CATEGORY           WHERE TO BUY IT               WHAT YOU GET

CARS               www.monsterracing.com         Experiences range from riding
                    www.drivingadventure.com      as a passenger in a stock car 
                   www.superbikeschool.com       to learning to take laps
                                                 yourself at 100 mph-plus to
                                                 two-day motorcycle camps

CELEBRITIES        Auction sites, such as        A sampler: Backstage passes  
                   eBay and UltimateBid.com      to the television drama ER,
                                                 lunch with the boys from 
                                                 'N Sync, and a round of golf
                                                 with Tiger Woods

DREAM JOBS         Check the auction sites.      Choices include chef for a
                   Most require you to contact   night at a fine Chicago
                   the desired business to       restaurant or editor for a
                   work out details              day at a New Jersey newspaper

SPAS               A good search tool for        Pedicure and massage run under
                   finding spas: www.spas.       $100; more expensive pampering
                   about.com; major hotel        packages, including hotel 
                   chains, such as Hilton,       accommodations and upscale 
                   Hyatt, and Westin, offer      beauty treatments, are also 
                   spa services in many          available 
                   locations