How often do you get together with your girlfriends? Once or twice a month? With the craziness of today’s world, it can be difficult to dedicate real time to your favorite people, but you should. Spending time with your best friends at least once every week or two not only helps keep you sane, but it can help break up the monotony of day-to-day life. If you’re seeking out some great new ways to bond with your girls, try some of the ideas below. From home wine tasting to a sassy Salsa dance lesson, here are some of our favorite ways to have fun with your girls.

Home Spa

You know your best friend is better at painting your nails than you are. Pick out some fresh, funky colors, and give each other relaxing manicures and pedicures. If you’re up for the challenge, you can even attempt some cool nail designs! Cuticle oil and hand lotion isn’t too hard to come by, so you can really get the full experience without making an appointment at a salon. Don’t limit yourself to just your nails, either! There are tons of home hair treatments and face masks that you’ve been dying to try. Find a few favorites and give yourselves a relaxing, beautifying experience at home. Cucumber slices optional.

Crafting

Bring out your inner craft goddess! Pinterest is full of amazing craft ideas, but sometimes you just need a little extra motivation to give it a try. Grab some mason jars, burlap, and whatever your craft calls for and go crazy! Not only will you get some good bonding time with your girls, but you’ll also end up with some pretty cool new decorations for your house. Even if your projects don’t turn our perfect, you’re guaranteed a laugh or two and some great memories.

Home Wine Tasting

Who says you have to travel far out of your way to have a wine tasting? Plan a get together where each of your friends brings a bottle of wine or two that they want to try.  To keep it interesting, put a price limit on the bottles of wine. Finding a good, cheap wine is just as exciting as finding an expensive one! From there, it’s pretty self-explanatory. Get the flights of wine going! If you’re hosting, consider making cute score cards so everyone can rank each wine. That way, even if you don’t remember each wine specifically the next day, you’ll at least know which ones you liked and which ones you didn’t.

Go to a Concert

It’s a guarantee that if your favorite group is coming to town, your group of friends has probably been planning on attending for months now. But what about the unknowns? Support local music while having an awesome time with your ladies! There are plenty of incredibly talented unknown bands throughout the country who would love your patronage. With everything ranging from country, to jazz, to ska funk, there’s a band for everyone. You may even find a new favorite group who you can actually meet after the show.

Dancing

There are plenty of places here in Arizona to go Country and Latin dancing. What about signing up for a few group Salsa or Two Step classes with just your friends to kick off the night! Try a Country dance lesson, then head off to Denim and Diamonds or San Tan Flat, two popular East Valley Country bars. How about an hour of learning to Salsa dance before hitting the Latin clubs in Scottsdale or Phoenix? Not a bad idea, right? Of course there are an abundance of night clubs to get your dance on, but to truly enjoy the night, dance lessons with your girls beforehand will really set the tone. You can skip the bumping and grinding with some of those not-so-hot guys out there and head out to some local social dance places that will help you find more of a gentleman. You know what they say about guys that can dance….In fact, partner dancing, from Swing to Tango, is getting so popular here in Arizona, that bars are even starting to offer free group dance classes if you get there early enough. This way, you can get acquainted with potential dance partners while learning a new skill.

If you’re in the Phoenix area, Dance FX Studios in Mesa, AZ also offers group dance classes for you to check out before heading to the bars. If partner dancing isn’t your thing, check out our Line Dancing classes every Friday night at 6 pm. You can learn some of the most popular dances out there to make your night with your besties really exciting and unique.

Dance FX Studios offers semi-private dance lessons in everything ranging from Country to Latin to Swing and even Argentine Tango. Grab your friends and make your weekly dance lesson a date night with those friends that matter most.