Self-pampering is rapturously delightful

It is addictive, makes you high... and leaves you stranded in your own fantasy.

This is how I feel right now... which explains why I'm still up at 3.40am blogging?!! After an exhausting race, I call it an amazing race because it is amazing how we could have won. Some weeks ago, my lil sis bought the CLEO magazine (local female fashion magazine) and casually mentioned to me about this Treasure Hunt event. I got interested and I signed up for it after being reminded on their Facebook group (social media does work, okay!). I love being a social media marketer myself!

So I got another friend interested and I signed her up as well. The race is over... 12 hours ago, we were still panicking and almost convinced we were not going to win. We went with the mentality that we would still have fun and walk away with a goodie bag... so it would be all good. But in that half an hour, everything changed. Lady luck was on our side, and things suddenly went so smoothly that it was just incredible...

The CLEO treasure hunt is a game where we are supposed to hunt down the 6 people (working for the magazine) hidden in the stores or elsewhere in the 5-6 storey mall, Central. It was hard work as they would be just sitting/standing there stationary, so we would easily bypass them without noticing if we didn't go up to them. We got a few hints here and there but missed them. And luck knocked on our doors after we spotted the first person... later on in the game, some kind people whom have finished the game gave us some helpful tips which managed to finish us off at the 5th and 6th place. All top 10 winners walk away with $200 vouchers to be used in the mall... and the next 10 will walk away with $100. Not a bad deal at all, and a good way to spend a Saturday afternoon.

The things that happened after we claimed our prizes was like a dream - high on ecstacy! We were smiling inside out, because we don't need a boyfriend to buy us gifts!!!! We win them ourselves and shop guilt-free... imagine how good that feels like?! I would like to buy that potion to feel this way for the rest of my life. Seriously, pure ecstacy. So the rest is history... lots of shopping and having a sumptuous dinner are needless to say.

Imagine, lavishing!

My friend happily got herself 3 pairs of shoes, a belt and a scarf... and I bought myself a pair of leather shoes which I normally wouldn't even bear to buy!! Oh yes, a necklace too and a cowboy style shirt! Totally loving my purchase... For your information, we even paid the dinner with the vouchers... and still we haven't finished spending it all. This is how good it should end!!

Read my friend's experience here.

p.s: There's a high possibility we would be featured in the next issue of the magazine... ;)