by Kate Johns

Created on: January 13, 2009   Last Updated: January 15, 2009

You don't need to wait until the night before going out for a night on the town to give your yourself the royal pampering treatment. You should, no let me change that, you need to pamper yourself at least once a month. With the current state of the economy tumbling into a downward abyss of growing proportions you need to pamper yourself as often as possible .

You deserve the royal pampering treatment more than once a month, you need to give yourself a luxurious spa, at home behind closed doors, free of children, total relaxation treatment at least once a week. With all the bad news we are hearing almost on a daily basis, and with almost every company shedding workers as fast as birds fly, you need to create an evening, or a day of utter relaxation to not only rejuvenate your body but your soul as well.

When you do your nails, and give yourself a facial, and lie in a bathtub of hot steamy water, reading a magazine while enjoying scented candles, and your favorite soothing music, you will have that feeling of total relaxation. You will never, ever want to leave the bathroom again! Get a babysitter, or have your partner take care of the kids. Put your phone on buzz and don't answer it no matter what. Turn off the computer, lock the bathroom door and ignore the pleas for, "He touched me, and Honey where is the..."

Truly enjoy your time alone to pamper yourself by drinking a glass of your favorite wine. Enjoy the wine in a real wine glass and sip this wonderful elixir very slowly as you enjoy the warm water bubbling around your body. When you are finished with your hot, steamy, sudsy-filled bath of jacuzzi proportions, it is time to moisturize your hair, and your entire body. Take your time and rub the lotion into your hair, and all over your body. Massage your head along with your temples and the body parts you can reach. Massage the lotion into your aching, tired legs.

Giving yourself a total spa treatment is much cheaper than going to a spa and shelling out hundreds of dollars for the same magic you can perform at home. Besides you won't have to break the spell by walking to your vehicle or tipping anyone. By pampering yourself with a relaxing home spa treatment at least once a month you will be doing your body and your mind a lifesaving favor! You will be focusing on making yourself feel great and sending yourself into a state of nirvana. Everyone needs to relax and to pamper themselves, with all the running around you do and hard work you put into every day. Life is hard after all, so why not make it a little nicer by treating yourself like a rich, spoiled hotel heiress once in a while.

Sit back, enjoy and do something nice for yourself for a change. You deserve it! Then you will be refreshed and ready to go out for a night on the town. Or stay in with your partner and have a romantic meal for two that he created.

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