After a long, demanding day, we need to recharge ourselves. Quite like a battery, if you will. Candles and essential oils are both greatly reinvigorating. There isn’t any greater reward than in pampering yourself. A luxurious bubble bath and massage followed by a manicure and pedicure. What about slipping into your freshly washed bed sheets to read a delicious novel? These are all things that many women can do without having to spend an extra cent. It’s about rewarding yourself with the small gifts, pleasures and intoxications one yearns for most. Even saving a coveted episode of your favorite TV show on Tivo or DVD for just before bed, can be a reward in itself. How about setting your alarm clock in the morning an extra 10 minutes earlier, which will allow you to stay in bed reading or take that longer hot shower? On the infamous television series, Sex and the City, character Carrie Bradshaw enjoyed snacking on a stack of saltine crackers with grape jelly while reading Vogue magazine while standing in her kitchen. The next time you’re out and about and hearing how other women pay for Spas, facials and massages by a masseuse to relax … you can quietly smile to yourself as you remember about your own secret rituals waiting for you at home.