Everyone needs a girls night every now and then. Quality time with your girlfriends is hard to come by in our busy lives, so we have to take advantage of the chances that we get! It's important to know when it's time for a girls night, and it's even more important to do it right!

So, when is it time for a girls night?

1. When school is just becoming too much!

2. When your boyfriend can't get it together.

3. When work is overwhelming.

4. When you no longer see how beautiful you are.

5. When sleep is evading you.

6. When you need shoulders to cry on.

7. When you need someone to tell you like it is.

8. When you're in desperate need of a new outfit.

9. When you're excited about the future!

10. When you just really, really miss your girls.

OK, so it's time for girls night! Everyone has somehow managed to pencil each other in throughout all of the mess that is this life! Now what? How do you make the most of this short time you have available to you? Here are some of my suggestions:

Tips for an awesome girl's night:

1. Support only!

There is no room for negativity, or self-doubt in a girls night! You love yourself, and you love each other! If anyone is starting to feel down, it's everyone's job to pick them back up!

2. Wine--cheap wine!

I'm serious, don't spend $50 on one bottle of wine; spend 30 and get 3! Triple the fun, triple the talk! Wine this one is not a suggestion, wine is a necessity!

3. Baggage

This is where you can let go of everything that has been building up over time! Come equipped with all of your annoyances and struggles, and let it all out!

4. Sweats

Buns up, sweatpants on! No dressing up allowed on a girls night! If you plan to properly complain about how ridiculous your boyfriend is being, or how fed up with work you are, you better get comfortable!

5. Netflix!

Don't even pressure yourselves into watching something life-changing! Just settle in with something that makes you laugh, or cry, or even something you can just ignore and talk over! Netflix is your friend, invite it to the party!

6. Pizza, chocolate, quesadillas--oh my!

Really, this suggestion is open to interpretation and certainly subject to change! Personally, I can attest to the true magic of pizza, chocolate, and quesadillas! But, feel free to experiment!

7. Shopping!

Within reason, of course! This is another opportunity to avoid the pressure of necessity! Don't plan essential shopping items on a girls night! But a couple of things that make you smile, and enjoy yourself.

8. Puppies

Strictly optional, but they certainly help!

9. Lots of laughter

Laugh until it hurts, laugh until you cry, laugh until you forget about how stressed out you are! Laugh at how stupid the things you worry about are, and how great it is to be among friends.

10. Plans for next time

A girls night is not complete or successful until plans have been made to do it all again soon. Promise one another it won't be long, and come up with a list that tops this time!