
L/G - Lipgloss
L/S - Lipstick
LNIB - Like New In Box
MA - Makeup Artist
MF - Max Factor
MLBB - My Lips But Better
MSF - MAC Mineralize Skinfinish
MUA - Makeupalley.com
NIB - New In Box
NWOT - New With Out Tag
NWT - New With Tags
PF - Physician's Formula
RIS - Received In Swap
RO (ROP) - Read On (Read On Please)
SA - Sales Associate or Salicylic Acid
SFF - MAC Studio Fix Fluid foundation
SIB - Still In Box
S/S - MAC Shadestick
TBS - The Body Shop
TLC – MAC Tinted Lip Conditioner
TM – Tinted Moisturizer
T/M - Tinted Moisturizer
TNX - Thanks
WP - Waterproof
UD - Urban Decay
UDPP - Urban Decay Primer Potion
YLBB - Your Lips But Better

Yorkdale Shopping + Free Stuff

I had a great birthday weekend this year. I had work on my actual birthday but after work I had dinner with my family and went ot bbt with my friends at night. My bf came back out from Hamilton to celebrate and got me a cake. We had a great time at bbt with all my friends. :) I got a CD and a calendar organizer that's also used as a mouse pad. 2 in 1~

Then on Sat I went aldo shopping as i said in my haul below. The next day on Sunday I woke up early and went over to my bf for lunch. He made me food. Then we went with a few friends to Yorkdale shopping. I didn't really get anything.
First I went to Sephora to get my birthday gift from the beautyinsider member card. :) I had to get it within 7 days or so I think so I had to make sure I rmb to get it. So I got a set of three small sample size lip glosses. They are really cute and easy to carry around. Great for travelling. So I'm glad I picked it up.

I also went to COACH to look around at the new collection. I don't have any designer bags cause I don't really think I'm at the point in life where I need to splurge on something like that and it snot like I'm earning loads. The earnings to purse cost ratio isn't there yet for me to afford a high end bag. I'm good with my cheap and convenient bags :)
They have the new collection called POPPY and I had signed up and printed the online promoting that they had. I went in with my paper copy of the site and my information and I got a free gift. It was a box of pencils with a really cool design for the box. It was free so why not get it? The sales lady said there wasn't a lot left ! I think this will just be sitting in my room for display. its cute. :)


I did go to body shop again and this time i got a mirror for $3. I decided to invest in this. Every time I buy the plastic kinds they break.. I might as well get this fabric one and it'll last me longer in the long run. The stuff there are getting CHEAPER! i was so scared the stuff I brought before were going to be cheaper.. I would have been so mad. haha. the manager at the store was selling so hard core. talking about the body shop member card and giving ppl samples and talks. Someone even tried to like make bargains with her. If she brought more of this and that she get a discount on other stuff. lol. It was funny. I think they are desperately in need of selling all the sale items. This one had different stuff but none of the gift sets so I didn't get anything. I think the things that are worth the most are the gift sets cause you get multiple items for a reletavely cheap price.
My friend got a sample of the body butter. cause the manager was trying to get him to buy it. lol. it was funny.

After that I went to summerlicious dinner... more on that next....

Aldo Outlet Haul

So I went through an awesome deal day! lol. maybe because of some birthday luck this week! The called Woodbridge square which is close to Vaughan mills. It has a lot of outlets such as bluenotes, aldo, guess, mexx, spring, la vie en rose, roots, garage, etc. I usually go there during boxing day or go every few months in the summer to get great deals.

Depending on the store, some stores have relatively old stuff that are cheap. However, some have really new stuff that are currently selling at the stores in malls but at an exceptionally cheaper price. I always buy my shoes from this aldo outlet.

I feel like buying stuff at regular price at malls are such a scam if there aren't any discounts. I will only buy things at regular price if I am in DESPERATE need of it and if its something I love and can't wait any longer. lol.
Here's why.

So I went in to the aldo outlet there and there were great discounts at already reduced prices on everything. But in addition to that it was 50% off !!!! So i' m thinking, no way.. A pair of pumps lets say original price at the stores are $80 would be marked down to $30. Then another 50% off. so that's $15..... for a pair of nice leather pumps.. i was kinda surprised and didn't believe the signs so I had to ask a few times to make sure.
I spent an hour or so trying on all the shoes there were. lol. this was an even better steal than sometimes on boxing days!
In the end I purchase two pairs (i had to resist and be realistic on what I really needed to buy. lol)

So this pair. originally $80. Discount to $24.98. Plus 50% off. Total: $12.50.

