KY Cloud 10 sample (not for the kiddies!)

KY, a company that makes personal lubricants has created a tropical arousal gel. Sorry is this is a little personal for some people but I know some ladies out there might want to try this.

From the official website:

What is K-Y^® INTENSE^™ Arousal Gel for Her? K-Y^® INTENSE^™ Arousal Gel for Her is your ticket to CLOUD 10™. It is not a lubricant, but a uniquely formulated arousal gel that has women saying "it makes sex more satisfying". 75% of women who used K-Y^® INTENSE^™ Arousal Gel experienced feelings of heightened arousal, sexual pleasure and sensitivity where it counts most. Of those women, 90% reported that K-Y^® INTENSE^™Arousal Gel bettered their overall intimate experience with their partner.

They are offering a free sample from their official website HERE

Hope I didn't offend anyone. :)

Moonlight Movies in the Exchange

The Exchange BIZ & the Winnipeg Arts Council present Moonlight Movies in the Exchange

On July 30 & 31, Old Market Square will be transformed into an outdoor movie venue, with a blockbuster Hollywood movie playing each night!

Thursday, July 30
GHOSTBUSTERS!

Friday, July 30
FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF!

*** Each night will also feature a very special, world premiere showing of The Kids of IRCOM's brand new music video, produced with the support of the Winnipeg Arts Council***

Moonlight Movies will start at approximately 9:30pm

Out door pools open soon

The 2009 schedule for outdoor public pools is now available HERE

Wading pools and spray pads are free and tonnes of fun for the whole family. There are many scattered through out the city so pick one and go cool off already.

Admission Requirements Wading Pools have a maximum depth of 45 - 60 cm (18 - 24 inches). They are designed for children 12 years and under that meet Admission Requirements. Children under 5 years of age must have a parent, guardian or caregiver 12 years of age or older actively supervising them at the pool. Groups are welcome at wading pools city-wide - please check the Group Admission Requirements. Dakota Park is available for group or day care bookings from 9:30 - 11:00 am, Monday - Friday, July 2 - September, 2009.
Wading Pool Rules For the safety and enjoyment of all participants, Wading Pool Rules apply at all wading pools operated by the Community Services Department.
Wading Pool Closures All wading pools are closed on days when Environment Canada forecasts either the projected high temperature for the day is 21°C or lower or the probably of precipitation is 70% or greater. Wading Pools may need to close unexpectedly - please check Wading Pool Closures for more information.

Frugal finger paints

You can make your own finger paints by mixing 2 tablespoons of white flour with a little water to make a thin paste and then adding a few drops of food coloring.

To make painting extra easy for a young child, have her paint on waxed paper taped to a table in the kitchen or outdoors. Put a blob of paint down on the paper and show her how to slide her fingers around. If you want to save her creation, press a piece of regular paper over the waxed paper and peel gently away; hang to dry.

I personally used normal paper and it worked fine. This does not make the best paints in the world but it really amuses a baby. Best of all you know it's non-toxic. She kept eating it and it was great to have the piece of mind of knowing it was just coloured flour and water.

Free OB Tampons

OB Tampons have been offering this for some time now. This pack of 3 tampons and a carrying case is available to Canadians, all you have to do is fill out the form HERE

I have received this before so I know it comes.

Springs church charity car show

If you are a car lover then you won’t want to miss this weekend!!! You will see muscle cars, import tuners, rods and some insane out of this world sound systems competing in a dB Drag Race. Come join us for a Father’s Day weekend to remember as we have a wide variety of things planned for you.

This event combines two great purposes; the first is honouring Dad’s on Fathers Day weekend by giving them what they love, cars, cars and even more cars! The second is to make people aware of the struggles our inner city kids face and raise money for great programs at Springs Inner City that build their self esteem and give them a positive alternative to life on the streets.

Why not make it a family event and bring out the entire family as there will be great food, prizes to be won, live band, magic show, kid’s face painting / games and much more!

ITINERARY for Saturday June 20
(Itinerary will be update when and if necessary.)
- 7:00am - set up for Parts SWAP meet
- 7:30am until noon Parts SWAP meet open
- 9:00am Car show entry registration and set-up
- 10:00am until 4:00pm Car show open to public
- 10:00am until 12:00 DB Drag Race time registration and trials
- 1:00pm until 4:00pm DB Drag Race competition
- 11:00am until 4:00pm Autocross Rally Course open to public
- 4:00pm DB Drag Race awards

- 4:30pm Inner City presentation by special guest Mayor Sam Katz
- 5:00pm Car Show Awards ceremony (for all categories) Presented by Mayor Sam Katz

Father’s Day Sunday any entries are welcome to stay over for our Show & Shine for all our service guests...cars can be left here over night (security provided) or brought back by 8:00am.

