Next week you could be missing out on a chance to stretch your tacky cross-dressing clothes budget if you don't head directly to A.J. Willner Auctions in Irvington, New Jersey. Former pop diva and current pop-pariah Whitney Houston is trying to raise some much needed cash. Just think, your costume and equipment budget could help seperate a do-nothing former chart topping superstar from her do-nothing formerly chart topping superstar husband while also stretching further than you'd ever thought possible. It's a win-win if we ever saw one.

The auction catalog includes a myriad of equipment and wardrobe as well as some of ex-Bobby Brown's awards and RIAA certifications. It's like a DIY kit for throwing an Elton John concert.

For a while we were concerned that Britney Spears was set to overtake Whitney Houston's title of "trashiest former pop star". Sure, Brit had a long way to go. She'd have needed to find much better drugs, gaudier clothes and brush up on her humiliating public argument skills. However, had she continued to cling to K-Fed, she was certainly destined for a Whitney/Bobby sequel. Alas Brit kicked K-Fed to the curb, and she's started to put herself back together again. Whitney dropped Bobby as well; only 15 years too late.