There was a time, before I had kids, that I had time for such luxuries as sipping a cold beer with my husband on the deck on a Saturday afternoon, having a movie marathon on a cloudy day, impromptu trips out of town ‘just because’ and reading books because after all that excitement, a girl needed some down time. Three kids and a dozen years later, all of those ideas sound like actual luxuries to me and rarely, if ever, happen.
Downtime has to be scheduled, and most of the time involves the family. I’ve learned that in order to take care of my family, I certainly need to take care of myself and that means I need my alone time too. Since reading a book is a luxury, a book club is out. Fortunately, I have wise friends who are in the same situation and now I’m a proud member of several more suitable clubs.
Cocktail Club and Supper Club are both organizations I firmly believe in. I have no idea our oath, goals, or vision but can tell you that both involve salacious gossip, loud laughter, and friendships forged in a variety of locations in the beautiful city of Regina. The best part about both clubs is that anyone can start them – my Supper Club (in Saskatchewan, we call it “supper” while some of you fancier neighbours in other provinces may call it “dinner”) started with one friend simply asking a few people she knew, who didn’t know each other, to join. Cocktail Club was created on the spot – a group of fabulous women getting together on a weekend afternoon on a deck, and then deciding this simply couldn’t be a one time thing.
Both groups of women give me the opportunity, once per month, to have an evening just for me. In our household it’s non-negotiable, it’s on the calendar and my husband knows he and the kids are on their own for the night. There’s no guilt, no babysitters needed, and I come home feeling refreshed, full, motivated and inspired.
I’m such a huge advocate for women helping women, especially finding women within your social circle whom you gravitate to and feel better for being in their glow! If you have people around you like that (congrats!), consider starting your own monthly dinner, cocktail, wine, biking, walking, or whatever club. Make a point to schedule that time out to connect, network, and learn from each other.
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Yes, I go out with a group of women about 5 of us … once every 2 months! We talk about everything from drama, exercising, and healthy recipes / makeup!
The only group of women that I see anymore is the ladies everyweek at my weight watchers meeting, I consider them all my new friends!!
My best friends since childhood are my group of women. We try getting nights out together.
I go out with some friends to play trivia every Tuesday at our local pub.
Right now I don’t get any nights out with anyone but I’d love to start having a night out with some lady friends!
My girlfriends and I always used to meet once a month for dinner but now that they’ve all had babies it is more difficult. Now we tend to do lunches instead and it’s hard to get everyone together. 🙁
I don’t have a group of women that I regularly get together with.
I do not have a group I get together with on a regular basis, but we do get together on an irregular basis to ‘catch up’!
I have a great group of friends that I try to get together with as often as our schedules allow!
No, I do not have a group of women that you regularly get together with.
I don’t have a group but would love to. Sounds like fun!
yes,,my womens group from church
My sister, mom, sister-in law, my niece and myself go out the last sunday of every month for dinner or brunch.
This post has definitely inspired me to be more connected. Perhaps I will start with every few months…
Yes, I sing in a 55 female voice choir and we sing once a week.
I have a couple of really great girlfriends!! We have been friends since elementary school. Now all in our mid 40’s we are all pretty busy with life, work, kids etc…. but we always make time to meet up for dinner or coffee to catch up at least once a month. It’s nice to be able to do this. We have such laughs together!
wea re all mothers of little ones so it’s hard to schedule it but maybe when the kids get older
I don’t, but I really wish I did. I have anxiety so I am a bit shy when it comes to putting myself out there. I have been pushing myself to face some of my fears so hopefully I will be more connected.
I don’t have a group of women I regularly get together with. I do think it’s very important though, and this has actually inspired me to do something!
I wish I did, but unfortunately I don’t.
Yes I have a wonderful group of friends but we do not see each other often enough
I don’t have a group of women that I regularly get together with.
I don’t get together on a regular basis with a group of women. There is opportunity to do so, but I just haven’t taken advantage of it.
I do not have a group I get together with on a regular basis
no, i don’t have many friends
This post has inspired me.
I don’t have a group of friends that I regularly get together with.
I have one friend i’ve known since grade 7 that we go out for breakfast every few months. We tried a few group dates with a bunch of friends, but they never stick. It was fun though.
No, but seems like a lot of fun 🙂
I meet up with a group of girlfriends about once a month for some valuable girl-time. We all met via Facebook and share a love of nail polish, but our bond goes much deeper than that. 🙂
I have definitely been inspired! 🙂
I don’t but this is a great idea! I think I am going to set up a supper club!
When my children were young there was a group of moms who got together once a month to go out to a nice restaurant. It was a great chance to talk and laugh. Once our children were grown many moved away to smaller towns so the group gradually ended. It was fun though.
I do have a group of friends from school that we always get together about once a month or so 🙂
I don’t have a “girls club” that is regular, we mostly meet up when ever we can though!
I haven’t had a night out in awhile but my friends and I used to get out!
No I don’t get together with a group of friends. We recently moved into a new city with is an hour away so I don’t see too many old friends very often at all.
Yes I have a group of friends that we try to have girls nights.
thanks
Don’t have a girls club. Just get together for dinner and cards with friends of both gender.
We get out from time to time but this has inspired me to get it done more often.
yes we have a bunch of women that get together to have lunch and shopping
We do have girls nights, but not as often as we would like!
yes there are a few of my neighbours we meet for coffee at the farmers market every Wednesday
I don’t but I’d really like to.
