One of my biggest downfalls is not taking care of myself, I have breakouts because I neglect my skin, I am always running out of medication because the days seem to fly past and before i know it my prescriptions have ran out and my hair is more often 80% dry shampoo! Thank goodness for online chemists keeping my medicine box stocked as I am not sure I could manage without Ibuprofen on standby!
Moving to a new village has had its problems too, getting the children registered and enrolled at new schools, making sure they were sorted with their own routines and trying to minimise disruption to their lives (well as much as a split can be minimised!) Trying to get the house decorated and in order whilst working full time too there really is a point where you realise YOU are at the bottom of the care list!
I joined Slimming World again last week and got weighed today (3lb loss – go me!) so this has spurred me on to take better care of myself and since I have 2 days without the children coming up I have made a little list of 5 ways I am going to take care of ME!
- Bubble Bath. Lock the door if need be, because I swear I don’t even get to go to the toilet alone never mind the bath. There always seems to be a little one or a mountain of toys in with me so my first step will be to clear out the kids stuff and run myself a hot bath. Filled with bubbles and lit by candles I plan on soaking until I look like a prune!
- Hair Treatment. My hair is often neglected to the point where its in a mum bun and coated in dry shampoo! It is so much easier to just pop it up than mess around straightening it and trying to keep it out of my face all day. I have a deep cleanse ready to go and will sit in my hot bath with this on my hair letting it work its magic!
- Paint my Nails. More often than not my nails look like they have been painted by a 3 year old…oh yeah, they have been! Amelia loves to do my nails and I often forget that I have blue varnish on some and pink on others, yes it attracts some funny looks but my girls are artistic what can i say!
- Wear PJs during the day. It always feel so indulgent to stay in pjs and not bother getting dressed but since I am having a me couple of days and not planning on leaving the house I am going to just hope that no one comes to the door either! lol
- Early Night. I have never been able to sleep unless the children are pushing out the Z’s so one of the top things i plan on doing is having an early night….I’m talking obscenely early! After tea I will head upstairs and pop on the Sky Q box to catch up with Walking Dead (I am watching them from the beginning again and up to series 3) and will fall asleep when ever the heck I fancy!
Wish me luck and lets hope it all goes to plan!
XOXO
Debbie
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