{"id":1356,"date":"2010-07-26T09:22:42","date_gmt":"2010-07-26T16:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heatherbarton.com\/?p=1356"},"modified":"2025-11-03T09:47:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T16:47:39","slug":"spa-day-at-your-gym","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.heatherbarton.com\/?p=1356","title":{"rendered":"Spa Day at Your Gym"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m not really a spa kind of girl.\u00a0 I’ve done it.. but I tend to do it with a baffled, okaaaaay??… kind of attitude.\u00a0 I’ve bathed in mud and milk, done the sauna and steam, had a facial and massage plus the usual manicure\/pedicure inflicted on me.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And barely noticed a difference.\u00a0 With the exception of the pedicure.\u00a0 Soaking in WHATEVER “they” decided is the latest herb\/toxin\/concoction of the day has never left my skin different to the touch.\u00a0 Nothing a good loufa or even a pumice stone couldn’t do.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Massage can be tricky on me.\u00a0 I like a strong hand to work out the kinks and knots and almost make me feel as sore as a good workout at the gym.\u00a0 So a bit of deep tissue or Shiatsu maybe, but if you’re just going to work some oil into my skin and massage a bit here and there, I’m not paying you to do that!\u00a0 And I’d prefer to do it someplace I can relax, naked, in the warmth of the day and nap for about an hour or two.\u00a0 That’s how a massage should be done.. leaving you limp, sore and sleepy.\u00a0 Like sex.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude09<\/strong><\/p>\n

Facials are just silly.\u00a0 And manicures I can do myself.\u00a0 But a I do insist a good pedicure at the beginning of each summer.\u00a0\u00a0 Sometimes my feet need someone else to tackle the nails and heels before I descend into sandal-land.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yet my aging seems to feel I need to do a bit more for myself than casually let “nature” take its course.\u00a0 I mean, I’ve been lucky.\u00a0 I look young for my age, because I’ve got great skin.\u00a0 Got it from my mother AND my father, both of whom look young for their age.\u00a0\u00a0 Plus my hair, while going gray, is great hair if I do say so myself.. lol. <\/strong><\/p>\n

But, and yes, there is a but!!\u00a0 (I’ve been told I use the word ‘but’ in my writing waaaay too much!\u00a0 Yeah, bite me.)\u00a0 But age is finally taking its toll.\u00a0 My skin finally needs a daily moisturizer.\u00a0 Yes, for 20 years I’d never used a moisturizer. \u00a0 And I’ve got to admit it… my hair is turning course and dry and I’ve turned to salon products for help.\u00a0 And its helped a bit.
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So I’ve been contemplating whether my aging body would do well at a spa.\u00a0 Then I realize.. I cannot afford a SPA!\u00a0 So it was suggested I use my gym.\u00a0 They have a steam room and a sauna.\u00a0 Take my own facial mask and a loufe or a pumice stone and maybe some oil and just take a day at my own, already-paid-the-membership, homemade spa!\u00a0 I’ll let ya know how it goes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I wonder if I could get some hunk to give me a quick massage in the steam room?!
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