Pampering

I am not a girly girl. At all. I wear flat shoes despite being just over 5 feet tall, would lounge around in sweat or yoga pants all the time if it was socially acceptable, and actually beg my mom's group to have all mom's nights at people's houses pajama themed. However, even I enjoy an occasional pampering! Last Mother's Day, two local friends from graduate school and I had brunch and massages to celebrate Baby Peach since Nicole's baby showers weren't in MD. This was my first ever massage, but not my last, as late in my pregnancy I went for another one to relax and relieve some of those super fun back aches preggos get. In fact, if I could work it in to the budget I would totally get a massage every month. Alas, it's not to be, at least not while we pay for daycare for two little ones!

This past Saturday, the other friend from our Miami group decided she'd also prefer a girl's day to a local baby shower (yes, Kellen is super excited to have all of these little friends!). So off we went to brunch (this is really the best meal invented!) and to another new pampering event for me, spa pedicures! In high school before one or two proms I had manicures, and then I also had one for my wedding and Catherine's, but I've always been both cheap and a bit leery of strangers touching my feet so there were no pedicures in my past. But since massages turned out to be the best thing ever I was missing out on, I decided to give the spa pedicure a shot as well.

And it was great! We had a lovely morning of chatting, eating, and relaxing! And even better, when I got home my children were asleep for their naps and Ellie's underwear had been dry all morning. Small steps in the war against diapers in the Saxton house!

Of course I was running out of the house to make the morning on time and forgot my camera. If only I remembered my phone has a lovely camera on it more often! Oh well, no pictures of the girls or our beautiful toes!