<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><p><span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We all know the phrase, "Don't hate me because I'm beautiful."</span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">That goes double if I paid $6 for my hair cut.</span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We've all lost 30 percent or more of our retirement accounts. Gasoline prices are on the uptick, ready to stick it to our summer vacation and back-to-school budgets. Job security in Tulsa isn't as bad as it could be, but no T-Towner can deny that the more-or-less 7 percent jobless rate is on his mind as he puts on his extra-fancy pants to head to the office each day.</span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Even so, we still want to be pampered. Thanks to local cosmetology colleges--there are nearly 100 in this land where the wind goes sweepin' down the plains--it's possible to get the latest beauty treatments without tapping the cash value of our life insurance policies.</span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Read the rest of this story in </span></span><a href="http://www.urbantulsa.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A27379"><span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Consumer Watchdog in Urban Tulsa Weekly</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.</span></span></p></span>