Today I had a “first”.<\/p>\n

About a month ago I stopped biting my nails cold turkey. This week I noticed my nails were like awkward claws that I would catch on things like soap, chips and my scalp. Later at the end of the day I would pretend I was a corpse on CSI and scrape the day’s build up from underneath and speculate on my “killer’s” motive for putting mozzarella cheese under my nails. So it went.<\/p>\n

As SharkBoy and I waited for our custom T-shirt place<\/a> to open (we’re getting custom t-shirts for Gay Days at Magic Kingdom – expect pics later this week) he suggested that we have a manicure. I was extremely apprehensive. Firstly, I was tainted by those horror stories you hear about nail infections and secondly… no one has ever touched my hand that way. I was a virgin. <\/p>\n

I did give in eventually and was thankful for it. She was rough and made me bleed from my cuticles (“Tsk bad! But you nail is good!”) but in the end, I was left with shiny buff nails! And a hand massage! Why haven’t I had this done sooner?<\/p>\n

Half way through it, what I suspected was half a bridal party came in and gave SharkBoy and I odd looks while we sat there. I just beamed like a blushing virgin and said “It’s my first time!” One of the women confided in us that she liked “dark” nails and I refrained from commenting that 40 years ago, that would be considered “slutty”. <\/p>\n

So I recommend you get a manny. Next time I may move up to a pedicure but I know I would laugh all the way through it. I have ticklish feet.<\/p>\n

After, we met Rod the Photog. and went and saw “Bears” at the InsideOut festival (thanks for Daryl for recommending it to us a while back!). SharkBoy has more on his site<\/a>. It was fun. All the drama, cheese and excitement you’d expect from an American pageant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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