An Afternoon at the Nail Salon

Berkeley had been asking for over a year to go get her nails done again at the nail salon.  So, because she had such a great 1st grade year and got Student of the Month I took her.  She was so excited and the little ladies in the salon were cracking up at how happy she was because she never stopped smiling the whole time she was there.  She asked what color I was going to get and I told her I'd let her choose mine again (knowing full well it would be something totally out of my comfort zone).  As you can see, she chose some kind of purple/sparkle concoction with some sort of fancy application on top.  Mine was a very flamboyant sparkly blue number that screamed "look at me".  It was a little flashy and over the top, and I knew I was in trouble when I had 18-25 year old girls coming up to me in the grocery store to ooh and awe over my nails.  I felt a little silly being a middle aged, 36 year old with such loud nails.  It kind of made me feel like those older moms who try a little too hard to be hip and young, but I swallowed my pride and thanked them for their compliments and explained that my 7 yr old picked it out.  They all thought she had great taste!  Needless to say, I'm usually a little more conservative, but it was great fun and we'll definitely do it again!  I'll even let her pick my color again!  Oh, the things we do for our kids!