My Intro Post
Howdy Y’all Montreal Consumers!
So this is my story and I’m sticking to it: I’m a blogging neophyte who spends all her free time wandering through the endless maze that is underground Montreal, looking for the best deal in absolutely everything. Yes, I DO mind paying an extra 30 cents for toilet paper! No, I DON’T cut out paper coupons! Anywho, why waste all that time you say? Well, now you don’t have too. I’ll waste it for you. Plus, an added bonus to being a neophyte/neo-Luddite, is that I have thus far resisted to owning both a cell phone and a Facebook account, so that spares up plenty of time. Don’t worry, I am a still regular social person, with a fiance and friends and fondue parties.
So back to my story. I live downtown Montreal, I know, I know, I’m a sucker for paying more, but the way I see it is that between my fiance and myself we save like 150 bucks in bus passes since we both work downtown. Plus, we’re really close to all the parade routes, so you can’t beat that. My walk to work is about 75% underground, I know, who needs sunlight? Yuck. Pasty is the new orange. I go through every major downtown mall, and visit all the pharmacies as well. Not that I have some weird disease or fetish, but you be surprised at the good sales happenin’ at your local Jean Coutu. So this blog is mostly for people who access this downtown core, since sales vary from store to store, and well I can only get so far underground. Plus, I have a day job.
What’s in it for me? Pleasure, that others may benefit from my wanderings. An excuse to tell R, (my fiance) why I spent two hours getting home. (“Honey, you want us to be rich, don’t you? Don’t you support my interests?” hehe) Feedback on other great deals maybe? An eventual sponsor? Hello Nike. I’m talking to you. In case you’re wondering, I’m a 27-year-old female, just to put my specialization in perspective, so I can’t really tell you which diapers are best (no kids yet, or grandparents), or which jock straps are on sale. I can however, jot down prices if anyone asks me for something specific. No, I won’t go to any “special” stores, you know which ones I mean. I know that you can just read the fliers online, but they don’t always put all their sales. Plus you would be surprised at how sometimes the sale items are still more expensive than other places.
I might also throw in random tidbits, such as restaurants, services, whatever can save you money, make you money, or simply make you enjoy your hard or easy earned dollars on good food and drink. I vow to be objective, well, as objective as an opinion can be when it comes to personal taste. No, I won’t buy no-name tampons. That’s my objective opinion. What I mean is that if Warren Buffett comes to my door and asks me tell you to buy his product without even testing it first, I will laugh derisively in his face and slam the door shut. Of course, after having snatched the free new toy from his hands. This hence concludes my first blog-posting ever, I am very excited. So if you come back next week and there’s nothing new, please alert your local authorities that I have either been kidnapped by aliens, or that I have been robbed. Of my ambition!
Peace Out, Bar-B. (Bargain Babe)
