Create a Spa At Home for your AMAZING Life Annual Review
Yesterday we wrote about hosting our 2012 Annual Review. In previous years we would book a hotel room on the Eastern Shore for a few days and host our Liz and Ryan Annual Review. We figured that if other businesses can host their own retreat offsite, why couldn’t we?
This year we did things a little differently. Instead of spending over $500 on a hotel room for a few nights we decided to host our annual retreat at our own personal spa. The only thing is, we didn’t actually have our own personal spa. :) However, we didn’t let that small little detail stop us.
We came up with the idea while we were in New York City visiting Santa at Macy’s for our AMAZING Life Holiday Advent Calendar. While we were there, we walked into a shop near Rockefeller center called Rain Africa. The store had all sorts of AMAZING smelling bath salts, scrubs, candles, and anything else you could possibly want at your own personal spa.
When we got home, we immediately began creating our plan to turn our guest bedroom and bathroom into our own personal spa retreat. Below are a few ideas you can use to create a spa at home.
Step 1: Write out a list of all the things you would typically find at the perfect spa.
Our list included:
- White Plush Bath Robes
- Slippers
- A Cozy Blanket
- Bath Salts/Bath Bombs
- Bubble Bath
- Body Lotion/Cream
- Massage oil
- Hot tea or coffee
- Chocolate
- Candles
- Soothing Music
- Fancy Bottled Water
- Air Fresheners
- Manicure/Pedicure Supplies
Step 2: Pick up the supplies listed above online.
We ordered Bath Salts and Body Cream from Rain Africa, robes from Pottery Barn, fancy bottled water, air fresheners, and ther-a-Pe candles from Home Goods, and we used our iPhone with Spotify for music. We were able to pick up everything for our own personal spa retreat for less than $300. And the best thing is we get to keep the robes and still have a bunch of leftover items to host many more of our own spa retreats.
Step 3: Check into your guest room.
We have learned how important it is to escape from our everyday routines during our annual review. We still wanted the experience to be an escape, so we took all of our spa retreat supplies and checked into our guest bedroom. Fortunately for us, housekeeping had our room ready when we arrived. :)
The best thing about creating your own personal spa is that you can make it as extravagant or simple as you wish. For some, a candle and soothing music may be all you need to turn your guest room into a relaxing retreat.
Now that you know a few of the things we included in our own personal spa, what one thing will you be including in yours?