Look at the great deal I picked up on Saturday....

Yes it does look as though someone has cut all the flowers of these plants and indeed they have as they were dead.  However these are all either tulip or hyacinth bulbs and for the price I couldn't turn them down.  I have stuck them in the basement to die back and will plant them out in the Spring when the ground is warm.  Though I was just thinking about it, for you gardeners out there, should I wait until Fall?

Thanks for all your comments yesterday.  I wasn't angry, mainly bemused that someone could come up with such a dreadful comment without fully knowing the facts?

Sunday was a great day.  We never left the house all day.  Dh finished off the trim down the basement and stairs.  Now I have to fill in all the nail holes and sand and stain the wood trim that is inserted in between the tiles and wood flooring.  

I stained the stairs last week and the smell was horrible, not helped by not being able to open the windows or doors because it was so cold.  I am going to wait to varnish the stairs until I can open the windows and doors.

We had a cheats version of cabbage rolls for supper, the recipe is here.

If you have a moment you should pop by Cindy's as Lexus has just had puppies and they are gorgeous.  Her doggies have their own blog here.  For those of you who are mad about cats, Jane's 13 cats have their own blog here.

Another reason to shop at Shopper's Drug Mart!!! DEAL ALERT

So thanks to those dear people over at Frugal Shopper for suggesting this first of all.

This week From August 22nd until Friday August 28th, 2009 when you buy $75 or more on the following gift cards, you get 7,000 bonus points.

The gift cards are for:

iTUNES, FOOTLOCKER, ESSO, NEXON GAME, KFC, PIZZA HUT & TACO BELL

They also have a special on where if you spend $75.00 you get a bonus of 15,000 points up to and including Monday August 24th. When I went into the store this morning I set off with 52,505 points and when I walked out of there my points total was 95085, so all in all i got 42,580, which is worth $100 in free stuff on a bonus redemption day and it cost me $316.61.

So here is how I did it.

I first bought $300 in Shopper's Drug Gift cards, for that I got 3,000 points. When they tell you, you won't get points for doing this ignore them, YOU DO!!

I then did three separate transactions buying $75 worth of Esso gift cards using the Shopper's Gift cards to purchase them, again if they say they can't do that, tell them they can and to try it!! Each transaction garnered me 750 regular points, and 7,000 bonus points.

So, so far I have got :

300o points x 1
750 points x 3
7,000 points x 3

I then spent $83.21 plus taxes on my regular shopping which garnered me, 15,000 bonus points as I spent over $75 pre-tax, 850 regular points and 480 product bonus points.

So now I have:

3000 points x 1 = 3000
750 points x 3 = 2250
7000 points x 3 = 21000
15000 points x 1 = 15000
850 points x 1 = 850
480 points x 1 = 480

For a total of 42,580 points.

Now if you go to the Esso gas station they have numerous gift cards which you can buy for various places including Home Depot, La Senza, East Side Marios & Marks Work Wearhouse. So if you don't want to use them for gas you could "buy" one of those using the Esso gift card.

In my case, I bought $75 of Esso cards for me, as my lawn tractor gas containers cost me around $35 to fill each time, so they will come in handy. The other $150 I am going to buy some other cards with them and use them for Christmas gifts.

The gist of this story is I spent just over $300, I have some Christmas presents taken care of and I will be getting an extra $100 worth of free stuff from Shopper's at the next bonus redemption.

There are Sunday and Monday specials on as well. Plus sugar is only $1.49 per bag until next Friday.

Why you SHOULD shop at Shopper's Drug Mart!!!

Below is what I got at Shopper's Drug Mart on Sunday morning, and I ended up paying $14.10 out of pocket for it all.
(click on the photo for more detail)

This is what I got:

4 x Whole Wheat Bread
1 x English Muffins
1 x Mesh body puff thingy
1 x Christie Thinsations
2 x Shave Gel
2 x Naturegg Egg Whites
2 x 750g Silhouette Yogurt
1 x 250g Philadelphia Light Cream Cheese
3 x Hunts Pudding Snacks
2 x Creamer for Coffee
2 x Lays Stax Chips
1 x Webber Glucosamine
1 x 2 Pack Nice'N Easy Hair Dye
1 x Swiffer Wet Cloth's
2 x 1 dozen Eggs
2 x Scrubbing Bubbles Shower Cleaner
4 x Mouthwash
2 x 4 litre milk
3 x Purex Laundry Detergent
1 x Pures Fabric Softener

I had $22.99 in coupons and I cashed in $100 worth of points.

Now Shopper's Drug Mart is having a referral event from Monday August 10th to Wednesday August 12th. If you spend $25 you will get 5,000 bonus points. If you refer someone else and they shop, you will get an extra 5,000. If anyone in Canada wants a referral just leave me a comment with your email address (I won't publish your comment) and I'll send you a referral, you may as well get the extra points. Purex laundry detergent is on sale on Monday for $3.99 which is a good price.

Now for something a little different, I am working all this week. Just at my old work and only from 9am until 3pm, but every little helps, as the house is needing more money spent on it!!! Linda is on vacation, so I am covering for her. Looking forward to it, just not looking forward to the driving, as it is at least 1 hour and 15 minutes each way to the place, just wish I had one of those audio books to while the time away!!!