This pair was originally $70, discount to $35.98. Plus 50% off which was a total of $17.50.
This pair originally was near the additional 50% off section so I was ready to pay $35 with it cause it was so comfy and I really liked it when i tried it on at the mall. When the cashier totalled my purchase to $31, I was so happy. :) That was a really awesome deal.

also, love the environmentally friendly packaging they have at aldo now. convenient and saves bags. should have invented that earlier.

I went to yorkdale mall the next day and saw these SAME pair of shoes. The first one was at $24.98. The second pair was still at $70. :) I'm happy.

Waiting in line day...

So on the 3rd I had a really busy day. I had to wake up at like 9a.m. to go to get my passport renewed. Its been over a year since it has expired so that means I have to fill out this longer form and also wait longer! This lady that was just renewing under 1 year waited for like 15 minutes or so.. but instead I had to wait around 1 hour. Oh well. at least that's done.
After that I went to the driver's license office to get my license renewed too. It was so quick! took literately 2 minutes. very efficient. I saved so much time which was awesome. :)
So in totally i had to spend quite a bit already.
Passport $87 + Driver's License $90 = $177.. oh boy.
The good thing is I have the really old health card so I don't have to ever renew it... which I'm so lucky and happy about. lol

When I was at the passport place, there were lots of CUPE workers there blocking people from going into the parking lot. They eventually let them in, but just made them wait like 3 minutes or so... i really hope the strike ends soon. Feel bad for all the citizens that have to suffer through this.. I would be so pissed if that happened in my area. But thank god I live in R. hill. Hope it ends ASAP! strikes and unions are starting to get really annoying.

Vaughan Mills Shopping Haul

So I went to Vaughan Miills this past weekend to shop for some gifts. I knew body shop was having a lot of sales on their gift products so I was mainly going there to purchase some. I got 4 gifts to give to my supervisors and managers at the end of my summer work term. They have been really awesome and I would like to thank them for everything I learned. Maybe they will keep in touch after and I can get hired again in the future :) Big pharma company so I want to make sure I have my connections set up for the future.

So I don't really know what they want/like. I just got 4 gifts sets. A lot of gift sets were from $5 - $20. So I got 3 there were shower gels, luffa for $5. and I got a manicure set for $10.

1st set: $5

60 ml Coconut Milk Body Lotion

60 ml Coconut Shower Cream

White Mini Segment Lily

2nd set: $5

60 ml Mango Whip Body Lotion

60 ml Mango Shower Gel

Orange Mini Bath Lily

3rd set: $10

I don't rmb what the 4th set was...

I left the store and realized I didn't get anything for myself.... oh well.. lol.

Then I went to old navy. They were having a sale on bikini tops and bottoms for $5 each. So I went and got a set. It was just a brown halter top and brown bottom. It was a decent deal. It was kinda messy cause everyone was trying to get a piecel. A lot of sizes were gone but I was still able to find small sizes here and there. :) When I checked out the cashier asked for my email and sent me a coupon. So I got a coupon now for $10 off $50 purchase next time. I might not use it but I guess it was still nice of them to give it out. :)

La Senza had sooo many peopl ein i it was kinda crazy. Even with the fact that the La Senza store at Vaughan mills is huge. There were soo many buckets everyhwere. It was such a hassle to go look through them for your sizes. Even with the labels, the bras were actually everywhere. Nothing was in the right bucket. I spent quite a bit of time just looking around. Then I had to go to the change room to try them out. I eventually found 3 that I really wanted. When I went to the cashier one of htem was $30 not the $9.99 price that it was going on for sale. I found it in one of hte buckets. It was kinda said that I had to say I didn' twant to buy it. It was the only bra I tried on that I was sure I wanted to get! Oh well, the price is just not good enough cause everything else was just $9.99. If I spent $30 on it I would prb always thikn about it that I could have gotten 3 instead of 1. lol.

I didn't get a chance to go by DCW. :( I had to go meet up with friends for dinner. From walking by, it seemed like there was alot there! Too bad I can't make good use of the Canada's Day coupon. :(

I did go to Laura Secord though. I had a coupon for an extra scoop of ice cream with a purchase of a cone. :) I had a chococlate chocolate chip and the creme brulee flavour. SOO YUMMY! :)