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Tax Rebate Fever!

Money, Honey

What to do with your newfound $600:

  • Buy 606 99-cent Wendy’s Frosties (less if you buy fries to dip in them)

  • Donate $600 to your presidential candidate

  • Lift one eye

  • Buy a pair of Manolos

  • Make your monthly student loan payment on time

  • Spend one night at the 12 room, Gothic Villa, Villa Faltrinelli in Italy, or 11 nights at a Travelodge in Cleveland

  • Book Hall & Oates to play your Superbowl party

  • Head to Vegas, baby, and turn $600 into $6!

  • Drink one bottle of Chateau Mouton Rothschild Paullac 1986 ($592), or 200 bottles of Trader Joe’s Two-Buck Chuck

  • Get your teeth whitened

  • Furnish your entire home at Ikea

  • Pay someone to assemble all the Ikea furniture

  • Purchase one bra and panties set at Agent Provocateur

  • Forget getting engaged first--buy your own damn KitchenAide mixer

  • Buy a VIP ticket to Coachella

  • Get your mom something nice for once

  • Become the sexiest girlfriend ever and purchase a Wii with all the attachments

  • Get a custom haircut by Ken Paves

  • Take a scuba diving course

  • Set aside for two of the damn bridesmaid dresses you’ll be wearing this summer
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