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Spent all your cash on girlie drinks and shattered dreams again this weekend, didn't you? No worries - Thriftster gives you the lowdown on cheap stuff to do until Paycheck Friday.

Calling all crafters, inventors, gearheads and crazy creatives - the ever-amusing Maker Faire wants YOU to show off your best projects, inventions and designs at Sunday's Maker Faire audition at the Houston Children's Museum (1500 Binz St). Confused? Maker Faire is: A two-day, family-friendly event that celebrates arts, crafts, engineering, science projects and the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) mindset. It's for creative, resourceful folks who like to tinker and love to make things. We call them...

A museum membership really is the gift that keeps on giving. Twerpette blogged this week about a museum passport program that lets you get in free to nearly 300 museums all over the country if you're a member of one of the participating institutions. Included on the list are the Houston Children's Museum and the John P. McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science. Twerpette has a link to the list of all the museums,...