Purchase online from the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum gift store, and you get a free gift of a mini poster of O’Keeffe’s Abstraction White Rose, 1927. The timeless O’Keeffe image is 14 inches by 11 inches. See it at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Store website where you can buy gorgeous gift items from jewelry to clothing to books to mugs to mobiles. They also have their 2011 O’’Keeffe calendars in already.
Be alert for shipping charges. They’re determined by order value, and if you buy something under $10, you’ll pay $6.50 in shipping. Rates are better value if you order above the $10 mark, so maybe grab a few gift items to plan ahead for the holidays.
If you’re flying into Albuquerque to visit Santa Fe, or you live here and want a deal on a getaway, find discount flights starting at $49 if you book by August 5, 2010.
The new Southwest sale gives a price break on flights this fall. Book by August 5, for travel on Tuesdays and Wednesdays between September 7 and December 14, 2010, and sale fares include two free bags.
We’re seeing these prices to or from Albuquerque for a one way fare:
- $49 Tucson, Phoenix, Denver
- $69 Las Vegas
- $79 Austin
- $89 San Diego, Kansas City
- $94 Dallas
- $109 Los Angeles, Tampa Bay
- $113 Salt Lake City
- $119 New Orleans
- $125 Chicago,
These are just sample prices – Southwest flies to many other cities, and you may also find different / better fares. Discount fares are not valid on November 24. Make reservations directly with Southwest.com for the Southwest Airlines sale.
The New Mexico Gross Receipts Tax Holiday kicks off on Friday, August 6, and ends at midnight on Sunday, August 8, 2010. These items are exempt from gross receipts tax during the tax holiday:
- Clothing or shoes costing less than $100
- Desktop, laptop, or notebook computers costing less than $1,000
- Other computer hardware costing under $500 (such as a printer, mouse, keyboard, monitor, microphone, speakers etc.)
- School supplies priced less than $15 per unit
- School backpacks, bookbags, handheld calculators priced less than $100 per unit
Exclusions include phones, PDAs, handheld computers/email/internet devices, MP3 players, books, games including video games, office furniture, and musical instruments. In other words, these items are taxable.
See all the details on what’s subject to tax and not in the PDF file on the NM Gross Receipts Tax Holiday page.
And as the legislation is rather complicated, if you’re still in doubt about what’s tax-free, ask in the store before you start shopping.
