Sephora SkyAvenue opening

It was a crazy plan, but what the heck. 

I woke up around 7 something, showered, ate a quick breakfast at home so that I wouldn't have to make a makan pitstop on the way. Left PJ around 8 something and because it was early and drove semi maniacally, I got to Awana Skyway in under an hour. 10 minutes on the cable car later, I was at SkyAvenue. It took time to find the Sephora store and to find another way there because mall access from the cable car station still haven't opened. Figured there's probably access from the hotel side. 

By the time I found the place...

Line behind me

Realistically, I know RM100 voucher is out (also, what time did the line start?!); but I'm not sure about the rest of the door gifts (next 200 get RM50 voucher; the 200 after that get a gift bag). Before 10 a.m., they announced that they were giving out numbered stickers to people in line, but that took a while because there were a lot more stickers than usual. I was ready to walk away if I didn't get a sticker. Behind me were two Filipino ladies who bus-ed it from KL for this, so at least I wasn't the only crazy one. 

They also gave out bottled water to people in line, cos heaven forbid that anyone would pass out from dehydration. 

RM50 voucher it is.

By the time the doors actually opened, it was closer to 10.30 a.m. There were ladies giving out lollipops and samples, but the young lady with the beauty sample tray was all like "cannot choose" when I asked for a specific product sample. Like I needed more body moisturizer samples... 😒 

Took me awhile to decide what to use the voucher on (Kat Von D foundation), but it took me WAY longer to pay for it. As fast as the cashiers were going (props to them), but the line to pay still went from one end of the store to the other, partly because they had to open things like makeup palettes for the customer's visual inspection before checking out, which, with that many people, took time. At one point, they asked if people had their actual member cards cos their system went down, which wasn't a thing for me cos I brought my OG Black card. 

By time it was my turn, I plonked down the item, voucher, Black card and payment card cos I wanted to GTFO to pee and get something to eat. 

PS. No Nadia sighting. Phew?