Personal Experience: A Fictional Narrative

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When was the last time you pampered yourself to a day in a spa? The last time you went shopping and not minding the hefty price tags you splurge on shoes, bags and heaven knows, what else you can buy with that devilish credit card. Hmmm.…
Okey, I’ll make it a little personal how about dining alone and ordering your favorite Carbonara in your favorite Italian Restaurant . Savoring every bit of the ingredient, you never did that don’t you?
In fact, you prefer eating with a company of friends and you can’t stop talking about an ex-boyfriend, his dark secrets and criticizing his new girlfriend who looks like a “bloated Barbie”. That was your idea of fun?
You never paid attention to the moment that should have been spent something worthwhile, dating oneself. I call it a
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The dress was so simple, yet elegant and the colors, a touch of almost vanishing colors of green, brown and white. The attendant told me it is worth $$%%%, I know she meant nothing on that, she was nice by the way but my mind wants to say, so what? Don’t I look like I can’t buy that?

(Then Vivian, that lovely character of Julia Robert’s from “Pretty Woman” played in my mind…no! no! Poff!) so I told her to take it out from the mannequin and wrap it that instant, (don’t worry I know my body too well, one look at the dress I know it fits me) she looked at me and said, why don’t you try it now….Hmmmm! I am thinking…suddenly I turned around and I saw myself in the mirror, I smiled and said why not? I had my hair done with a new color on it, I have a total make-over, a body spa treatment, facial, foot spa and massage awhile ago. So why won’ I try this dress?
The attendant almost pushed my way in the changing room and when I went out to look at myself again, “Wow” was the words that came out of my mouth. For a moment, I had an out-of-body experience, to admire myself from a

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