After all this talk of lipsticks, ice cream, and non-invasive plastic surgery procedures, Mrs. X is dead tired of recommending products for your consumption. Sometimes a girl just wants to veg out in her PJ’s, surfing the Internet for the best deals on things you can’t get at CVS. So today we’re going to move away from basic goods and services to something a little different.

One of the greatest things the Internet has provided the habitual voyeur inside of us all is the ability to run a people search within the privacy of your own home. A people search is an online service that combs through public records for you using search terms you set yourself, using as little or as much information as you have.

In the past, anyone trying to find an old friend would have to hire a private investigator, which was costly and not all that private. An online people search bypasses all that and takes you directly to the source, giving you only the information you need based on the search terms you input.

You may think a people search isn’t applicable to you just because you haven’t got a long lost cousin to search for or an old lover you’re dying to reconnect with. Not so, ladies! A people search can be used for far more than just personal matters. It can be used to pad the address book, track down classmates for a reunion, or even just look up guests for a party. My annual garden fete wouldn’t be quite the same without the power of people search to fill out the guest list (turns out Mrs. Y next door is too jealous of my rose bushes to set foot in the gazebo).

Public Records Now is by far the most comprehensive people search engine on the Internet and, best of all; it’s one of the most affordable. To run a basic people search will cost you all of $2.95 - less than that Venti Soy Chai Latte you’re sipping on now - and will net you all of the info you need to find whoever you want. Full name, age, date of birth, address, current phone number, and even possible relatives are all included in the basic people search package. And did I mention it’s $2.95? I know I did, but seriously there’s no other place on the web you easily access accurate information without paying a bundle.

You know Mrs. X wouldn’t tout Public Records Now so highly if it didn’t appeal to both her need for privacy and love of frugality. Public Records Now isn’t free, but it’s as close to free as you’re going to get. Unless you’d rather ruin your manicure by rifling through dust covered piles of files that have been sitting in a clerk’s office for the past 40 years? I thought not.

***Picture thanks to Plan 59***

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