Pamper Yourself!

Here are five ideas to pamper yourself, in a hurry (if need be), easily, and definitely on a budget.

1. Stick your favorite face lotion/cream in the fridge. On a day you've had too much sun or just want something soothing, apply the cold lotion on your face. It feels sooooo good, I should know, I just did it!

2. Take 10 for yourself. Soak your feet in water, add epsom salt if you wish. Then wash your feet with a foot scrub, it moisturizes and sloughs off some of that dead skin we have a tendency to get on our summer feet. You can get foot scrubs at the dollar store.

3. Download your most relaxing music onto itunes, don't have it? Its free to download and you don't have to have an ipod to use it, just listen off your computer after you download your cds. Make a folder labeled RELAX. When stress is at its best steal 15 minutes to yourself and listen to your relaxing music with your eyes closed. Turn it up to block out the kids!

4. Stash your own little guilty pleasure such as little Dove chocolates or some dark chocolate, you know what you love. When things are hectic and you need to slow down find a quiet corner and take a minute to indulge in one of your little treats with your eyes closed and focus only on the taste in your mouth.

5. Buy yourself a little inexpensive bouquet of flowers next time you are at the grocery store, or if you happen to have flowers growing in your yard hand cut some and put them in a vase. Place them somewhere you will see whenever you walk through the livingroom. They'll make you smile when you see them. Who doesn't love flowers?

There are lots of little things we can do for ourselves that we normally don't think to do. Why because we are moms and life goes so quickly we barely make time to "smell the roses." While I wouldn't trade my life for anything, I do know that I need to try and recharge my batteries even if that means 2 minutes at a time.
If you have any fun ideas to pamper yourself that are fast and budget friendly please post a comment!