Hey Mama: How Do You Pamper Yourself? (There may be a little giveaway with this!)

Here in the Sara Rose household, the month of March has been shockingly, mind numbingly busy and overwhelming.  From ear infections, weird sinus infections, allergies galore to cars deciding to mysteriously drain our bank accounts to overwhelming amounts of deadlines with school, writing, life and you know being a mama and wife and HUMAN . . . . I could pass out from exhaustion and I may very well do so.

I am so grateful for a two week break before classes and deadlines get heavy again.  I'd like to get caught back up and, maybe perhaps, A BIT AHEAD for once.  But as I sat decompressing in a hot bath with a huge mug of tea and a face mask, I thought "I am so not alone here.  Every mama and daddy has moments where they want to hide in bed for a week just to feel human again!"

The best place of all, a big comfy bed, waiting for you!

So here's the question of the evening- how do you unwind and pamper yourself?  I have a number of ways, depending on my mood and exhaustion levels.  Here's my top 10 list (in no particular order) or ways to decompress.

Sometimes, mama needs some bubbles and some time to breath.

-Big, hot bath with bath salts, a facial mask, big mug of tea or wine, and followed up by luxurious lotion and many sighs of contentment.
-A pile of magazines with a steaming mug of coffee or cocoa.
-My kindle with a piece I've been dying to read, and again a hot mug of goodness or a glass of wine.
-A long walk with the pup, focusing on nothing but enjoying the scenery and taking long, deep breaths.
-Yoga and a bit of meditation where I focus on calming and centering myself through deep, cleansing breaths.
-Cooking up a delicious dinner or baking a yummy treat.
-A movie in bed or on the couch with my hubby.
-Sketching, knitting, or journaling.
-Catching up on things that need done (weirdly, this relaxes me deeply, because I know I haven't got pressing things to attend to).
-A cuddle with my children and hubby, ad a moment to just enjoy being with them.

(I don't think I can say 'just sitting and staring occasionally', can I?)

Body Luxe salts, lotion and scented oils.

I have found a new line of delicious smelling, all natural body products that have been making my baths PURE BLISS.  Everything I have tried from this Etsy shop has been superb quality and made me feel pampered and more relaxed than I could have ever imagined.  I am in LOVE with their lavender vanilla bath salts, body butter, and scented oils.  I use them religiously.

Now, I have a goodie bag of a BUNCH of Body Luxe products that I want to giveaway very soon. BUT, I want to see ten people respond and let me know how they pamper themselves.  If I get 10, then I'll be doing a very special gift in a giveaway!

Beautiful Body Luxe gift box.