The Mogo Blog

Black Friday is coming, Cyber Monday is close behind

For those of you out there that don’t know, Black Friday is the Friday that follows American Thanksgiving. It’s also the biggest retail shopping day of the year. To compete for your bucks, retailers offer up mega sales to get you in the door. Online shops have followed suit and Cyber Monday has been gaining tremendous steam over the past few years. As we get closer to the big shopping days (yep – Canada’s starting to see some spillover on Black Friday sales) it’s time to start looking at where

CONTEST: What do you love about the Grey Cup?

It’s that time of the year – GREY CUP TIME!!! The BC Lions are taking on the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in Vancouver’s newly redone BC Place., and it should be a great game! There are definitely a few great reasons to love the Grey Cup: 1. the sport 2. the players 3. delicious snack food Let us know who you think will win and what you love about the Grey Cup and you can **win a $25 Superstore gift card **- just in time to stock up on snacks for the game! ————————– TO ENTER: 1. Leave a commen

Vancouver Happy Hour: Goldfish in Yaletown

**Happy hours:**This column will detail some of my favourite options for wetting your whistle or grabbing some appetizers. While most of my posts will be Vancouver-specific, we’re ready to roll these out across the country. Be sure to hit the comment thread to tell us about your favorite watering holes. I work in downtown Vancouver — that’s right, some of us bloggers are proudly out of our parents’ basements! — and there are a ton of happy hour options around the city. One that’s located just

CONTEST: How do you keep warm in winter?

Whether you’re still enjoying the autumn leaves or you’re already getting your snow shovel ready, there’s no doubt that summer is over in Canada. So we’re wondering, how do you keep warm when it’s cold outside? Let us know and you can win a $25 gift card to spend on hot bevvies at your fave cozy Starbucks! TO ENTER: 1. Leave a comment below telling us what you do to keep warm in the winter. (1 entry) 2. Post the following on Twitter (1 entry): RT to enter to win a $25 Starbucks gift c

The Economy of Halloween

Don’t fool yourself. Halloween is big business. As a continent, we spend billions of dollars in the fright department. As predicted by the National Retail Federation, our neighbors to the south (Americans) will be spending $6.86 billion on Halloween this year. That’s the 10th ranked most expensive holiday, averaging out about $72.31 on treats, tricks, costumes and parties. Halloween expenses have jumped up about 8% since 2008, so the spooky spending is definitely on the rise. Rather than try t