Spa-la-la!

I LOVE YOU SPA.

Since Marissa was home, I wanted to do something nice for both of us. She's graduating college this weekend, and I've been having a hard time picking out what to get her. If you all remember, she was the one who drove me to work and picked me up when I brilliantly locked myself out of the house on Monday. I really wanted to book us a spa day, and that's exactly what I did.

My lower back pain is increasing, to the point where I have pain moving. It's from all the heavy labor I do at work, pushing and pulling people is catching up with me. I am DEATHLY afraid of the chiropractor as you all know, so I thought maybe getting a massage would help it out. There's a new spa place in our area. I've been to the salon part of it, but I've never had a professional massage before so I thought it was worth a shot.

Marissa picked me up and drove. IT WAS AWESOME! The facility was extremely high end, clean and professional. I felt like a Real Housewife! We got changed into our robes and sat in the "relaxation room" before they called us back. They had pitchers of fruit infused water, OMG delish! I need to buy myself a pitcher, just so I can have that at home! We got into the "couples room" (LOL) and they came in to start. The girl Danielle that was working on me first asked if I had any problem areas. My shoulders have been literally KILLING me for years and I told her about my back. I AM A WUSS. I HATE when people poke me with their fingers. It fucking hurts. I just have sensitive skin I guess. I knew a deep tissue massage was really what I needed, but from my research I've concluded that it probably hurts like a mofo. We got full body Sweedish massages, which were incredible. They ask throughout the massage if the pressure was okay. Thank God I was face down in the head holder, because when she started working on my shoulders it FREAKING HURT. I knew I had to just suck it up, and take it like a champ if I wanted to feel better. So that's exactly what I did.

When she had me flip over on my back, I asked her if my shoulders were really bad. She gave me like the most sympathetic expression on her face and said "they're really bad". GREAAAATTTT. She also told me that the back of my thighs and calves were super tight. Between all three of those areas, that is what is probably causing my back pain. She was definitely right, because I don't have any pain at all today (one full day later). After our massages, we got dressed and headed back into the salon area. I got my eyebrows waxed and picked up a few others things. In general I would say my experience there was a A+! Danielle apologized after for having to apply more pressure in certain areas, but I assured her it was okay. I understand that in order to work these things out, it's probably going to hurt. I am definitely going back to schedule another appointment. My shoulders are still like rock hard, but not as bad as they were before. It's going to take a while before I can get them straightened out. Then, I'll go to the dreaded chiro. 

We went to grab some lunch at Fridays. It was the only chain restaurant in the area we liked, and had outdoor seating. We ate our lunch and afterwards did a little shopping. I got a new pair of wedges! YAY! I've been on the hunt for wedges, but couldn't find the perfect ones. These ones are super cute, although I'm not sure if I like the color of the straps but whatever. They'll practically match everything. They're about 4" high with a 1 1/2" platform on the bottom, and are SUPER comfy to walk in. I always thought wedges would be way harder to walk in, but I'm realizing they're kind of the way to go. I'll let you know, as soon as I break them in! All said and done, it was a really great day spent with one of my besties!