Pickering Town Centre Celebrates Black Friday & Gift Card Giveaway

Attention all shoppers! In case you don’t already have it marked down on your calendar, this coming Friday November 28 is Black Friday! What was only once celebrated by the Americans, Black Friday has become increasingly popular here in Canada over  the last few years. This is when most major retailers will open early and will offer great promotions/sales to kick off the holiday shopping season.

You’ll definitely have to stop by Pickering Town Centre this Black Friday. PTC is just off the Highway 401 in the heart of Pickering, Ontario at Kingston Rd. (Highway 2) and Liverpool Rd. They will be opening early at 8am and will stay open until 9:30pm on November 28.

Pickering Town Centre has over 200 stores! Hudson’s Bay, Sears, H&M, Gap, Coach and Target, just to name a few. It’s a perfect place to do all your holiday shopping for your loved ones. Click here for the list of all the stores and restaurants. So, who’s ready for all the great sales, promotions, and special events?

Some of the special events/offers happening on Black Friday at PTC:

- The Swag Bags and Wheel of SWAG (more info on poster below)

- FREE Breakfast (for the first 500 to bring their voucher to Guest Services on Black Friday. You can get your voucher here on PTC Facebook page.

Follow Pickering Town Centre via social media to stay up-to-date with the latest fashion trends, store promos and mall news.  For more info on PTC head to their website here. Click on the following to follow PTC via social media: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest.

Now, to get you ready for your Black Friday shopping at Pickering Town Centre, PTC has given me TWO $50 Pickering Town Centre gift cards to giveaway! For your chance to win one of them, use the rafflecopter widget below.

Giveaway closes midnight Wednesday November 26. Winners will be notified on Thursday November 27, and will have 24 hrs to reply back to my message/email. NOTE: Winners must be able to go pick up their gift card at Pickering Town Centre Guest Services within 5 business days. It will not be mailed out. Winners must present their ID when picking up their gift card. Good luck!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

My Versace for H&M Shopping Experience

Not sure if anyone else went to the Versace for H&M today but I was there! Yeah, I was one of those 'crazy fashion people', but I don't think I am 'that crazy' like some who set up tents and waited over night.

I went to the Yorkdale location. I was there around 6:30 am (the store opens at 8 am). For some reason, we had to wait outside the mall. I was told that there was about 150 people inside lining up already. Good thing it wasn't too cold and that it was only for about 20 mins, we then got to go in and joined the line up. It was pretty organized, so that was a good thing.

In the line, we were then given wrist band (only if you were shopping the women's collection) with our shopping time slot along with a shopping instruction. Even though I wasn't shopping the women's collection, I still had to get one.

Since I was only shopping the men's collection, I got myself into the store at around 8:15am. It was a bit hectic, but lots of security all around to keep things under control - you know how us, crazy shoppers can get - lol. Unlike last year, during the Lavin collection, posters were knocked down and people were undressing the mannequins.

Overall, I was happy with my Versace shopping experience : ) Got most of the stuff that I wanted plus more! Good thing there's a 14 days return policy, since I'm thinking of bringing back some of those 'impluse/changed my mind' buys.

For those whose interesting in owning some Versace, let me know asap. The items I will be returning are: t-shirt (Small), pair of black tailored trouser (waist 32R), and a pair of black leather shoes (size 9)

Here are some pics of my day and purchases...

Waiting in line....

Shopping instructions - it's serious stuff : )
Wrist band: note the Greek pattern.

Store window display.

Women's Versace area

Men's Versace shopping area.

My purchases!! Colourful shopping bags...

  

Got the optical print t-shirt I wanted - but the
design looks different from their site?

Got the scarf with the Greek pattern - a Cashmere blend : )

Check out this high-top leather shoes!

I love the detailing - crocodile print pattern inside!

Yorkdale's Expansion

Didn't it feel like Yorkdale just finished a big expansion? I guess they're not done yet. Yorkdale just announced that they will be doing a $220 million dollar expansion adding 145,000 square ft of new retail space. Expansion overview:

• 40 new retails! 

(which they referred to as "first to market", I really want to know which retail. I already heard that they will be getting J.Crew.)

• new third level food court, doubling the seating capacity

• new restaurants

• over 800 new underground parking spaces

Seeing how being green is so popular, Yorkdale will be including that into their expansion. The new food court will reduce waste by 85% with resusable plates and cutlery. Also they will be adding a 65,000 square foot green roof to reduce atmospheric heating.

Construction has already begun and will be expected to finish in late 2012. I'm really looking forward to seeing it when it's all finish --- Very exciting!! : )