WHAT A DEAL!

1/31/13

CUTTING EDGE DEAL.

Hair cut. $8! Plus a free gift (my gift was a box of tissues).
It get even better! A sign on the wall says:
Having trouble paying for hair care?
Pay what you can or get a great hair style and just say “thank you.”
AIN’T THAT THE BEST?
Heather’s Hair Salon.
What a Deal.

(note: above photo of Heather was taken shortly before Christmas, hence her festive hat)

11/5/12

CERVICAL SALE!

Cervical Collar. $12.69!

With extra-long closures to adjust to most neck sizes!

From Shoppers Drug Mart.

What a Deal.

PANTS. JUST PANTS.

Topaz slacks. Marked down from $88 to $16!
From Winners.
Topaz adds pizzazz, am I right?
What a Deal.

THE COOKIE CRUMBLES & THEN IT ENDS UP AT TRAMPOLINE HALL.

Look! It’s an insane amount of cookies. They cost $36.25! From the Peek Freans Cookie Outlet.

I bought: 4 large bags of broken Garden Cremes, a cardboard box of Chips Ahoy, 10 sleeves of some weird type of tea cookie & a box of mint Oreos.

All of the cookies ended up together as the stage set for the Trampoline Hall lecture series on September 10th. The entire audience got to take home cookies after the show.

What a Deal.

(Special thanks to Blanca Marcela López for helping with cookie transport & set up)

9/9/12

DEAL REDUX

It’s been brought to my attention that not everyone understood the magnitude of amazingness when viewing The Amazing Heat Pack.

Listen up guys, this is from a press release put out by Comfort Now:

Excitement for The Amazing Heat Pack product line was apparent at the 2008 ECRM, where retailers were abuzz over the only first aid product capable of producing instant moist heat therapy, proven to be the most effective treatment for pain relief. Unlike products that require pain sufferers to use a microwave or endure a 30-minute activation delay, a specially formulated chemical compound inside The Amazing Heat Pack independently heats in just 15 seconds and stays hot for 45 minutes.

I have re-edited my video, adding some slow motion sequences and additional titles. WATCH IT AGAIN.

9/3/12

HOT DEAL!

The Amazing Heat Pack! $4!

From the Shoppers Drug Mart discount shelf.

What a Deal.

4/16/12

ERSATZ DEAL!

Fake Fendi Boots. $8.99!
From the Goodwill (on Roncesvalles).
What a Deal.

7/22/11

On Hiatus. Be back soon.

3/30/11

WHAT A DEAL: INTRODUCING VIDEO!

Look at this! It's a video. A video of a deal.

3/28/11

THIS DEAL WILL LIGHT UP YOUR DAY.

Calico Cat Flashing Pin by Pet Lites™.
Batteries included. It twinkles! 10¢.
Package says it can be used as a button/tieclip/brooche.
From the Salvation Army (Queen West @ Macdonell).
What a Deal.

3/17/11

MAKE NO MISTAKE, THIS IS A REALLY GOOD DEAL. REALLY.

Erasers. 40 for 50¢.
From the Roncesvalles Goodwill.
What a Deal.

3/7/11

THIS DEAL IS PURRFECTION.

Kitten Boxes. Half Price! Two for 99¢.
From the Roncesvalles Goodwill.
What a Deal.
(Deal found by Sue Johnson)

11/23/10

HOT DIGGITY DOG!

TWO DEALS:
#1. Puppy. Free! From Rick.
#2. Snakeskin Cowboy Boots. $20! The Public Butter (Queen Street).
They match. What a Deal.

11/1/10

SEXY! DEAL!

Two Deals:
#1. Sexy lingerie set. $15!
#2. Stay-put thigh-high fishnet stockings. $20!
Cupid Boutique. Happy Halloween!
This "nasty underwear" deal was provided by Frank, the sexy cat. He informed me that the (Toronto) Yonge Street location provided him with very helpful customer service and that this appears to be a "permanent sale".
What a Deal.

