Tis the most wonderful time of the year

Spa Day - Kind Of

It was my first “Christmas Party/Event” last night - an evening of shopping and pampering – it was fabulous.

One of the girls I work with organised a “Body Shop” party at the store, where we got to test out some of the products, have some and nibbles, and stroll around the store.

It was a lovely and very relaxing. We could choose between facials, make tutorials, or hand massages, and everyone had a go with at least one activity.

I decided on the “Spa of the World” hand massage. After my dead skin cells were removed with a light African Ximenia scrub, the assistant added to Moroccan Rhassoul clay and let it dry to absorb the excess water and oils from my skin. Apparently you can use it all over your body. The clay itself was brushed on very gently using a blush brush, which gave a thin coverage, and I can imagine spending an hour at home in my own “spa” indulging in this. Once it was rinse off the Hawaiian Kukui cream was rubbed in, and finally the Tahitian orchid oils which smelt like ylang ylang and patchouli; so light and not overly flowery. My skin felt so smooth and soft and I was so relaxed afterwards. I was very tempted to buy the range, but reminded myself that I have other priorities than spending the best part of £100 on home spa treatments.

After a few of sparkling lemonade, I perused the face mask, make-up and nail varnish sections, and tried on a few selected colours – I now have multi-coloured finger nails with gold sparkles. I picked out three new ones to add to my collection; I told guy he could add them to my stocking if he wanted. I also picked up a honey and oat face mask, which I plan to make use of this weekend – hopefully I won’t scare the dog too much.

In the end three of us pooled our buys so we could get the 30% discount to make it more worthwhile, all I had to do was sign up to their free store card, and then we got a free hemp gift set worth £28 as well. Not a bad deal really considering collectively we only spent £39.

It was a nice introduce into the festive, shopping season. I told Ali we should do things like this more often. It’s so nice getting out and socialising away from work. Maybe next year we can try the glass blowing, Christmas bauble making class – I’m desperate to try it.

My Christmas jumper also turned up yesterday. It looks super cute on. The Christmas pudding is directly over my bump – so it fits perfectly. I‘m surprised how nice it is considering I only spent £20 on it. It’s really soft and feels like very good quality. I can’t wait to wear it. I may even take a picture on Christmas jumper day and load it to social media – see if any one notices the “I’m making my Christmas pudding”.

Guy has his Christmas party with work this evening so it’s just me and Indy. I’m planning a night of mulled berry juice and card writing. I may even make some mince pies – who knows. I’m hoping to get some more decorating done as well, so I can start packing the boxes away.