I'll stop with all the heavy stuff today.

My husband was at camp all this weekend. When he got home Sunday at 3 p.m., I grabbed my purse and sped off to the mall for some kid-free "me" time. Camp is costly for us -- he spends $100 for beer, food and gas. When he comes home, I spend $100 on retail therapy.

Here are some things I found:

Target has some cool vintage t-shirts. I picked up an Aerosmith T and a Rolling Stones T for $9.97 each. And, yes, I violated my own rule about never purchasing anything from the juniors department.

Bed Bath & Beyond (where I spent an hour doing "research" for this week's "Get it Together" column), has some really cool stuff for spring including brightly colored plastic dinnerware, drinkware and fun patio/picnic stuff. I could've spent $1,000 there, but I spent a mere $4.95 on a kid-size, Nemo lookalike ice pack for the upcoming summer scraped-knee season. Had I not pumped $39 into my gas tank, I might've spent more.

Aldi's has plastic outdoor kids chairs for $3.97 with various characters on them including Fairytopia, Blues Clues, Winnie the Pooh and Dora the Explorer. They are, of course, in bright obnoxious colors, but kids like them that way.

Target has a ton of cute workout clothes at a reasonable price, including capri-length running pants. Unfortunately, none of them are petite-size, so I came up short again. ;-)

Rite Aid had the DVD "Must Love Dogs" for $9.99. I love John Cusack. Is it a good movie? Don't know...haven't watched it yet, but it doesn't matter. John Cusack is in it. I would pay $9.99 for a DVD of him staring at a wall.

As the Her Times "Homefront" blog pointed out a few days ago, Payless Shoes is having their buy one get one 1/2 price sale. Now is the time to stock up on summer sandals. Sometimes it's hit-or-miss at Payless for me, but I hit this weekend. They have tons of cute summer shoes -- everything from sneaker-like slides to espadrilles (those cute shoes that lace up your leg). Can't make it to the store? www.payless.com is offering free shipping on purchases over $40 until May 3 (BOGO prices apply on the entire stock). Don't blame me if you don't have $39 to pump into your car now.

I could go on & on, but then my husband may figure out how much I spent.