Me-Dates!

I love calendars. I love big ones with pretty pictures to post on the wall. I also like the little ones you can set on your desk, and tear off a page and it has something new for you every single day. Its a mini treat for myself. Its fun. Last year, my dad gave me a book a day calendar, and it was great. I got a lot of great books to add to my "to read" list! This year, I found something fun as I was checking out in Barnes and Noble. I just got it recently, so, I'm having to catch up.

Friday, January 16 in "The Bad Girl's Rage-A-Day 2009 Daily Calendar":

"Today's to-do: Take yourself on a me date!
You'll never be bored when you're dating yourself! Before you can fall in love with someone else, you have to fall hard for yourself. And that can take time. So go ahead and start the long, luscious process of self-seduction."


Now, this calendar has some suggestions of their own, some involving bubbly, some involving mirrors and feathers and bras...

However, I'm thinking since the Hallmark holiday V-Day is coming up soon, why not treat yourself?

Some of my Me-Date ideas:

Spend the entire day in Barnes and Noble and AC Moore, then follow it up with a nice dinner. Not just a salad, either. On a Me-Date, who cares if you eat all of the rolls?

For a warm-weather day, definitely go for a nice, not too hard hike up to some waterfalls, pack a picnic. Read. Take pictures. Draw. Watch the birds. If its a private waterfall, go skinny dipping or sunbathe. If its public, get wet, but keep the clothes on.

Bubble bath. Good book. Something sparkling in a pretty wine glass. 'nuff said.

Chick Flick Night.

Mani/Pedi... then shoe shopping!



I'm definitely going to make some time for some Me-Dates! What are your Me-Date ideas?

Treats

You know you have a good haircut when nearly three months after you get your hair done, people are still giving you compliments and asking if you just got your hair done. "Um... no, I got it done last June, but thank you" (thank you for not noticing the roots that I can so clearly see in the mirror). So the comments stopped about two weeks ago, and considering I just got paid, I thought I would treat myself to another nice haircut, color and wax. I just love how I feel afterwards.

I also treated myself to a new cell phone. I have been waiting for almost a year to get a new one. I did have a Motorola Q and the battery life was SO short, I had to carry a charger with me everywhere. I got the new Env2 yesterday in maroon. Its so pretty. I love it. Now, I may be eating ramen noodles and peanut butter sandwiches for the rest of the month, but it was worth it not having to put up with the headache my old phone gave me.

So, I'm kind of driving Mr. crazy this weekend. Not on purpose. I love him, but it is pretty funny. See, I'm babysitting. I'm babysitting a stuffed animal for a kid. (I say kid, but this kid is a senior in high school. Hey, we are all kids at heart!) So, I went to the dollar store to look for some little doll clothes and diapers for the "baby." As something to make my friend laugh, I decided to take pictures of the adventures the monkey and I will have this weekend. Kind of like the garden gnome on "Amelie." So I've got pictures of this monkey with me getting my hair done, at Target, at Verizon, playing RockBand2 and even having a late night meal at Denny's.

Mr.- "You don't think you are going a little too far with this?"
Me- "No, why?"
Mr.- "You're sewing clothes for a stuffed animal!"
Me- "Yeah, they were too big, I had to alter them to fit."
Mr.- "It's a stuffed animal, it doesn't need clothes! ... And you're a grown woman carrying around a stuffed animal. It's a little embarrassing!"
Me- "Only embarrassing to you. You're the only one not having any fun."

As someone who generally likes to stand out from the crowd, its funny how he is getting worked up about this.