Is the daily grind starting to, well, grind? Is Monday simply day 5 of the countdown to Friday? Does your life seem like all work and no play? If so, it's time for a shake up! Who says week days need consist only of work, eat, sleep, start over?! It's time to kick start you weekend: starting MONDAY. Enjoy & make the very most of you leisure hours. Here are some top tips to get started:

Celebrate a day well done with a glass of wine.

Spend a few hours watching your favourite television program or movie, uninterrupted. Turn off the mobile & laptop ...now kick back & relax.

Have a long soak in the bath, bubbles mandatory.

Stop by your local pharmacy & grab some face masks & hair treatments. Super cheap & top way to spend some time pampering yourself! While you're at it, moisturise from top to toe and paint your nails - enjoy quality me time.

Have dinner by candle light, romance yourself!

Have dessert & enjoy it.

Call a friend & plot your attack on the social scene for the upcoming weekend.

Dress up, do fancy makeup you wouldn't dare try regularly & take photos.

Dye your hair a new colour.

Write a letter to yourself, on pretty stationery, reminding yourself of all the fabulous things going on with you at the moment.

Stalk your local pet shop & play with the puppies.

Go to a coffee shop & sit for a nice long latte. Coffee is not just for the AM!

Drink tea out of fancy vintage tea cups.

Get a blender & some fruit and start experimenting with new smoothie flavours for that burst of natural energy you need each morning.

Dance to your favourite guilty pleasure music (PCD? Girls Aloud? Celine Dion? Shania Twain? Spice Girls? Mika? Elton John? Choices truly are endless!) in some knee high socks, your fave knickers set & high heels. Be sure to close the curtains to avoid your neighbours getting an unexpected show!

Listen to songs from your favourite musicals & imagine you're the star - pump up the volume & have your own mini karaoke fest. (TL loves & recommends: You Can't Stop the Music from Hairspray, Time Warp or Sweet Transvestite from Rocky Horror Picture Show or Downtown, Don't Leave Me This Way, Go West, Hot Stuff, I've Never Been To Me from Priscilla, Queen of the Desert)

Try on outfits for work, mix & match with your casual stuff and go for some bold accessories & pretty shoes. Take photos of your favourite ensembles to stick up on your wall for dreaded I-have-nothing-to-wear mornings.

Leave work before dark & watch the sunset.

If you live by the ocean, swing by on your way home & stare out into the azure abyss.

What do you to unwind / live it up mid week & avoid the slump of the daily grind?