Tuesday, June 22nd

This morning I went with Noelle to get our nails done as her birthday present. When we got to the manicure place my mom told them that we wanted our nails done, so they sat us down and started cutting our nails. Noelle and I both thought this was a little strange, but neither of us had ever had a manicure before so we let tham do it, assuming that they had a good reason. Noelle finished getting hers cut first, first, then they pulled out a box of fake glue-on nails and asked her to pick the ones she wanted. She explained to them that she didn't want fake nails, she just wanted hers painted. They realized what we wanted a little late, our nails were all trimed down REALLY short. Apparently when you say "nails" that means you're asking for fake nails, what we really wanted was a manicure. Arg. We then clarified that we wanted a manicure and let them continue. No one has ever told me that manicures hurt. When I asked my mom afterwards she said they are usually uncomfortable, but they don't hurt. Mine did. When she was scraping my nail clean she punctured the skin in a few places, then whenever she put anything on those spots they stung like crazy. Then when she was stamping designs on my nails she had to redo one of them exactly 4 TIMES! She wouldn't wait long enough for the base coat to dry! One thing is for sure, we won't be going back to that nail place!