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Show Sunday. August 31. 2008 DAILY HERALD Budget annoying kid college-boun- d Continued from Cl polish. SAVINGS: S15-S6-0 3. Get yew hair cut at a beauty barber cokege AO stylists have to start somewhere, and for many, that is beauty adnoL Places such as the Aveda Institute www.avedainstitutesbb. com) are full service salons with great drab. For example, a cut and style at Aveda ta SIS. If youre concerned about the skill level of a novice, test the school waters with a lower-profiservice first, like a manicure. SAVINGS: 4. Shop smarter You neednl deny yourself designer goods, just refocus your search, says expert Thomas. Stores such as Ross Dress for Less, TJ Maxx and Marshall's &n be packed with designer gear from previous seasons at discounted prices. The Blakeney, N.C., Marshall's last week had racks of Calvin Klein knit dresses for $59 and Michael by Michael Kors handbags for a little more than $100. Take advantage of the consignment shops in your area, and if you're feeling really hicky, try Goodwill, Value Village or tt Salvation Army.' On the flip side, sell or consign . OeorC- leaving home toon. My parents will pay my tuition. I want them to know lap- predate it, but I am not sure how to tell them. My parents an hella annoying. I can barely stand to be around them. And I dont want to encourage any kind of communication between Us. I fust want them to know that I know its a sacrifice for them and I am grateful. V Glad to Be Leaving 0; le ' S5-S- Tell Me About It Helta annoying is a bit nonspecific. Can you cite any. NICK MY MCCANaCtaMta Obmntr Deondra Gilbert of Chariotte examines har new haircut os stylist and student Octavio Wright asks if any adjustment! are needed during an appointment at the Dudley Beauty School Carolyn; They are nosy. They question me about everything I want to do and who I go with and what will I eat andonandonlf my friends come over, they try to talk to them and it Is so embarrassing, what they say. They try to give me advice and they don't know what they are talking about. Really f, think they have no life, so they are overly Interested in mine. If I don't do what they want, they remind me that they give me money. , Really Glad to Be Leav- say a bikini wax costs $35l You should have one every four weeks. YouH spend $420 annually (not including tip) on that schedule. Reduce your Visits to every six weeks, and your an-- . nual wax expenditure drops to get b to increase time between appointments. Instead of going for a brow wax every four . weeks, see if you can make it six or even eight weeks (give gain karma. 5. Pamper less often those tweezers a workout). The quickest way to cut back Don't think k makes a differ- oh your grooming services bud ence? Check this math: Let's your unwanted gear. Making money tends to take the sting out of spending it. SAVINGS: Varies, depending an your bar- . . Could this be why you find them unbearable? Sure. A kid who finds parents annoying b hardly breaking new ground. But taking their tukion money wkhout deigning to converse wkh them? Wow. For my readers considering. children, youre a case for birth controL Please revisit for a moment your objections to your parents: Is there malice? thing that you fed justifies estrangement? Thanks. campus in Charlotte, N.C. : - Carolyn Hax $2$0. SAVINGS: $140 . . . Neglect? Abuse? even?.. No, Theyre guilty of giving a damn about you, albeit possibly in a fashion. Even n-depleting cringe-inducin- g, oxyge- n they're downright bizarre, though, the best way far you to show that you aren't an ingrate b to find some bearable way to give a damn abort ing them in return. You can do that while still You're glad to be leaving. Check. setting copious limits: You can ask them abort themselves. You're also withholding information on your where- - ' You can offer basic informaabouts and companions; avoid- tion wkhout making them pry ing your parents; ashamed of k out of you first. You can in-them; certain that, at presum- - .. traduce them to your friends, knowing that if your friends ably less than half their age, Iess of you, that's your life think more abort know . you friends' fauk, not your than they do; nevertheless accepting their food, shelter and ents; ks your gene pool, after an, sq you might as well cash; and you're quite certain these qualkies make you the own k. An effort to know our parents, and to use that best thing in their lives. I believe, nowledge to build a functionb the going term for this,. ing relationship with them, b So maybe theyre footing ... never wasted. If you cant find even some the bill in hopes that you receive an education in cause' way to appreciate them as people, then you have no and effect. business using their money as Parents ask questions because they like to know their getaway cash. Get loans, get a own children. And when that job, get a souL proves to be a dead end, they ask because they'd at least Carolyn at te lime like to know where their ... washpat.com, or chat with her online at noon Eastern money b going. Are yours going abort k time each Friday at www.. the best way? Apparently not. washingtonpost.com. -- . . THE ASSOCIATED ard and say it to others first, mSS let alone all the media in the world, Lohan wrote. The father and daughter have publicly quarreled for ther an her blog. The actress years. Lohan said in the dash-happ-y lashed out at father Michael blog post that she tried by calling him a public embar- to make things work in hopes rassment and a butty" in a of having a father again and : MySpace blog entry posted wanting things to change Thursday. Earlier in the week, despite what her mother and Michael said in an interview siblings have gone through with E! that Lohan gal pal Sawith him, " Lohan continued: Having mantha Ronson was using" said that the people were hb daughter. Lotan's publicist, Leslie right, and he is yet to change Sioane-Zelniconfirmed the but this time, without his he has post by Lohan was legitimate. daughter by his side "If you have something to become a public embarrassment and a bully to nty famsay to me, say it to my face that's what I have believed my ily, my coworkers, my friends and a girl that means the world whole life don't be a cow- to me (its obvious who that LDS ANGELES Undsiy Lohan had words for her fa- if he really cared about her, he would respect her wishes. She also said that Ronson and mother Dina would never sell me out. Lohan ended the post by saying that she had a ' therapist and it's not a cameraLo-ha- . . .' ; - . man at xl7 (the celebrity photo agency and Web site). In a separate post, Ronson said she was angry when she first heard about Michael's at- -, tack on her and called him a man who is so desperate for attention that he goes to the media whenever possible. Ronson went on to say she fek no need to publicly defend my rob in Lindsay's life Im just sorry that she likes me more than him. After the blog entries were ported Thursday, Michael told OK! magazine in an exclama- tion statement that hb concerns about Ronson were all generated by e . . k, . - - The Mean Girb star went on to say that she believes her - father b addicted to fame, and . point-heav- y ex-wif- 4 Dina, who stars alongside their in the daughter All reality series Living Lohan. Michael called Dina a money loving, deceiver. All I want is for Lindsay to be healthy and in a good relationship, he also said In the statement. I want her to use the gifts she has in the best ways and to he)p others! I said it from the very beginning: Show me who you walk wkh and I will tell you who you are! People may deceive us, but our eyes and facts dont! OPEN YOUR EYESlir Michael, a former WaU Street broker, married Dina in 1985. 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