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Deals and free samples at MySavings.com

July 19, 2007 by Tricia

I’ve never personally used this site, but when I’ve discussed other sites that offered savings and coupons MySavings has been recommended to me by my regular visitors as another great site for deals and coupon savings.

I think when viewing this site the easiest way to find whatever type of deal you might be looking for is to use the tabs across the top of the page. The various tabs lead to areas where you can find Free Product Samples, free services and software, Coupons, deals and if you’d like you can also get to the MySavings.com blog or forums using the tabs as well.

I can actually see why others have recommended MySavings.com to me in the past. I love the free product sample area. When you click on the tab there are pages and pages of products for which you might request a free sample. Many of these free samples are only for those living in the USA but it’s easy to tell at a glance if an offer is available in your country because there are little flag icons right in the listing. You can quickly scan through the pages of free samples to find offers available to you.

I might in fact spend a little bit of time finding free samples for Canadians later on this evening. Why not? I like trying new products out before I buy them.

When I clicked on the coupon area I was shown an area where I could register for a free account which would enable me to Get Free Samples and Printable Coupons such as online coupon codes, restaurant coupons, grocery coupons and a whole lot more.

Within any of the sites sections you’ll find hundreds of links to offers for real brand name free samples or coupons for brand name products. You’ll find samples for health and beauty items, cosmetics, baby products, diet pills, food, make up, electronics and just about any thing you could think of I believe. Offerings are updated weekly so you know the listings are current.

I think this is a great site if you are interested in saving money and trying products samples before purchasing a full size product. Visit MySavings.com yourself and see what you can save money on today.





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I got my canvas and I love it!

July 17, 2007 by Tricia

On July 5th I wrote stating that I was going to send one of my photos to Canvas on Demand to have it made into a 16 x 20″ canvas. I decided to send this photo in:

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It’s a photo of a butterfly that I literally chased around my yard for a week trying to get a photo. It only allowed me about five minutes of that whole week to take photos and I snapped quite a few. I believe this was the best of the bunch.

I went to the Canvas on Demand website and following the very simple instruction I choose the size and style of canvas that I wanted, the frame type and uploaded my photo.

The company sent an email shortly after I completed my order and we corresponded by email as to when the canvas would be complete. They must have started working on it pretty much right away because my lovely canvas arrived on July 13th, only 8 days after I’d ordered it!

Talk about fast! They say it takes four days to create a canvas, then they had to ship it from North Carolina to Toronto, Canada. Honestly the earliest I thought I might get my fabulous canvas was July 20th or later given how slow some delivery companies can be.

Would you like to see my beautiful new canvas? Here you go:

 

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That photo really doesn’t do it justice. I’ll try to get an even better one, perhaps once I’ve decided where to hang it. It’s lovely though isn’t it? The butterfly looks so real. It makes you want to reach out and touch it. When our relatives visited this past weekend they just loved the canvas and might even get one of their own.

The canvas is so beautiful that I’m actually thinking of getting some of my other photos made into canvas’. They’d make great gifts at Christmas time or even for a birthday.

I just had a bright idea. If you’ve been reading this site for a year you might remember that last August Chris and I were part of a Hindu wedding ceremony when Chris’ cousin got married. Their anniversary is coming up in a month and one of the photos that I took at their wedding might make a beautiful anniversary gift. After seeing my own canvas I’m certain they’d love it.

I love Canvas on Demand.

They were in touch with me throughout the whole process so I can honestly say that they have excellent customer service. As for their product – well you can see the results for yourself. Their canvas’ are beautiful.

I’m just so pleased!

If you’ve ever thought of doing something like this please think of visiting Canvas on Demand. You won’t regret it.

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Boys and their toys

July 17, 2007 by Tricia

Do you remember I was talking about how Chris wanted our basement, when we are done our renovation, to be a true rec room? Well, after having so much fun over the weekend with his sister and brother-in-law he’s adamant that the basement must be a rec room full of manly toys to play with or on.

You see, once my brother in law came back from the concert that he’d gone to – Roger Waters, he said it was fantastic! – they all went out to play pool, and later they came back and we played poker. Now along with the pool table that he’s got his eye on he wants us to look at poker tables too!

Geesh! I just bought him a new video camera! Now he wants more toys? Don’t they usually say it’s the women that spend all the money shopping?

Well at least we never impulse buy. Anything that I write about that we’ve purchased, particularly if it’s an expensive item, is something that we’ve thought about and discussed for quite a while.

Maybe he’ll get his new toy, but we’ve got to finish the basement first!

Filed Under: Decor, Entertainment, Family, Games, Great Sites, Home and Lifestyle, Home Decor, Life with Chris, Recreation, Shopping, Socializing, Sports Tagged With: basement, brother, buy, Chris, game, Home and Lifestyle, men, Money, play, Poker, pool table, rec room, renovate, renovation, shop, Shopping, spend, spend money

A Comfy Sack would be perfect for our Rec Room

July 11, 2007 by Tricia

Don’t those ladies look comfortable?

