Covered in Chocolate or Dreams of Hawaii ... Your Choice

Your tweens are both at ballet rehearsal. Your cousins have offered to invite the little ones to New Hampshire for the weekend. Your teens are at a soccer tournament in California.

Each week, we’ll tell you about one great idea, something that can last from one hour to a few days, to help make the most of well-deserved time to yourself.

To kick it off, we look no further than Sudbury’s ever-creative Invidia Salon & Spa. As a Valentine’s Day treat, Invidia offers five specials (purchase by Feb 28, redeem by April 1). Our favorite is the Lava Shell Massage. Normally $100, now only $75. It’s so cold out, doesn’t a heated massage with sea salt, minerals, algae and essential oils sound like the trick to relax away your winter woes? The name alone reminds us of indulgence on a balmy island in the South Pacific.

For those of you looking for something more unusual, take a look at the Chocolate Body Melt, normally $140, now only $99. This treatment uses pure cocoa, spread over your body, to energize and moisturize the skin. A sensual and delightful treatment if we’ve ever heard one.

Finally, purchase either of these Valentine’s specials and you will also receive a $20 gift card for other services at Invidia.