Friday Night: My Nights!

I know that I'm not alone when I say that every now and then you just need a day to yourself.  For me, this is every Friday.  Some of you might ask, Why Friday? Well, Friday is the end of my crazy stressful week, all of my favorite shows come on, and I usually have the day to spend to myself.  On this day you can usually find me at home in my comfy pjs (I put them on as soon as I get in the house), making a fabulous dinner, giving my hair and skin some serious TLC, and having a nice glass of wine.  I must say that it is by far my favorite day of the week because it's the only day I get to focus on me.  Every other day of the week I'm having to meet deadlines, deal with other people's issues, and basically run on auto-pilot, but not on Friday.  It took some time for the people in my life to get used to the fact that I don't like to be bothered on this day, and since I've moved down here I'm having to teach the new people I know that they are NOT to call me on that day.  In the last few weeks I haven't been able to have my day to myself, and it has taken a toll.  Now, with school nearing finals week I'll have even less time to myself.  Nonetheless I am determined to regain my Fridays, even if it means turning my phone off completely so that I don't get disturbed.  My advice to everyone would be to always take time out for yourself, it works wonders, even if it's only one hour out of the day.  Here are some great things you can do that will relieve stress and just in general make you feel better:

• Take a bath (not just another shower)- use bath salts, bubble bath, or flower petals to give it that extra flair of luxury
• Give yourself a facial- there are a ton of homemade recipes you can use with the stuff already in your fridge
• BODY SCRUBS- Love them! especially the brown sugar one I make in my line of skincare products.
• Watch a movie- like that chick flick you won't watch in front of friends because you'll cry, or just a feel good comedy you can literally LOL at without feeling embarrassed. 
• Cook Dinner- take time to pick an amazing recipe, get quality ingredients from the store, and make a lot of it and don't be afraid to indulge
• Go to bed early and wake up late
• arts and crafts
• workout
• stare in the mirror and say 5 positive things about yourself
• put on sexy lingerie and walk around in 5in stilettos

No matter what you choose you can't go wrong.  So go ahead... Indulge... You'll feel better.