You're Worth It

Because You're Worth It

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.........
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 .................

 Yes,  she  remembers  my  daughters, one  was  getting married  and  one  never  stopped  talking ............

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..............
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......

You have  two  amazing  daughters,  and if  I ever  have  a  daughter  I  will send  her  to you to bring  her  up...............

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 ..................  
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

Chempetre day at the Spa

Three friends and i decided to spoil ourselves and go to the spa for the day, none of us had ever done his before so this was a new experience, we had really battled to find a spa that was open on a Monday and that could accomodate, 4 people at the same time, it took 20 calls but in the end we found Chempetre, and i knew this was the one.
We left home at 7.30 in the morning, and the car was filled with laughter and expectation.
We had all had to go to town the previous day, to acquire some new underwear, i have gone commando for some time now, and needed to buy because i didn't have any, we all eventually went to the same shop, they must have wondered as to what the sudden rush was on pretty, but not sexy underwear.
We were discussing the treatments we were going to have, a Swedish message, was one of the options, it has been on my list of things to do, i wanted a massage by a blonde handsome Swede called Sven.........
We arrived at the place exactly on time, and then the adventure began, we were treated to an amazing breakfast, we had expected a health breakfast, muffins and muesli, but what we got was amazing, crumpets filled with bacon, steak, feta, strawbery jam, gooseberries, pomegranities, peppedews, tomatoes and onions, it was amazing, we discovered that we had our own chef for the day, this is the way to live................. even if is is only for the day.
Although it is the middle of our winter the weather was beautiful and we were able to have breakfast outside on the veranda, overlooking a lake, filled with ducks and geese, it was amazing. Only ten minutes away from one of the busiest highways in South Africa, and yet this place was so peaceful and quiet you could have been a 100 km away from civilisation.
The "treatments" and the laughter then began................
I started with a paraffin manuicure, having to put your hands in boiling paraffin, is really sore, i had to convince myself that this was supposed to be enjoyable, but they say that beauty comes at a price, and i suppose that this is the price that they are talking about, the only thing that was enjoyable was the fact that i had the manicure, while lying on a recliner overlooking the dam, with the sound of fish eagles in the back ground, maybe this was heaven..................
When i had finished with my manicure, one of my friend had hers, ( the others had been whisked away for their body scrub) .....it was so funny, one of the ladies came to take away one of the ottomans, as she lifted it up her cell phone went off, and my friend was convinced that the music was coming from the ottoman........
It was then time for our body scrub, i am still not sure that i liked this experience, it was like having sandpaper going up and down my body, i mean it was salt being scrapped with pressure up and down your body, and when they touched my feet, i could not help but start laughing, they were not to impressed with this behaviour....................... the spa is for peace and quiet, and contemplation.................. well we soon changed that.
Then it was time for my Indian head massage, that was amazing, i really enjoyed that, it was really relaxing, and i did not have the same Amazon woman, who had nearly deskinned me with the body scrub, this was really nice, by hair however, did not agree and i spent the rest of the day looking like the grease monkey from an Amercian movie..........ugh.............
Then we had lunch, we were told it was going to be a light lunch, when we saw the salad on the table we thought that was the light lunch................ put our chef did not let us down, we had the amazing, mash potatoes, steak, onions and vegetables, covered in an amazing sauce, it was a feast fit for a king............ oh wait a minute.......... fit for a queen and i was the queen...................
We laughed all through lunch, and one of the ladies from the spa commented that she had never heard so much laughter..............
After lunch i had my pedicure, now anyone who knows me, knows that i have a thing about feet, for me feet are really ugly, and i really hate it when someone touches my feet, well i enjured the pedicure, not with a lot of dignity i might add..................
I then had my HOT stone massage, they really do not warn you what to expect and i can tell you those stones were HOT HOT HOT, but once the burning had stopped it was a very relaxing exprience.
And then my favourite thing of the day the facial, gentle pressure very relaxing, in fact i woke myself up snoring twice.........................
Then we had some hot chocolate................... and the day was finished, It was one of the most relaxing days i have ever spent, but for me what made it even more special was the company.............
It will be awhile before i can afford to do this again.......... but what an experience.........