Even your home should be FABULOUS!

Door stopper Pumps $9.99 ea (2 or more for $8.99 each)

ALERT! $1 Megabus.com

Just like you see with the airlines, strong competition leading to major low prices, the same is having with state to state; city to city bus service companies. We all know how the Chinatown buses pushed Greyhound to make round trips purchased online for travel between NYC to Philly, Boston, Baltimore and DC pretty cheap.

NOW check out Megabus who is coming into this space with fares as low as $1 round trip (plus a $.50 transaction fee). It gets BETTER. Book a trip for the weekend of May 30th - June 1 and it is FREE - it is the same weekend the company debuts its services in NYC. I just bought 4 Philly tickets for FREE only paying the transaction cost of $.50.

I know this sounds like an infomercial at this time but chop chop and get on it. Read more news coverage here.

Wax On. Wax Off.

I have this Love/Hate relationship with hair removal. I love the outcome but hate the process of getting there....and who doesn't! Razors leave awkward stubble in two hours. Depilatory creams STINK to high heaven and you have to stand as if your left leg is allergic to your right for 13 minutes to get your legs smooth. Lets not even get started on how much going to waxing salon costs...

In my quest to find a cheap, long lasting and EASY way to remove hair I stumbled across the Sally Hansen Hair Remover Wax Strip Kit (for body, legs, arms and bikini)

$8.19

The box contains 15 double sided strips with pre-applied wax. You heat up the strip by clasping it between your hands and rubbing them together a la Mr Miyagi. Then peal the back side of the strip from the front side, which will leave you with 2 strips. Slap it on your place of choice and peel quickly while you hold the skin taught. You throw the used strip away and do it again! I won't lie you ...it hurts...but after all it's still waxing. But its worth enduring as the results last up to 8 weeks! I must say that I used it on my legs, which I did let growth for a couple of weeks for best results. Also, I tend to have very thin hair so I would imagine that also aided in achieving positive results from this product. Since the strips use a limited amount of wax so I would imagine it would not be as effective on course hair. So with that said, I definitely vouch for this kit! Happy Waxing ;-)

Tax Time Freebies

It is about a month before taxes need to be filed in time for the April 15th deadline.

This may not be applicable to you all, but do remember that there are quite a number of online tax filing services - free of charge - based on your state and gross income.

You can learn more about them here.

For those of you that didn't have any unique situations during 2007 that requires a tax genius, try one of these sites for a free and quick tax return (that is if you are getting dollars back). Myself and several friends have used TaxAct over the years and it has been great. I definitely suggest, but once again only if your tax issues are not complicated.

Random but related note about Exemption/Allowances:

This topic keeps coming up in conversations these days. When you were hired and you filled out the W4 form and answered a couple questions with a "1" or "0" which you then totalled. Some of you single folks may have been told to put "0" while others followed directions and had a total of "2". So the number basically means how much taxes will be taken out per paycheck. It is legal to put "0" even if your total is not. You end up paying more taxes per check with a better chance of getting a tax refund. The higher that number on the W4 is the less taxes you pay per check and the result can be getting little to no refund to having to pay the government back.

Free Light Bulbs = Lowered Electric Bill

Everyone is trying to do their part for the environment, and doing so can also make your bank account happy too.

Make sure to take advantage of ConEd’s Lighting Express Program. They are working with the department of Quality Conservation Services (private contractors) to install energy efficient light bulbs – FOR FREE – in homes of qualified neighborhoods.

To find out if your residence qualifies call 866-364-8269. Simply give them your zip code and street address and in seconds you will know.

Learn more here

Suze Orman's Book - Free on Orpah.com til 2/14 8PM

Hey Everyone,
As much as we love to all shop and have nice things and to wine and dine at cool places, we have to also be mindful of our financial health for the present and the future. I just got an email about Suze Orman's book Women & Money and that it is free on Oprah.com til 8PM 2/14. What a loving gift. Do keep in mind that "free" here means that you can download the PDF version and go from there.

Personally, I wish they giving away the paperback version. The good side of it is you can check out the table of content and print out what you are interested and read in sections.

Click here for the PDF link. If that link becomes an issue click here for location on Oprah's site.