Spend Time: 9 Ideas For A Ladies Night In
When was the last time you and your girls had a chance to hang out? Take advantage of the frigid temperatures outdoors and throw a shindig at home. Invite all of your girlfriends and stock up on a few bottles to help in the festivities. Remember your life before kids? You ladies always made time for each other, whether it was just catching up or having an all-out gabfest. Take into account that your lives — and schedules — are a little different now, so allow enough time for everyone’s free days to match up and plan a girls’ night big enough to last till next time.
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Scandalous Night
Scandal is back on ABC and fans of the show are beyond ready for the second half of season 5. If you ladies are drinkers, make a game of the premiere. Host a viewing party at take a shot for every time ‘Olivia”s lip quivers, or whenever ‘Mellie’ issues a scathing read. Don’t forget to have plenty of food available — you don’t want anyone getting too toasted on an empty stomach.
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Your Best Shot
We would hope that you aren’t playing this game all night but to start the fun, play a round or two of shot checkers. Take the shot when you yell ‘King me!’ Then, nosh on artisan pizza and talk about life with your favorite girls.
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Who says the babies are the only ones who can have sleepovers? Send your kids to spend the night with family or friends and host your own grownup sleepover. Pregame — so to speak — at a local spot then head home for more fun! Grab your cutesy onesies, try out new recipes, pop wine bottles, dab on ’em, be silly and tap into your younger days when it was simply a good time to have your friends spend the night.
Give Mindy Kaling’s Questions I Ask When I Want to Talk About Myself: 50 Topics to Share with Friends A Try ($15)
Mindy Kaling is absolutely hilarious. If you’re familiar with her show The Mindy Project you already know this. This deck of cards offer 50 different conversation starters to get your night started. You may discover something about your besties that you never knew before.
Tatted Up
In addition to whatever makeup tutorial you girls are trying out, give these temporary body tattoos a shot too.
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Dinner’s On the House
Start making all that food that you’ve actually pinned on Pinterest, you know, the fancy stuff like potato gnocchi and curry shrimp soup. Then set out the ‘good’ china and pair wine with each course. If you don’t want to do all the cooking, make it a Pinterest Potluck!
Babes in Bedroom Kandi Toyland
Whether your friends are single or in relationships, according to Kandi Burruss a couple toys couldn’t hurt things at home — only help. With that being said, maybe you would be into playing hostess to a Bedroom Kandi party. It takes a little effort before planning the event but you may even be able to make some change from your event.
Movie Night
Grab every decent ‘chick flick’ you can find — a classic like ‘Waiting to Exhale’ you should already have on deck. Pop champagne and popcorn then spend an evening at the house with your favorite ladies, reciting all the lines.
Swap Meet
All those clothes that you can’t seem to squeeze over your hips ought to go to a new home and who better to rock your favorite wears than your best friends? Have everyone grab the pieces (shoes, included!) that they can no longer fit or that they’re no longer feeling — you guys can make a night of swapping it all out.