I dont but looks like I should find one 🙂
We have a group of women that I regularly get together with every other week on Thursday,who ever is available shows up we chat,play games and cook
Yes I do! I don’t think it’s monthly, it just happens organically.
I get together with lots, my high school buddies, my work dinner club, retiree lunch club, golf club and monthly with 3 other friends. So fortunate!
yes we are a group of 4 women who take a day for ‘us’ every so often and go to the city for lunch and then shop where women
want to shop.
I tend to go out with my friends on an one to one basis. I do love group get togethers and need to do this more often.
No, I do not have a group of women that I regularly get together with. I wish I had someone but get together with – but there is nobody that I know around my area! (We just moved!)
I have a few friends that get together a few times a month ,but one of my friends seems to be around every few days 🙂
I get together with a couple of friends once a month to go out to lunch and play cards with a group once a month.
I don’t… i have a couple of friends that I’ve been friends with for 27 years (since grade 9) and we try to get together. The ideal was to do it monthly but in reality we’re lucky if we manage 2 times a year.
no,I don`t,but I wish I did!
I get out every wednesday night for a coffee date with my besties
going out with your friends once in awhile is something we all need to do!
I don’t go out very often but I should
I have a group of childhood friends that get together once a year as we all live in difference provinces.
I would love to say yes that I do have a group of friends that get together regularly but I don’t. Every one has young families and responsibilities to deal with so if I get to have a meet up with one friend a few times a year, it’s all good. I need to get out more.
No, I don’t but I so wish I did. In a week from Saturday I am invited out to such a Saturday evening though and can’t wait!
I definitely need to plan a night out!
It would be fun to have a regular monthly outing.
Kind of hard to do for me since there are a couple of provinces between myself & my besties but we do enjoy getting together every chance we get.
No, I don’t but I wish that I did.
No,I don’t have a group of friends that I regularly get together with.
Not really, I see my mom a lot but I mostly go out with my hubby & my two guy friends.
We get together for special occasions.
I don’t see them as often as I should.
Not anymore- I just moved to a new community and haven’t met anyone yet. 🙁
This post has definitely inspired me to get together with my girlfriends on a more regular basis!
I don’t have a group of woman that I go out with. All my friends don’t live close to me 🙁
We have monthly get together’s.
I don’t but I think this idea is really nice.
I love the idea of re connecting with girlfriends
I’ve got a group of girlfriends who meet once a month for wine and games. It’s really fun!
We get together every couple of weeks for dinner
i try to see my gals at least once a month for some sort of get together
This has inspired me to start, i give everything to my family and need some friend time too.
I do not have a group of women I meet with monthly. I do regularly see my nearby family tho.
No I do not have a regular group of women I get together with, I more hung with the boys.
I think it would be fun to have a regular monthly outing with friends.It is something for me to ponder as we don’t get together as often as we like.
i usually get together with my Aunt, cousins and a few good friends. We usually go out for drinks
I definitely need to get together with the girls more.
Yes, we have a group that goes out regularly to lunches, movies and dances.
I have a get together once a month with my cousins.
I have a couple groups of friends that I get together with – but we definitely need to do it more often!
I have a get together with a group of friends, but it isn’t as often as we’d all like – we need to have a regular scheduled plan!
I do not have a group I get together with on
Lately, I’ve been stuck in a rut, and don’t see the girls. I should get together with them again.
I have actually been trying to get my women friends together for the last while. My sister does it with her friends and they have a blast!
I haven’t had a night out with my girlfriends in too long!
I get together with my friends for birthdays or just whenever.
Yes, I do have a group of women that I get together with weekly. We usually go out to dinner or to the movies.
We have a core group and try to get together as often as we can.
My girlfriends and I try to get together at least once a month….this would be really helpful!
I have a group of friends which we just went out together this weekend. We saw a comedy show and then out for some food after to catch up without the kids. We agreed to aim to plan an outing or get together once a month.
I have no group of women, but I have a friend I go walking with every 2 weeks to try and keep sane
We used too but things have been so busy lately.. should really get back to planning something!
We used to but everyone’s busy schedules have prevented it for quite a while.
I have a wonderful group of women that I spend time with online. I only wish they lived closer so I could go out with them.
no, i dont but i should start
Yes. We are 5 women who get together once a month for lunch
Yes, I do
My friends and I are always complaining that we don’t get together often enough so I think I will make more of an effort now to get a regular schedule going to see one another.
I have a crew! We don’t have scheduled meetings or dates but we do try to get together atleast once every few weeks, it can be challenging getting ALL of us together but it is so nurturing to the soul when we’re all in the same room! Cheers to Friendships!!
I’ve tried to plan monthly events with my old girlfriends, but they so rarely work out. I would love to have monthly get togethers though. I think it’s important and so good for the soul.
I gather with my besties!! Love my girls
I get together with my sisters and cousins for girls night.
No, I don’t have a group that gets together.
We try to get together at least once a month !
Inspired to call up the girls
I don’t have a group of friends I get together with.
I don’t have a group that I get together with on a regular basis.
i have a monthly book club get together where all of us all women get together
This post has inspired me to consider scheduling a monthly event as it would be good for me to bond with other women!
No we dont have a group
I don’t get together regularly with a group of women. Most of my close friends live out of town so I only see them occasionally. I’m pretty shy so it’s hard for me to make friends.