There is an advert for a cosmetics company, which always shows some glamorous star or another, convincing you to buy there products, and at the end when they have told you of the benefits, of how it has changed their lives by making them more beautiful, their hair shinier, their eye lashes longer, their lips more kissable....... they end by telling you to do this with the words ......... Because You're Worth It.........Because You're Worth It
Yesterday I was very extravagant I had booked an afternoon at the Spa, my two daughters and I went off for an afternoon of pampering............... at the La Dolce Vita Day Spa and that is exactly what we got................
Our appointment was at 12.30 and to my horror of horror's I was 2 minutes late, we had underestimated the distance, and no matter how we tried we just could not make up the two minutes reflected on the Garmin, which showed as our arrival time, 12.32pm no matter how fast we went, we were stopped by traffic lights, we were behind every Granny with a hat on, and every slow truck in South Africa had decided to be on the road at exactly that time, so 12.32pm was our estimated time of arrival and that is exactly the time we arrived ........................
We were greated by a lovely young lady called Shanie, long flowing black hair, a soft voice like falling rose petals, and a friendly smile, she welcomed us in, hugged my two daughters because they had been there before after my daughers paper party late last year, in fact when I had made the booking I asked if she remembered our previous booking, and her reply was .............. and I quote .................
We had some muffins and some fruit juice and the pampering began........................ I started with the pedicure, and laying back on the chair, listening to the music in the background which was in its self an experience, the lapping of the ocean, the tinkling of tiny bells, the soft dulcid tons of the pan pipes, the muted sounds of the dolphins, probably mating but who knows , and in minutes I could feeel myself relax, I could feel the tensions of the week easing out of my bones.................... ... I almost could forget that someone was working on my feet which for those who know me know is my biggest "phobia", the only noise was my youngest daughter laughing in the room next to me, as she kept her audience entertained..............Yes, she remembers my daughters, one was getting married and one never stopped talking ............
Then it was the turn of my hands......................... could anything be nicer than this, I wondered what was going on next door, because it was very quiet, i discovered later that they were having their facials, and it was so relaxing that even my youngest daughter forgot to talk ........... now that is amazing .............. the owner of the Spa came to check on us and paid me a really nice compliment and I quote......
Then it was time for my facial ..................... the room was filled with the smells of cucumbers , of vanilla, of brown suger, of strawberries, of rose petals and of warm honey.......... all of which they has used at some point during the treatments ..........well what can i say ..................... at one point my own "snoring" woke me up, it was so relaxing that I fell asleep ..................You have two amazing daughters, and if I ever have a daughter I will send her to you to bring her up...............
We finished off the day with the vibrator to get the fluids going, which had apparently now all been disturbed by all the masaging.......we had an amazing desert and some freshly brewed coffee and we were ready to go home ..............
As we were leaving Shanie said, come back soon..... and I made up my mind there and then that I was going to do exactly that i was going to go back soon .............. we are going to do this again, even if we have to cut back on something else, because we need to look after ourselves, we need to pamper ourselves, we need to stop thinking of reasons why we shouldn't be doing this, thinking of better ways the money could be spent, we need to stop justifying every cent we spend on ourselves................................ and why ................................
Because You're Worth It
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