If you have money left in your FSA for this plan year, you need to buy OTC drugs now, that is before Dec. 31, and consider the new rules before deciding how much money to put away for 2011.

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Free to the public, anyone can wander around the workshops filled with artists hammering and carving their latest creations -- though if you want to clamber on one of the marvelous animals, you'll need to buy a ticket.

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Of course, if that's what you want, you don't need to buy an illiquid REIT.

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"SkyMall is perfect for things you don't necessarily need but would make great conversation pieces if you were willing to be silly and whimsical enough to actually buy them, " Barish said.

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After all, if you buy a book to fix a problem, and it works, you don't need another book.

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If the deal goes through, before you can watch YouTube clips of Borat on your cellphone you'll probably need to buy a new one first.

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"If you want to buy land, you will probably get a loan equal to half its value and you would need to wait 60 days for your application to be approved, " he says.

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