Pamper Yourself!!!!

Jennifer, thank you for this reminder and good for you!!!! I think we all forget to do nice things for ourselves. So come on ladies..........lets do something to pamper ourselves, whether it be a nice bath with candles, a new hairstyle, getting our nails done, etc. I plan on getting a pedicure this week!!!!

I'm thinking of saving up for a day spa outing. There's a really nice one up here in N GA mountains. It's pretty expepensive but if I felt that good after a half a day of nails and hair imagine how good I'd feel after a day of massage and total pampering. I just don't know if I could bring myself to spen almost $200 on it. Have to really think about that one.

Jennifer,

I agree with you. It's important to take care of yourself, in whatever way that works for you, and not get burned out. I believe that is true for everyone, sick or not. Good for your for having had a wonderful day, & I'm sure you'll eventually save up for your big day of pampering.

I have a friend who hosts a party every year and her daughter's manicurist/masseusse friend joins them and they get pampered for hours. Manicures, pedicures, neck massages, foot soaks, etc. And it doesn't cost any more than the goodies that my friend prepares. A little bit of wine, lively chatter, and a day away from the real world. A good life is all about being creative.

Thanks for sharing!

Pat

That's great! I'm so glad your day went so well. I tried this too about two months ago and mine didn't go so well. In fact, I felt worse afterwards then I did before. Just my luck. ULTA was having this pure minerals event where they did a free makeover and if you signed up for it, you got 20 dollars off a salon service. It was perfect because I needed a day like that and I really wanted some highlights. It was horrible from beginning to end. The stylist was terrible. I thought we were going to do highlights, but she though all over color. I asked her what she thought would be better and she looked at me like I was an idiot and told me she didn't know. I asked to see pictures and went ahead with the all over color. She barely talked to me the whole time. I would ask her questions and some times she would not even answer. ((my first time ever there too)). She was distracted and treated me like I was a side job, not a paying customer. I paid 80 dollars for this too by the way. It took her 3 times going back to mix up color to get enough for my hair. Then she left in the chair with wet hair plastered to my head full of gunk and took off to the back for 45 minutes. She did not offer me a magazine, drink, nothing. When she went to wash my hair out, she looked at it funny but then went on with it. As soon as we went back to the chair, I almost cried. I could tell it was going to look awful. It looked yellow wet. Dried was not better, and she did a horrible job drying and styling my hair even though I tried to tell her I have naturally curly hair it frizzes and sticks up easy. I looked terrible. My hair was more than one color and not in a good way. It was so bad, it looked like I had took bleach to it myself. Very fake looking and I have medium blond hair to begin with. I almost cried, but I paid, tipped and left. I was so embarrassed leaving too. I cried in the car because it isn't like we are super wealthy. I don't get to do things like that very often and it had been a long time. I'm a stay at home mom. I had already been gone for 3 hours, so I didn't stay to get it fixed. I ended up coming back the next day. I complained and they said they would fix it for free but I already had an appointment with a level 4 stylist at another salon. That cost me 170 dollars!!!!!!!! Yikes right? I wasn't even happy with what she did. She actually made my hair look very similar to what it looked like before I did anything. So funny really but not her fault, she didn't know what I looked like before. It was a nightmare.

Maybe I'll try again soon. I have a free card for whatever I want done at that salon by the manager. I'm thinking of using it soon and praying all goes well. That stylist was so awful to me. I really felt horrible the whole time and bit back tears.