Saturday's Pampering

On Saturday morning lay in bed a little bit longer, cherish the moment. It’s a weekend. With your eyes still closed make a list of urgent things to do and those that could be dismissed till Monday. When you got it all sorted make a list of things you want to do.

Pampering Tips: Have your nails done or maybe a pedicure? Pay a visit to a nearest day spa centre and try a new chocolate massage, lie back and immerse yourself as your skin is cleansed with a smooth (often edibleJ chocolate. Or if you already put a night out on tour list to do, make it detoxifying or contouring body massage than can make you loose up to a 1 kg of your weight in one go.

Instead of workout in a gym, which I find personally little bit boring from time to time, go to the nearest park for a relaxing walk or alternatively for some thrill rides in an amusement park for adrenaline boost. You can always go shopping for new handbag to get both, I reckon. Whatever suits you, just make it your thing.

Food can be really tricky on Saturday, coz we tend to eat fast and lavishly on the days like that. Well, what can I say - indulge yourself in proteins. You will actually discover that they keep hunger at bay longer than any law calorie yoghurt. But I don’t mean eating a double cheeseburger because if this thing seen any proteins it was long frying time ago. Go to the fancy restaurant when you will get something freshly made, tenderly handled. Or make it yourself, something extra special, something that you are not eating very often, because it is your weekend and you deserve only the best.

The first and only rule of Saturday’s Pampering? Enjoy it.

Watermelon

Watermelon is high in vitamins and low in calories which makes it a perfect for summer deserts. It is 98% water and a little bit of sugar, I must admit, but it is still no fat. And with only 10 calories per 100g you get also plenty of goodies. It is packed with natural antioxidants, vitamin A and C, beta-carotene. It is also qualified as a very good source of vitamin B6 and a good source of vitamin B1, potassium and magnesium.
The more pink is watermelon's flesh the more great it is as a source of the potent carotenoid antioxidant, lycopene. Lycopene has been extensively studied for its cancer-preventing and antioxidant qualities. And, unlike other studies, this one was carried on humans as well as lab rats, so we can actually trust it a little bit more as we have a better data.
This thirst quenching fruit is a member of the Cucurbitaceae family. That makes it related to the cantaloupe and pumpkin - plants that also grow on vines on the ground. Generally it got round or oblong shape, it is dark green or stripy, but the flesh actually can get various colors, with pink still the most popular and accessible.
The best quality fruits are having flesh of dark, rich color without white marks and are relatively heavy for it’s size. They are also sweet, sweet, sweet…

Being goddess - the weekend plan

The weekend plan is not going to make you stick thin, forget it. As a goal it is unrealistic, unhealthy and most of all not really attractive. Being Twiggy is not glamorous in a real life - there is no camera to follow you around to add this extra few kilo and there is definitely no light guru to make you look fabulous.
So what are the benefits?
You are going to feel lighter and more energetic. You are going to get pampered, and that’s a plan!

Start on Friday
Don’t eat anything heavy for your last meal, don’t skip it either. Remember, you are not going into a starvation mode this time. This one is about feeling gorgeous, not exhausted.
As a desert eat some watermelon. Tomorrow I will publish a feature listing impressive benefits of this fruit, and I bet you are going to be surprised. It’s worth it’s weight in gold.
Get a relaxing bath with aromatic oils and massage your body with a gentle scrub - the new series of Radox with sea minerals is great for it.
Have an early night. When you sleep, your body will regenerate and you will wake up in a great mood next morning. Well, it’s going to be a Saturday morning after all.

Being a goddess is easy

Just relax. Think about everything you already have. It is nice, isn't it? There is always something nice. If not, we can find it, build it or just make it happen.

Remember, you don't have to look like a goddess to be a goddess, but if you feel like a goddess you will certainly look like one.

Because it all starts in a mind.

So what you are waiting for? Feel it.

My blue goddess logo

Finding a logo was too difficult - I think I'm bit fussy - so I have made one myself. I wanted kind of manga girl or chick lit cover girl and I have seen something similar [OnFocus] but I needed softer look, so I draw it myself in Inkscape. It probably doesn't look as professional as vectors you can buy, but it was my first attempt and I am quite proud of it and it's going up. I mean, you going to see this a lot from now :)

It never rains...

... but it pours. My bank account just have been wiped clean. Nothing left. Somebody just logged in and stole all my money. I cannot believe it!
I am going on holidays in a week and I was saving for that!
I just don't know what to do...
Ok, just ignore it. There are worst tragedies than that, hungry children and all, and I am a whining baby


BUT I feel so angry! This is unfair!

Spa basics

Aromatic oils, relaxing atmosphere, your mini spa can be recreated at home. Light some scented candles instead of electric bulb in your bathroom, pour few drops of luxurious bath oil into or generous amount of crystal bath salt, just close your door and close your eyes. Enjoy it.

See you after weekend.