SATURDAY’S EVENTS:

> DB Drag racing – Sponsored by Hamilton Audio / Mach 5 Audio for all those stereo buffs out there (North America wide competition). Some of the vehicles registered for this event are already from as far away as Alberta and the northern USA.

> Car Show – featuring a wide variety of classifications (including Classics, Muscle, Tuners, Street and Motorcycles)

> Autocross Rally Course – for those that always wanted to try their car out (hosted by Porsche Club of Winnipeg)

> Part Swap Meet - for those looking for the elusive part to finish off their project

**You say what is a dB drag race???

Click here: http://www.termpro.com/

Click here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DB_drag_racing

Click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGiWK2nv_Pc

This event will be held at Springs church at 595 lagimodiere blvd

CLICK HERE FOR A MAP

Hope to see you out there!

Free light smoothie day at Orange Julius

You will need to bring THIS COUPON with you to the store on June 19th 2009

Again that coupon is at http://www.orangejulius.com/downloads/freeCoupon.pdf

This coupon comes right from the Orange Julius website and it totally legit (Do I post anything that isn't legit?)

Enjoy! YUM YUM 

Contest tips part 2

2)Read the newspaper

*I find that contests in the delivered paper are quite rare. I personally do not subscribe to the paper nor do I read it on a regular basis but when I do there are not often contests in it. The kind of paper I am talking about is the local events/news paper. It's hard to describe this kind of news paper. They are usually free papers and usually have a lot of local events and contests in them.

*In Victoria BC this paper is called the Monday magazine.

In Winnipeg MB this paper is called the Uptown Magazine.

ETC ETC ETC

Find your local paper / magazine, ask around or google it.

Often times this magazine/paper will have a contest where the only requirement is to email them your information and the contests are often listen on their website.

In Winnipeg's uptown magazine (for example) the home page for their magazine is THIS PAGE. From surfing the site you will find their contests HERE.

The contests will vary from time to time so check back weekly and enter any you are interested in. I win this way a lot

Another website in winnipeg with local contests is Accesswinnipeg

Win something already! (contest tips part 1)

Here's something I didn't really want to share because the more people playing this game the less of a chance I have of winning. We're talking about contests here! 

Now I understand that some people "professionally" enter contests using auto fill programs on their computer and have all the angles worked out to get the best odds of winning a new washer and drier or a lifetime supply of instant noodles but I am not going to go into that here, mainly because I do not do that myself and do not really have any advice on that topic. The kinds of contests we are going to talk about today are quite small, the prize is something like a CD or DVD and movie, concert or event tickets. Sometimes you can win CASH! 

1) Listen to the radio 

*If you pick the right station you not only listen to the kind of music you like but they also have contests for similar items. You won't win a rock music album listening to a jazz station. Usually the contest will require someone to be the -somethingith- caller and often need you to answer a question or play a game, but not always.

*Set the radio station(s) you listen to's phone number in your speed dial, in your cell phone or house phone, or memorise the phone number. 

*Listen to the requirements for winning. 

*If you only need to call in, no trivia or anything else then call it! You probably won't get in the first time but if you try often you will win eventually. 

I used to win this kind of a contest once a month (the radio station I listened to had a rule where you could only win a maximum of once per month)

* If you need to know the answer of a trivia question and you either know the answer, someone with you knows the answer or you think you have a pretty good guess call in. 

* If it is a game you have to play like answer a few trivia questions in a row CALL IN. Many times these are multiple choice games or have somewhat easy questions. They also often still have smaller prizes if you don't get all the answers right and a large prize for getting it all correct.

*To win radio contests keep calling in. Call in when you think you will win and when you think the odds are stacked up against you. Just call. You will win more often than you think!

* Check out the station's website. Sometimes they have more ways to win or earn points online.

More tomorrow

Financial Peace University

Educating yourself is the the best start to managing your money and Dave Ramsey has an amazing program available through out Canada and the USA. 

It's called Financial peace university. I have been taking this course for a little over a month now and I love it. I have already saved money and payed off more dept that I would have without this money managing course. It is funny and serious and smart. Dave Ramsey talks with such bluntness about how being in debt is wrong that needs to be told to so many people today. 

Now you probably know that debt and poverty is not the way you want to live and know how to educate yourself, you are in a cheap living blog reading my posts and probably read many others or even have your own, but do you know everything you know to fight debt and win in the game of finances? 

