Mum woes: 12 signs you need (and deserve) a night out with the girls

It's almost the weekend and I am in NEED of a night out with the girls.

Not just because it's almost the weekend, but also because I can't remember the last time I got to wake up with blisters on the soles of my feet and false eyelashes stuck to my forehead. (Talk about the grass being greener.) A lack of sleep; time and finances, combined with an abundance of cooking; cleaning and mother's guilt, means that the opportunity to indulge in some much-needed QT with my besties (do people still talk like that?) are woefully slim now that I'm a mum. To be fair, this is probably a good thing considering I struggle to stay awake past 10pm these days; plus, I wouldn't trade QT with my favourite (pint-sized) bestie for anything or anyone. However, just once in a while I reckon all mums need and deserve a night outside their four walls. Just to let off some steam and remind ourselves why we don't go out every week, or month even. Six-week hangover anyone? Not that you need a reason to justify a night out with pals, but here are twelve signs that you definitely need one. Judging by these, I have definitely left it WAY too long this time round... 1. Going to the supermarket without the kids feels like a night out. It's even more exciting when you go with a friend.   2. You don't remember the last time you were outside the house when it was dark.   3. When you use the hairdryer your husband asks you where you are going. Tell him you could look THAT good more often if you had more 'me time'.   4. You put on something other than your pyjamas and he asks if you've bought a new outfit.   5. Fifteen minutes in the bathroom uninterrupted feels like a whole day at the spa. Or a night out.   6. The only current song you know all the words to is one from Moana. At least you have something current to sing the next time you do karaoke.   7. Your cats and wheelie bins go out at night more than you do.   8. Entertainment comes in the form of neighbourhood watch. Much to the annoyance of your neighbours.   9. Looking at photos of your friends on nights out without you makes you well up. Especially when they tag you in those photos. (Biatches.)   10. You actually WANT to subject your feet to an entire night of agony by wearing heels that are too high for you.   11. Your calendar is filled with medical appointments and the release dates of TV series, rather than social events.   12. A night out with the girls seems like too much goddamn hard work, and you'll probably just fall asleep in the toilets before midnight... But you still want to go out anyway.