Handbag – Aid

Retail therapy was long overdue.
Yesterday was so unbearable in the office, all different projects from all the departments, nothing urgent, no, no, just to be done in the next five minutes, would it be okay – kind of stuff, so when I finally left instead of going home I headed straight in opposite direction – city centre. I knew I need a new handbag, I haven’t bought one in ages, like 4 months or maybe even longer. [I know, I know, shame on me].
First, I made quickly A NEW HANDBAG CHECKLISt:

• TYPE/OCCASION: Summer Handbag = should go nicely with light dresses and linen
• But because I am in England it means it is raining – so it needed to be kind of waterproof as well (glazed?)
• MATERIAL: It should go with my new wardrobe – summer amended for UK, meaning it is warm as well as it is hot – linen, cotton, silk; so maybe some soft leather, but not the suede (see 1a)
• COLOUR: fresh, summery, light
• SIZE: small to medium
• MATCHING ABILITY: something neutral, so it could go with anything. I have got too many ‘one outfit’ handbags already, I am not making this mistake again.
• Well, maybe not that often
• I must admit, sometimes I am buying clothes to match my new shoes or handbag because it is so much easier to find a top than decent shoes
• IT! FACTOR: well, I know it when I see it.
• Budget – well, not much really, I need a bag for one season,

It was easy to predict that the list would go to bin the moment I went to the first shop [second one, actually] and seen this too expensive, too bright, so fabulous lime green Dericci handbag. She was so distinctive and royal and kick-ass that all the other bags were hiding in the corner of the bottom shelf. All the usual fireworks kicked in – pointing neon arrows, heavenly music and the hand of Fate dragging me to it.
I was resisting at first. After all, I wanted cheap handbag – 30 £ or so. But I grabbed it – as I was unable to walk away without it – and start wondering around this shop to see other things and after some time I admit the defeat – SHE put her claws in me and started innocently to look so familiar like we've been together for ages. The size perfect for a lip gloss, mobile, chocolates, credit cards and even small book. Works for me. I handed my card quickly, put some numbers in, tried not to look at the amount and took HER home. It is a beginning of the fabulous friendship, it’s got every sign to it.

ps. picture arriving as soon as I'll find my 'mobile to laptop'cable

Well, I was doing some painting.
The results were predictable, so I finally gave up on the green idea. I like the flower in a glass picture, you see. And is black - grey -pink and I couldn't escape that so I made it blue. than I have to change the template. And it was all down hill from there.
It looks like I am going to spent some more time here, painting.

I spent loads of time looking for some crispy, fresh, green template and when I finally found it - my header arrived in pink. And I am not even a huge fun of pink. I think it is my fate. Probably I am not a crispy fresh green person at all. I am just a pink shoe -addict, spending her time painting nails and getting tanned.
.....

"£$%&*"£$%%*
......
[Here was the screaming and all other stress management exercises.]

Ok, I am going to look at it again. Nope. Still pink. And slightly off centre for some reason.

[More screaming and boxing with a wall]

I am relaxed. I am a new person. I am a goddess. I can live with pink, I just have to find a way to make it work.

[Trying to paint it]

*&^%$%^&*$%£^*

[More screaming]

I am a goddess. And I have a pink header.
Ok, so it is not pink, I mean it is not ordinary, boring, girly pink.
From today it is going to be VIBRANT PINK.
Because that is new me – vibrant. And pink.

Oh, hell.
I need a bottle of Rose.

Where the goddes is going when she finds her comfortable temple a bit boring or overhelming? She cannot just go anywhere. It have to be innovative, relaxing, goddess-like in every aspect. It ought to be beautiful, glamorous and amazing - a natural place to be for goddess.
Fortunately, we are expieriencing some spa boom lately - and SPA is a place every respectable goddes should visit once in a while. Since goddess isn't just for any SPA, will choose some that can deserve a name of RETREAT for goddesslike day out.

I am good catholic girl and I can tell you that is not easy to became a wellbeing goddess with this kind of background.

For a start we are not encouraged to be well. We should be modest, hard-working, obeying and most of all, no sex before marriage. Mostly because it makes us easier to control by priests. I don’t know why they also insisted on this no-sex thing, but I definitely don’t like it. Maybe they figured that once satisfied girl will not easily get married with a guy that doesn’t have a clue.

It is not like I tick any of the boxes on theirs list, but it still leaves me with a nasty guilt every time I am saying loud: I DESERVE THIS meaning smooth, silky chocolate, new fabulous shoes or a great night out with a breakfast. Well, it actually feels really hard even to write it, I never have so much as whisper that before. But what I am getting at, is I am trying on hundreds pairs of shoes to find the perfect ones FOR THE SEASON before I buy one, so why on earth anybody would expect me to get a husband FOR LIFE without trying it on?

Lesson for today – I am fabulous, gorgeous creature and I deserve all the shoes I want. Shoes are your best friend. They never get too small out of sudden.

As an afterthought, I think you can apply this to guys as well.

Wellbeing - ready, steady, go!

WELLBEING starts here. Starts right now. Your mind relaxes when your body relaxes. So just close your eyes and don't think for a moment.
That's hard, isn't it? For a second this nice, smooth, warm feeling slides into your mind and than snap! You start panicking. How it is not to think about anything? Ok, we start again. Close your eyes and dream. Something simple. This island with white sandy beaches and palm trees and blue, blue sky that you ALWAYS wanted to go, but actually you know you can't afford it and anyway you don't have time for it... Here it goes again - you are thinking! THINKING is BAD. What wellbeing is all about is to give you back the ability to dream. So, just sit back, close your eyes and relax. Where was I? Oh, yes, BLUE, BLUE SKY...