At my church this course is free but it may not be free in all locations so search your area for a course starting now and call the location to find out if it is free or if there is a fee. If you can not find any up coming courses in your area check for classes that are currently in progress (by choosing 'advanced search" from the search page)and call the location to ask when they will be starting again or if you can join in part way through. I have two friends that are just starting on week 4. In my church the course is 18 weeks long but this will vary by location as well. It is also requested that you purchase the workbook. In my area it is rather pricey ($130, Yowtch!) but I am finding that taking notes instead of buying the book is working out really well. They hand out any important paperwork in class so I don't feel you need the book, but some people like it.

There are many testimonials on the FPU website. Surf the page and read a little about it. I'll wait.

On top of this there is a special presentation, Town Hall For Hope. This is a special event that will be broadcast live to several locations and is about the recession in particular.  "I am an American and I am not participating in this recession" is the tag line found on the Town hall for hope website. I wish I could attend but I found out about it too late to inform my church about presenting it and it is not showing in my area. You can search for your area from the search section of the homepage.

NIN|JA & BNL- Free download

Free and legal music is all over the internet, if you know where to look. 

Artists often have an early release of an album or some singles available for download and that's exactly what I have for you today.

This new Bare naked ladies album has been made available exclusively as a free download until March 27th. Click here to give it a listen

Download the 6 track EP of the NIN|JA compilation album. This album is rock and has explicit lyrics.

Download the the official website http://www.ninja2009.com/

Enjoy your music without the price tag, guilt free!

Freecycle your everything

In an effort to de-clutter my life and my house I found Freecycle.org and never thought of the impact if would have.

Freecycle is living proof of that old adage, 'One mans trash is another mans treasure'. You can list items on their website that you no longer need and request items posted if you see something listed you would like. I personally use this website and recommend you do too. The types of items given and taken is so varied

Examples of items I have given away are:

Old door knobs

Cardboard boxes

Old electronics

furniture

used baby items

Examples of items I have received are:

A slow cooker/deep fryer

Dvd storage rack

A stroller

Bathroom shelves

Wood for shelving

 

Here's how it works:

After visiting Freecycle.org you need to find your local freecycle group. They are all listed on the website so type in your area to find yours. Freecycle is international with locations, well, internationally. Once you find the one right for your location you need to join it, to do this you need a Yahoo! account. If you have one great, visit that region's Yahoo! page, join and wait for approval. If you don't have one then you can make it HERE. Be sure to include your area in your Yahoo! account information or else you will be denied membership. Freecycle moderators want to be sure everyone using that region's service is in the right area.

Once accepted please read the rules and notices emailed to you or on the Yahoo! page. This is important. The rules are rather specific with details such as how to post items to give away or how to and how often you can request a specific item. 

Using your local Freecycle Yahoo! page, post about items you have available to offer or items you want to request. You can also respond to other people's posts to contact them directly. Many times people get multiple requests for something they posted so if you are selected the owner of the item will contact you to make arrangements for a pick up or delivery time. 

Remember, instead of trashing it, someone else might want it! Freecycle it!

Zellers colouring contest for kids

A fun free thing to do with your little ones is to encourage them to enter contests. Free colouring contests like this one offered by Zellers are great and fun. What kid doesn't like colouring? 

In this particular contest the prize is a giant chocolate bunny and the first 300 entrants at each store get a small bunny for free. This contest can be entered daily so your kids can colour one a day or do a bunch you just drop off daily if you are one of those people that enter contests like it's a job. People really do this so don't laugh.

You need to print off the colouring page and it comes in English and French so you can fill out whatever language you like or if you don't want to use your own ink they have the pages available at the Zellers stores too.

This particular contest is running at all Zellers stores across canada.  

A tip for winning colouring contests from smartcanucks.ca

Hint:  This worked for my daughter  when she was little.  I used to supply extra materials to add texture to her colouring page.

Supply bits of green wool (for the grass), or cotton balls (to make a fuzzy bunny), or glitter for a radiant sun.

Mothers/dads, just supply the material.  Let your little ones create.  This helps their colouring page stand out from the rest.

Free pledge and Irish springs t-shirt

Just a few freebie links I found over at smartcanucks.ca

The first one is for Pledge

Click for Save.ca link

Since this comes from Save.ca the chance of this coming is very high. My unscientific opinion states it is 99.9999999% likely to show up. It will probably be in the form of a coupon you can redeem.

The next one is for an Irish spring T-shirt. 

Click here for official website

When you get to that page, click the t-shirt on the right side and then pick the one you want and enter your information. 

If you are selected you will get a com formation email. I ordered one for a few people and they were all selected, I think they select everyone until they are all out of shirts.

This one is very likely to come because it is a legitimate website, just be sure to order soon because this is only while supplies last and lots of people order more than one.

free tax software

For those people with only simple returns this year, quick tax offers free programs. Specifically to Canadians with simple income (T4, T4A, tip income, pension income), college and university students with tuition fees for the 2008 tax year or Canadians with simple tax situations, including T4s & charitable donations. 

