Top 10 Self-Care Dates With Your Girlfriends

Let’s talk date days with your girlfriends! Gosh, how I’m so thankful for them. Just having someone there that you can talk to, vent, or just remind you to relax and that you don’t have to be super woman is so key!

Now, when we think self-care we don’t always think of inviting our girlfriends. The girls, or guys, you call when life is a touch crazy. When the devil throws you curve balls and your one episode of Parks and Rec just isn’t enough. They are the people who you send a quick text to. You feel me?

For the longest time, I never thought about doing self-care with my girlfriends. I mean it’s called self care. Yet, what an incredible way to encourage the positivity of their mental health by inviting them along. Most the time, they need it just as bad as you do. So here are some tips and ways of how you can relax, stay energized, and enjoy fellowship with the ladies in your life.

Self-Care Ideas

• Wine Nights: Everyone brings a bottle of their favorite wine, or beer, and you do your own tasting.
• Movie Marathons: Grab the junk food, the drinks, and your favorite binge series and cuddle up for a day of just laughter and relaxation. Recommendation: Harry Potter I mean, it’s Harry. You can’t go wrong. Plus, you can do Disney. Disney is always a good-one.
• Excercise: Many cities have themed 5K races. You can choose from wine, to Disney, or even super heroes. You can also hit up your favorite yoga class or Jazzercise. Grab your girls and set out for a morning of exercise and fun!
• Swimming Pools: Find a pool at your local gym, neighborhood, or friend’s house. Grab a towel, sunscreen, and a great book to help you relax by the pool.
• Shopping: Grab your girls and go for some window shopping or make it a Treat Yo Self day.
• Mani/Pedi: Oh how I love it! Book a mani/pedi session and go get pampered.
  • Tip: Check and see if they allow you to bring in drinks. My go to place allows for you to bring in alcoholic drinks, with ID, so we can have mimosas while we get pampered.
• Happy Hour: Find out where the best happy hours are in your neighborhood and hit one up after work. You’ll be able to unwind from the day and still make it home before bedtime!
• Movie Theater Dates: My bestie and I love to go to cute little kid movies. We grab a drink and popcorn and settle in for the latest little kid, animated film. Our way of pretending like we aren’t adults for a few hours!
• Girls’ Trip: Yes! I’ve done these the last couple of years and it’s been amazing. Get together and plan out your trip. Make it a “Girls’ trip booking party” You can plan for a week or a weekend, near or far, just make sure it’s fun!
• Game Nights: Grab out the board games! My favorites include: Cranium, Reverse Charades (You’ll pee your pants), and Scrabble.

Tips For Planning Girls’ Nights

Get with your girls and shoot for once a month. For example, my girls and I plan for the second weekend of every month to have at least one girls date. We do our best to plan it out months in advance. Think of it as a book a girls’ date from a girls’ date. The more likely it’s in your calendar the more likely you all will follow through.

Hold your girlfriends accountable. Life is going to get crazy, but remind them they need this. Even if it’s only for an hour or two! Their sanity will thank them later.

Lastly, rotate houses. Don’t always have it at one girl’s house. Take turns and remember don’t judge the cleaning. We all know everyone’s house looks awful at times. Show some grace. Don’t be that friend that walks in with the look of “Oh, what did you do all day? Obviously not cleaning.” If you have that friend, kindly show them grace, but then roll it off your shoulder. You don’t need that kind of negativity in your life.

Pray these date ideas get your brain turning and you call up your girls and set something up! You need a break and they probably do too!

 

Although I’ve lived with mental illness my whole life, I am not a medical professional. You can find a therapist anywhere in the United States here. This post contains affiliate links. You can read my disclosure here.