My favorite guilty pleasure is going to the day spa for some extra special pampering. I get a complete head to toe work-up. I have a relaxing massage, pedicure, manicure, facial, hair shampoo and trim. After this I head for my favorite restaurant where I enjoy a yummy small plate of pasta, garlic toast, a salad, and a glass of red wine.  After a day of pampering I feel like I can conquer the world!Sylviabbort10356@aol.com

So, work week - not a lot of quality time for the family right?  So, weekends, after errands, and shuttling to and from (not to mention sitting on the sidelines) at sports events...you honestly want to make an effort to chill with the hubby and kids or you feel like a "bad mom".

So for me, and I don't feel a bit guilty - early Sunday morning say 6:30a is all me.  Coffee, juice, two newspapers and a book by my side, surrounded by quiet and a few birds for about 3 hours is a little bit of heaven in my world.

I have only recently started to allow myself to watch chick flicks.

After years of being told they're silly, or having men roll their eyes at me, I've decided I don't care anymore!

How many years (decades!) of stupid action movies have I sat through? While they are great in their place, too, there's no reason I can't enjoy a girly movie, even if it makes me weep like a baby, right? lol

I recently enjoyed Bride Wars, and laughed soooo hard. Time to catch up on the chick flicks I've missed over the years.

(I'm still not watching StepMom again, ever. Can't handle that kick in the guts again!)

Cookie and Jory, I wish we had a day spa near here. I might have to make up my own day spa, in house. Very exclusive client list!

A good book, a glass of tea, sitting on the front porch with the front door closed so I don't hear anyone scream my name!

After the kids are in bed, I just like some quiet time to myself.  A nice long, soak in the tub with a good book is wonderful and relaxing.

When the kids go to bed at night, I make a myself a treat, like some vanilla yogurt with chocolate chips and surf the net. I catch up on my favorite blogs and just follow links where they take me. Before I know it, a few hours have gone by and I've gotten a little mental escape from all the everyday worries and household duties that never seem to get finished. 

My "me time" is when both kids are napping. For a brief hour or so in the afternoons, I crank up the i-pod (with headphones of course), open a bag of chocolate chips, and sit down to do some sewing. I love to sew kids clothes - this is my chance during the day to have a creative outlet and feel totally free and productive. Parenting is a long-term, marathon type job with few tangible results. But when I sew, the results are immediate, pleasing, and fun.

My "me time" guilty pleasure is laying in bed on a lazy Sunday with my pup by my side doing crossword puzzles while watching a musical from the early days -- such as Singin' In the Rain or My Fair Lady. With college homework and working at a preschool all during the week, it's nice to have one day to sit down and just relax.

My husband is severely disabled, so getting out of the house is my guilty pleasure. If I have enough money, I go to the Old Country Buffet for lunch - one of the few places that has a salad bar in my small town. I load up my salad plate with all kinds of fresh vegies and greens and finish with a tiny bowl of bread pudding with a dollop of soft vanilla ice cream. This reminds me of the ranch I grew up on, except we had fresh cream to put on it. Then I visit the local thrift store to do my daily walking exercise. If I find something pretty for the house, I feel like I won a prize. Then I head over to the public library and read magazines or to the local book store to check out the new arrivals. I feel like a new woman when I return home.

... but my guilty pleasure is going somewhere pretty - a park, even just a nice area in the neighborhood - and reading a romance novel.

I'm so impressed that the guiltiest pleasures you all have sound so wholesome and virtuous!  I love that you all have such simple, healthy, down-to-earth ways of taking care of yourselves.

I was gonna say something like "a pail-sized margarita and a huge plate full of nachos"... but, um, yeah, good books and chick flicks and long walks are awesome too.  I just can't work up a lot of guilt over them.