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Be an initiator and start a "Girls' Night Out" with your friends. Just send out an email with the date and time of the event and ask folks to respond yes or no. Try to give at least a week's notice so they can get it on the calendar. It will help you to be more polished and enable your friends to benefit in the same way.
Here are some things you can do:
1. Dinner - cheap dinner on a weeknight so that your husbands can watch the kids. Try new restaurants, find ones that are your coupon books.
2. Movies - we all love movies. So we are going to try and go to a movie once a month or so. If you are the one setting this up you can pick the movie. Again - do this on a weeknight. (Click here for a great movie review website called Plugged In)
3. Favorite Things Party - it is a really fun way to hang out with your friends. (click here for party info)
4. Theater or Local Plays - keep up to date on the local concerts, theater and plays in your area. You would have a blast with your friends at one of these. :)
5. TV watching Party - click here for various party ideas that have to do with television shows.
6. Garage Sales - you would be surprised what a "party" this can be. (click here)
7 Wedding Album Party with the girls! - For Valentines Day we got together with our girl friends for some food and fun and took our wedding albums to share. A fun way to laugh and share history! Try it - we did and loved it. We also had fun questions that every one had to find the person it applied to. Like, "who wore their vale down for the whole ceremony?" We did this party at Valentines Time, but you can really do it any time. It is really fun.
If you have some ideas that you and your girl friends have done, contact us and we can post them here too!
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