Waiting till the last minute to place your bids in the CL Holiday Auction?

Well, the last minute is almost here.

Starting Thurs. Dec. 9 at 12 noon, the first batch of auction items will be closing, and another batch follows on Friday. The remainder close throughout the coming week, Monday-Thursday Dec. 13-16.

For full details on the auction, which benefits The Children's Home, go to cltampa.com/auction. If you want to snag any of the following, you'll want to start placing your bids now.

Closing Thurs. Dec. 9, 12 Noon

Item #073: VIP tickets to the Wearable Art fashion show and one year’s Dunedin Fine Art Center membership (Pictured right: Fashion from Wearable Art 6, photographed by Chip Weiner)

Closing Thurs. Dec. 9, 2 p.m.

#36: Dinner and a show at Skipper’s Smokehouse

#46: The movie-lover’s special (passes to Beach and Tampa theatres)

#48-51: All DVD packages: Ultimate TV, Sci-Fi, Summer Flashback and Kids

#72: St. Patty’s Day Pub Crawl in St. Pete

#74: Four tickets to the 25th Annual StarPower Celebrity Fashion Show

#85: Gals, get fit! package from Shapes (three memberships)