| Women create friendship opportunities. We suggest | | | | college friends, mothers in the hood, meet with them |
| get togethers, shopping excursions, road trips, and | | | | once a month at someone's home, at a bar or |
| coffee dates. We remember birthdays and | | | | restaurant for silly, rejuvenating fun! |
| anniversaries and make sure to stay connected. We | | | | Go on a weekend getaway: |
| call each other on the phone for no reason and meet | | | | So it may take some advance planning and |
| for coffee, lunch, gossip and/or tears. | | | | babysitting arrangements. It will be worth it Mama! |
| Being a woman and a mother is not about sacrifice | | | | Does someone own a summer home that you |
| its about investing in others as well as yourself. | | | | know? Can you find an affordable hotel? Pack some |
| Striking the perfect balance between these two | | | | food, drinks, even games and get started on your |
| involves a little or a lot of fun. And who better to | | | | roadtrip escape. Or be spontaneous... destination |
| share fun times with than our girlfriends...let's face it | | | | unknown. Pick up your best friend and head north, |
| ladies, girlfriends need girlfriends. The below | | | | south, east, west. Who cares...getting their will be |
| suggestions are designed to provide ideas to create | | | | more than half the fun! |
| unique memories for you and your best gal pals. In | | | | Be newbies: |
| planning how to celebrate, put your heads together, | | | | Try something new to you and your friends. A |
| and don't forget your camera! | | | | camping and kayaking trip, a guided hike, a cooking |
| Plan a girls' night out: | | | | class, wine tasting, even sushi. Sharing a new |
| Does this really need an explanation? In a nutshell, | | | | experience with close friends is just one more way |
| girls' night out is a tradition reinvented by generation | | | | of breaking out of you comfort zone and building |
| upon generation of ladies looking to let their hair | | | | incredible memories. You may even pick up a new |
| down, escape from their ordinary lives and get | | | | hobby in the process. |
| together for drinks and appetizers to gossip about | | | | Pick a reason to celebrate: |
| everything: relationships, fashion tips, boyfriends | | | | Is someone coming to town, did a relationship just |
| husbands, or even the unfortunate couple at the | | | | end, does one of the girls need a pick-me-up? Are |
| table next to them. This excursion can also be girls | | | | you dying to try out the new karaoke joint and |
| night in, i.e. staying at one girlfriend's house sipping | | | | show off your new leather boots or did you just find |
| wine, watching movies, snacking on junkfood. What | | | | out it's Brad Pitt's birthday (December 18)? Celebrate |
| more could a group of girlfriends need? | | | | it! Be cute and send Girls Night Out Invitations or call |
| Start a monthly club: | | | | around last minute and see who's up for a night out. |
| No this is not an opportunity to discuss your period! | | | | Since we were little girls we loved to play dress up |
| Having a monthly club is the result of organizing a | | | | so make the night extra special and tell the girls to |
| dedicated group of women to meet monthly for girl | | | | wear their funkiest or their flirtiest. |
| talk and gossip. Whether is be high school friends, | | | | |