Auditions, Headshots and Resumes!

So I've begun to write a list for things that I need to accomplish before the summer is over. Among the obvious (Get a job, save enough so I can buy my plane ticket, etc . . .) There are several things I have to do (some of which also require money). . . and a car.
I feel like the car thing would be the most practical, but I don't know if there would be any sense in taking out a loan to get one if I'm going to be gone teaching in France for a year. What good would that do me?
First off, I need professional headshots. I need an affordable price, so I'll probably contact my long-lost friend Emily (a photographer entrepreneur) and see what her rates are. Probably that'd be the best way to go, on my student budget...
Secondly I need to be going to auditions. But I cannot show up at an audition without a means of getting to it. So, I have two options: A) Take the loan out, get the car. You'll need one after France anyhow. B) Move to a city like Ann Arbor, where there is more opportunity than a city like Walled Lake.
Thirdly I need better material to work with. I haven't chosen the best monologues in the past, and that has cost me a lot of opportunity. So, I'm going to read read read, and find whatever pulls at my heartstrings and will convey my talent.
I shall add to the list as the summer goes. This blog will be my idea scratch pad.
Anyone who may be reading this....I'd love recommendations for plays, especially with good powerful (or funny) female monologues.