With holiday festivities behind us and reality setting back in I find a feeling of melancholy in the air. So, what do I do? I get help from my girlfriends! January and February can be more than a little depressing so why not create your own fun? That’s what my friends and I have done for the last few years.
Not only do we make a point of getting out once a month but we also have our famous GNO (Girls’ Night Out) Weekend. This fun filled weekend of skiing, relaxing, and some après indulgence is something we all look forward to. Remember the days when you were no one’s mommy or wife? When you were just you? Well, there is something to be said for revisiting those times once in a while. By the end of the weekend we are all feeling renewed and ready to dive back into the beautiful chaos our urban mom lives have to offer but, for one weekend, we get to think about only ourselves.
So, I challenge you to do it too! Start a GNO Weekend or evening for your group of gal pals. Already doing it? Send me your story to jen@urbanmoms.ca and I’ll post it on urbanmoms.ca. It should include a picture and be approximately 300-500 words. I’ll make sure to post about my 2007 parteh!
GNO is what keeps me sane! I get together with 3 girlfiends once a month for a nice LONG dinner. Last year we also started doing a weekend to Buffalo for shopping, which we will defintely do again this year. I’ve known these girls almost 15 years and they are also what got me through the 1st couple of months of motherhood with my second child – CHAOS! Please pick me, pick me for the GNO with all those fabulous URBAN MOMS out there!!!
Who’s the drunk on the left – oh yah – it’s me! Those days are over now. I guess I have a few months before a girls’ night! I’m not complaining though. This is fun – and very challenging.
Hey Haley-O, I was watching Rabbi Shmuley the other day and he said NEVER go to a movie for your date, LOL. I also love movies, but I see his point…you just sit together and don’t really connect. Although, when your child(ren) are pre-verbal you can talk all you like in front of them. It’s only when they can understand-and spell! ACK! When they learn to spell you need to learn a 2nd language, LOL. This year one of my friends cracked my up by talking about “the jolly man and his socks” because our kids can now spell S-A-N-T-A!
Anyway, DH and I like to go skiing for our dates. Good and healthy outdoor activity, and loads of time to talk on the lift 🙂
Great post, Jen! None of my girlfriend “groups” can seem to get it together. I do love date night, though…. That takes me back. Josh and I like to go to movies. It’s nice just to sit together the two of us, you know? It’s a good escape. 🙂
I wouldn’t miss my annual Girl’s Trip for the world!! We usually do a 4 day weekend to New York or Chicago but we have also been to Banff, Quebec, Whistler and this year we’re planning a full week in PARIS!!! We have been friends for 10 years since our first kids were born and this is our treat to ourselves. GNOs are a must!!
Jen, I go away several times a year with “the girls”, always to scrapbook. Sometimes it’s a friend’s cottage, sometimes a community centre…but once a year (right after mother’s day) a bunch of us go to a beautiful resort by the river and relax, and scrapbook, and scrapbook, and eat meals we didn’t prepare, and let someone else make the bed! Ahhh…glorious! Long live GNO!