It’s probably because they are lounging on a Comfy Sack. That certainly seems to be an appropriate name for this chair since these women look absolutely comfortable.

Now, I haven’t personally ever sat on a Comfy Sack – not that I’m aware of anyway, but the beanbag chairs are said to be one of the most comfortable foam beanbag chairs available.

I know that if I show this photo to my husband or let him visit the website he’ll want one of these for our future basement recreation room. He loves this kind of furniture!

The Comfy sack comes in many different sizes ranging from the gigantic 8 foot party sack which appears to seat 6 people to the 3.5 foot Joey model which looks perfect for one person.

If you were to purchase one of the mid to large size beanbag chairs and use it in an active room you’d have a great piece of alternative seating for your guests. One person could comfortably sit or even lie down on any of the Comfy Sack bean bag chairs or several people could lounge and mingle on one.

I wouldn’t doubt that it would soon become one of your and your guests favorite pieces of furniture.

If you were to order a Comfy Sack you’d be able to choose the color and material for your chair. They have a wide selection of fabrics such as twill and Micro Suede as well as many different colour choices.

One of the closest competitors of Comfy Sack is Lovesac. Perhaps you’ve heard of that brand name? Well, the Comfy Sack website has a page with an article – Compare Lovesac Today – that compares the features of one of each companies beanbag chairs. If you’ve ever thought of getting a beanbag chair you might be interested in reading the comparison article to see what the main differences are in each product.

Looking at the comparison chart it’s easy to spot some key differences. The Comfy Sack comes with a 5 year warranty where as the Lovesac only has a 2 year warranty. There also appears to be more Micro Suede color choices for the Comfy Sack.

If you prefer to purchase North American made products you’ll be pleased to know that Comfy Sacks are made in the USA where as the Lovesac is made in China.

There is also quite a price difference between the two brands that were compared. They compared two 6 foot beanbags, one from Comfy Sack and the other from Lovesac. Along with the other differences that I’ve already pointed out the Comfy Sack turned out to be much less expensive than the Lovesac. The 6 foot Video Sack made by Comfy Sack is $332.60 where as the 6ft Super Sac made by Lovesac is being sold for $530.14. It looks like the Comfy Sack is about a third of the price cheaper than the Lovesac.

I’ve only mentioned a few of the comparisons but just the warranty and price difference alone would be enough for me to take a serious look at the Comfy Sack models if I were thinking of purchasing a beanbag chair.

Who knows, maybe we’ll get a Comfy Sack when we are finished our basement renovation. I certainly like the look!

Oh and if you are interested in the Comfy Sack you might be able to win one of your very own. Check out the YouTube contest that they are holding.

Filed Under: Decor, Home and Garden, Home and Lifestyle, Home Decor, Recreation, Shopping Tagged With: basement, beanbag chair, Comfy Sack, Contest, entertaining, foam, foam beanbag chair, furniture, Home and Lifestyle, Lovesac, made in USA, North America, Products, rec room, Recreation, renovate, renovation, Shopping, style, win a Comfy Sack, Youtube

Trying to lose weight? Visit Diet Direct

July 9, 2007 by Tricia

Are you thinking of starting a diet? It’s as good a time as any isn’t it? Well if you are dieting or if you are interested in losing weight you might want to visit Diet Direct.

The creators of this website wanted to build a site where those interested in dieting could purchase top quality diet and weight loss products.

Diet Direct carries a number of well know weight loss products such as WonderSlim, Nature’s Best, ProtiDiet, Syntrax, Protein Rite, Bariatric Lifestyle and many more well known name brands. You’ll also find Protein diet foods, diet pills and patches, supplements and health specific products such as products for the cold and flu, womens health, digestion, and bone and joint health.

Diet direct also weight loss kits. You can purchase the 1 week starter plan right up to a 12 week weight loss kit. The staff at Diet Direct will even help you put together a weight loss start kit that will meet your unique needs. The prices seem fairly reasonable for the starter kits as well.

If you take a moment to visit the site scroll to the bottom of the page. In the bottom of the left menu you’ll see a section marked Diet Articles. I counted 25 articles that range from ones that help to motivate a dieter, to discussing various types of diets, and how to maintain a diet during seasonal holidays or while on vacation. I’m sure you’ll find an article or two that hits a chord with you.

Diet Direct even has a blog at DietWeight.com. There’s lots of posts in it that contain helpful dieting tips. If you need a little motivation check out the blog.

All in all this seems to be a very well thought out site from the products that are available to those who are currently dieting or thinking about a weight loss plan, to the blog and the helpful weight loss related articles. The only thing that might be missing from the site is a dieting and weight loss forum. Perhaps Diet Direct doesn’t need a forum but it would certainly add to the site.

Visit Diet Direct and see what you think.

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