At least that's what my husband thought!!! Ever since we moved, I have felt somewhat isolated. As nice as my neighbors are, they are not close enough to just pop in on. If I am lucky enough to be in town getting my errands done without kids, I always feel rushed to get back home because Dan is usually watching the kids. So my social life is pretty non-existent except for the 5-10 minutes of rushed conversation I get with the other moms when we are dropping off or picking up our kids from school. I don't really know anyone at they gym, so I workout alone too.
Except for my blog and emails I don't get much adult interaction. Sooooo, I decided to have a Girls Night Out at my house last Saturday. Dan was so thoughtful. He planned to take all 3 kids to his sister Katy's house overnight, so we could scrapbook all night uninterrupted!
There were six of us (Tami, Bekki, Debbie, Katie, Sophie and myself). Turns out Tami and Sophie used to go to high school together. It was the PERFECT mix of people. We all got along great and had so much fun talking about crafts, mommy-hood, birthday parties and funny stuff our kids do.
I pre-planned and cut out 4 cute Valentines projects for the "girls" to make (some are posted on Paper Capers) and everyone seemed to have fun being crafty! After everyone was done with their projects, we had planned to scrapbook all night, but instead we stayed up until almost 1 a.m. just talking. It was great. I think we all needed it; girl time...adult conversation. I am already starting to plan for our next Girls Night Out.
The next day I slept in. No one woke me up wanting breakfast, so it was nice to relax in the morning. I walked downstairs and admired how clean everything looked. Imagine that I spent ALL day cleaning, and it is still clean the next day. Very strange...very nice! I had a leisurely breakfast and was still beaming thinking about all the fun we had. I did manage to squeeze in a few scrapbook pages in the afternoon.
Dan hadn't brought the kids back yet and I needed to go to the store. Then it dawned on me...Hey, I can go to the store now...without kids...so I quickly got myself together and left.
All in all it was just what I needed. I hope to make this a regular event cause it was so great!
5 comments:
Oh goody! Next time I'm staying later! That was super fun! Thanks again for hosting it. :)
It was so much fun. Aaron just laughed when I said I got home at 1:15am. I am in the same boat and needed some "girl time". I can't wait for the next time!
Can't wait Alyssa, I had so much fun! Let me know if you need anything for the next one! :-) Next time I will plan on a project to scrap!
Thanks again for everything, I have been showing EVERYONE what we made this weekend, I even showed my neighbors when we passed by eachother outside. :-) Everybody loves the can idea!
Alyssa - boy do I understand you - adult conversation? What is that? I am going on 14 yrs of daycare and I so love my few and far between get aways. I too got to scrap Saturday - 11 hours.. only completed 3 full layouts -but that was also because I was answering questions and helping others. Next year you should join us at Celebrate Portland...was loads of fun. I am glad you gatherings was awesome too - I had no doubt that it would be :)
Boo Hoo Hoo!!! I am so sad that i missed it, I feel so left out! hehehe. We had a lot of fun catching up with our other friends, it is too bad the nights were the same, I would have loved to have been at your girls night.
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