To start click HERE and pick 'choose yours' under 'NEW! Free editions'

Get the most out of Goozex

In case I didn't make it clear yesterday, I love Goozex! We are a huge gaming family and video games cost so much money. Those that game know that the system is a cash hog, then $40-$80 per game just adds up. 

Gamers also know that EB or other retail stores that offer trade in give very little back, but there is another option.

I already explained Goozex.com yesterday so I won't type it out again but I thought I would walk people through their first free game with Goozex. Because free games rock.

First off you need to sign up. That's right SIGN UP! you can't get a free video game without signing up. There is no cost, they don't take your credit card info. You do have to give them your address but you will not be billed for anything. Also, while signing up you want to chose that you want your trading region to include Canada and USA (Bermuda too if you like, but I don't think there are many users from there) this will give you access to more users, will make your game come sooner and you will have access to more games too.

After you are signed up and logged in, you will see a page that looks like the image below. (Minus my scribbles)

Like the image says, pick the platform for the game you would like to receive and then click 'available'

This will bring up a page that shows all games that are currently ready for trading. Once on this second page pick how the games are sorted. In this case you want to sort it by points'

This will put all games that are worth 100 points on the first page. Remember, you get 100 points to start with and now you can see all the games you can afford. 

Now go crazy. pick any game you are interested in. It's a free game, just get something you would like to try. If you don't like it you can always trade it back and get your points back or give it to a friend to try or whatever so don't be too picky. You won't be able to get the freshest newest game for 100 points anyways so just pick something that looks fun to you. (you can earn more points and save up for a newer game, I get more into that in a bit) To chose a game click the white 'want it' button under the image of the box. This will pop up a window that gives you more options like if you want to get the game with or without the box (without the box usually comes faster but boxes are nice) or if you want to put it on hold right now (You don't want to put it on hold at this time) and click done when you are done with that window (I usually just click 'want it' then click done) and then do it again for another game, and another game.

If you decide to continue to use this service, you can remove the games you don't really care much for. I suggest you keep using this service but please at least get your free game. I would give everyone in the country a free game if I could. Free stuff rocks so hard!

Anyways, after you pick your games just wait for something to come in the mail. That's it. If you like you can set your email settings in you 'account' page. I would suggest that if you never want to hear from them again, but if you plan on using this service you will need to get some emails like when someone requests a game that you have.

Like I mentioned before, you will not be able to get the hottest game but remember 

PS3 can play PS and PS2 games

PS2 can play PS games

Nintendo DS can play GBA (or SP) games

Wii can play Gamecube games

Xbox 360 plays many xbox games (Check which games on their backwards compatibility website)

Don't know what games to get? Like Halo3? try Halo 2 for xbox. Like paper Mario? Try older versions of this game on gamecube. 

Lots of good older games out there, don't pass them up because they are older. Also it's free, don't be so picky. If you don't like it, trade it back to the system and get your points back and get another game for the cost of one trade credit (or one dollar) or give it away to a friend or whatever you like.

Now a little something for those that chose to keep using the system. Here is how to get free trade credits (so you don't have to pay the dollar) and more free games for you. 

On the goozex website there will be a referral code. Share this code with your friends. When you are at their house talk to them about getting free video games and sign them up using your referral code. Not the one you used to sign up because that is mine and I will get the perk for it (I would like to get the bonus but this is about helping you now). Go through the available games together and pick something together. When they get their free game and they give positive feedback (after using YOUR referral) you get another 100 free points and 1 free trade credit.

If you know only 5 people, get them a free game each and that's 500 points and 5 trade credits. this is without even sending a single game of your own or a penny out of your pocket. If you can sign up and get games to 10 people that's the worth of a new release game on goozex. This is a little work, but people like to get free games and it is really easy to convince people to sign up, especially if you do it for them or with them (ask permission before doing it for someone). Trade back any games when you are done with them to get more points and use the free trade credits you got from signing up your friends to get more free games. The cycle never ends and you can keep getting free games forever.

Please use this website if you are a gamer. you will save a lot of money and your friends will like to save money on games too.

Sending the games you are done with to Goozex is the best way to earn points, but this way you can do it without sending games if you like.

Shipping in a bubble envelope is aprox. $1.96 and you only pay if you decide to send your games out. 

I think I made it sound more complicated than it is. This website is so easy to use you will love it.

 

Free WaW 'Makin' map pack for Call of duty

http://majornelson.com/archive/2009/02/26/call-of-duty-waw-makin-map-free.aspx

just like the link says, it's a free new map for Xbox live gold members. You can set this to download next time you turn on your Xbox by following the link too. If you have Call of Duty and are a gold member, take advantage of this.

Not sure if the offer expires or not.