You say you want a resolution?
Here are 15 of them, and dozens of ways to carry them out, from the exorbitant to the dirt cheap.
Look younger
Get a face-lift: $11,000-$15,000.
Get a set of Botox injections: $300.
Have a pro dye your hair: $25-$75.
Wear a SpongeBob SquarePants T-shirt: $20.
Feel younger
Invest in a 456-horsepower arctic-silver Porsche GT2: $197,000.
Buy a new VW Beetle convertible: $22,000.
Get a full massage and body wrap after a Jacuzzi soak: $165.
Use Viagra: $100 for 10 50-milligram pills.
Invite your friends over for a game of Twister: $14.
Look sharper
Hire an image consultant: $50-$250 an hour.
Get a new outfit and shoes: Nordstrom, $1,000; Wal-Mart, $100.
Get that tattoo removed: $400-$8,000.
Quit slouching; wear matching socks and a smile: free.
Improve your mind
Enroll in a graduate class for credit: up to $3,500.
Take a class at an adult school: $25-$150.
Start a book group: $10-$30 per person per month.
Listen to a book: $12 tape rental.
Stop watching Fear Factor and Jackass: free.
Get some culture
See a Broadway show: $100 a seat.
Hear the Philadelphia Orchestra: $5-$132 (rush tickets to box seats).
Boogie through "Degas and the Dance," opening Feb. 12 at the Art Museum: $20. (Tickets go on sale Sunday.)
Play with Shakespearean Magnetic Poetry set: $9.95
Spend more time with the kids
See the sharks at the New Jersey State Aquarium in Camden: About $50 for a family of four.
Skate at the RiverRink on Penn's Landing: About $35 for a family of four (skate rental included).
Pray for snow so you can go sledding: $25 for two coasters.
Buy a board game (like Cranium Cadoo): $20.
Bake cookies from scratch: $5.
Lose weight
Get liposuction: $2,500-$3,500 per area.
Try Jenny Craig Direct: $330 for a month of delivered diet-plan foods.
Join Weight Watchers' online program (www.weightwatchers.com): $59.95 for three months.
Seek counseling: $7 a week at L.A. Weight Loss.
Padlock your fridge: $5.
Exercise more
Buy an elliptical trainer machine: $300-$1,000.
Hire a personal trainer, eight-session package: $300-$600.
Join a health club: $35 a month and up.
Go mall-walking: free.
Stop smoking
Look into my eyes: $100-$200 for a hypnosis session.
Take a stab at acupuncture: $200-$475 (four to six visits).
Chew nicotine gum for three months: $250-$500.
Wear a nicotine patch for three months: $200.
Buy the American Lung Association's 7 Steps to a Smoke-Free Life: $14.95.
Get help with money
Hire a financial planner: $1,500-$3,000 for a complete middle-income plan. (Fees vary greatly.)
Fly to Vegas: $275-$500.
Read Personal Finance for Dummies: $21.99.
Read "60-Second Guides" at the Motley Fool Web site (www.fool.com): free.
Get help with life
Hire a life/career coach: $100-$500 an hour; $300-$1,000 a month.
See a therapist: up to $200 a session.
Subscribe to Oprah Winfrey's magazine O: $24.
Talk with clergy: donations accepted.
Get organized
Hire an organizing pro: $40-$75 an hour.
Get a rack-and-basket system at a home store: $90 and up.
Buy a box of big green trash bags and chuck stuff: $2.50.
Donate those old clothes: You get a tax deduction.
Take care of yourself
(Often covered by health insurance, or free.)
Get a complete physical (and ask about that funny mole).
If a woman over 20, do a breast self-exam monthly.
If a woman over 40, get a mammogram every year or two.
If 50 or older, get a colonoscopy.
Be a better person
Volunteer your time, or donate what you can.
Read Tuesdays With Morrie: $12.95.
Read to kids in a literacy program.
Adopt a dog: $50 at Pennsylvania SPCA.
Just accept yourself
Buy new clothes that fit. (See "new outfits" elsewhere.)
Buy a season of your favorite TV show on DVD: $30-$130.
Have a dress-down party with old friends: as you wish.
Trash that full-length mirror: free.
Some prices are approximations or estimates of typical ranges, and do not reflect exceptionally cheap or costly examples. All data came from interviews or published sources.
