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While your children are atschool, spend a couple ofhours lingering in somenon-kid-friendly stores,like your favorite artgallery, fancy clothingboutique, or antique shop.

If it's a chilly evening,toss your pj's briefly inthe dryer before you putthem on.

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9 Mother's DayTreat yourself! Spiff upwith one of OPI's newhues, such as Dim Sum

Plum or Red My For-tune Cookie. ($8.50each; at drugstoresnationwide)

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Treat yourself!Xan ConfectionsSaintly Sins choco-lates live up to theirname: Each one's filled withfruit puree, and only 29 calo-ries! ($9.99 for a five-piecebox; xanconfections.com)

10Ask your Facebookfriends to share theirfavorite memories ofyou (promise to re-turn the favor). Baskin all the great, funnyy

things you've done

4Get awash and a blowout.Choose a non-rainy day,snag some good dryshampoo, and you canmake your salon-fab looklast four to five days!

Pay for an extra hourof daycareafter work,then hit thegym or takea nice eve-ning walk witha good friend.

uInstead of spendinga weekend morningslaving over laundry,drop off five days'

, worth at the laundro-mat. It's a cheapthrill that'll probably

cost less than $30.

Haul yourspare change

to your grocerystore's Coinstarmachine for anAmazon.comgift certificate.

Treat yourself! VeuveClicquot Rose'slimited-edition bottlecomes with a Sakuraice jacket to keep itcool. ($60; at winestores nationwide)

Have yourfavoritebroken pieceof jewelry re-paired, evenif it's just acostume pin.

Ask your husband totake the kids out forbreakfast so you canspend the time catch-ing up on a couple ofshows you DVR'd buthaven't had a chanceto watch.

Hire a handy-man for aday to tackleall the minorhome repairsyou've beenbugging yourpartner to do.

Upgrade to 500-thread-count sheets. f

31Get a mini-makeover atyour favorite departmentstore's beauty counter:You may have to buy aproduct or two, but it's asmall price topay for a coolnew look.

Take a halfday off fromwork andcatch anafternoonchick-flickmatinee.

26Treat yourself!This pea-utifulnecklace is madewith up to four fresh-water pearls to rep-resent your kids. ($78to $108; unoallavolta.com/peapod)

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