10/15/10

THIS DEAL DOESN'T STINK

Analgesic Cream. Free!
Retrieved by Rebecca Baran from the free bin at the pharmacy in Bruno, SK.
What a Deal.

9/1/10

MEAL OF A DEAL

Gummi meals. $1 each! Fields (Humboldt, Saskatchewan).
They look exactly like a real meal but they are miniature and free of nutrients! The flavours are confusing!
What a Deal?

8/1/10

TWO HEADS FOR THE PRICE OF NONE

Bag of porcelain figures. Some broken.
One missing a body.
$2.99! Value Village.
I complained about the broken pieces
(even though that was my favourite part)
and they lowered the price down from $4.99.
What a Deal.

HATS OFF TO THIS DEAL

Du-Rag. 50% off! 63¢!
Purchased from a dollar store going out of business.
The packaging reads: "Will tit all head sizes".
That's right, tit. What a Deal.

7/28/10

HEY, THERE'S A MONTHLY PODCAST WITH A SEGMENT DEDICATED TO DEALS!

On Tuesday July 27th What a Deal! made a special appearance on Activity Tuesday (which takes place the last Tuesday of every month & is hosted by Maria Bui & Ryan McLaren). This month we talked about pizza, undervests and Herdez food products. Listen now. (P.S. If you show up to listen in person at The Ossington there's free snacks! What a Deal!)

7/14/10

THIS DEAL WAS EXECUTED HALF-HEARTEDLY BUT IT'S OK

Slurpee. Free! 7-Eleven.
Sunday July 11th was 7-Eleven's birthday. 07/11!
In Canada they turned 41. To celebrate: FREE SLURPEES.
7.11 oz. Get it? Cause they love the numbers 7 and 11!
7.11 oz. is actually pretty small.
But who can complain when it's free?
I was expecting banners and balloons, but no,
they were keeping this party quiet.
(P.S. Winnipeg has been crowned slurpee capital of the
world for the past 11 years. I used to live there.)

What a Deal.

7/5/10

BAD DEAL = GOOD DEAL

Five Dollars Gift Certificate.
I bought some spinach dip and it tasted bad.
I complained. They rewarded me!
I'm quite certain I bought the spinach dip on sale,
it definitely cost less than $5.
What a Deal.

5/24/10

THIS DEAL IS A CUT ABOVE THE REST

Electric Scissors. 10¢!
Honest Ed's. What a Deal.
(batteries not included)

5/19/10

COOL DEAL!

DQ Blizzard. Free!
Dispensed from the magical Blizzardmobile while it was temporarily parked in Dundas Square.
What a Deal.

4/29/10

THIS DEAL WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY

Chocolate  Helicopter.
It makes no sense but who cares!
$1.00! Shoppers Drug Mart.  What a Deal.

4/23/10

ANOTHER CHEESY DEAL!

Tray of Brie. $2.60!
This deal was sent to me by reader Rebecca Baran:

"I used to work at A&P (Dominion, now Metro) in my youth, so I can tell you that there is nothing wrong with this discounted cheese. The brie comes in a giant circular piece. So we would have to cut it into individual triangles, then wrap them in plastic and price them individually... Sometimes I would remove the giant brie from the fridge to cut, and then get distracted with other tasks, so the large piece of brie would slowly come to room temp and become melty. This discounted deformed brie is just mistakes from cutting up the giant brie."

What a Deal.

4/1/10

NOTEWORTHY DEAL!

Wood-Paneled Notebook With Silver Detail. $1.00!
From the dollar store upstairs at the Gerrard Square Mall.
What a Deal.

3/20/10

THIS DEAL IS WILD.

Igor® Canoo Cakes with Strawberry Filling. Free!
Downtown Toronto, corner of Dundas & Victoria.
They were giving them out to anyone walking by!
I took two! What a Deal.