… strangers on the train ask you what shade of nail polish you’re wearing…
… a person in the elevator at work asks if that’s the sold-out shade of Chanel nail polish you’re wearing…
… a co-worker says, “Where did you get your nails done?” and you can reply, “I did them myself.”

Yeah. I did my nails over the weekend with two coats of cheap-ass Wet & Wild black nail polish (”Black Out”) and then added one coat of Sally Hansen’s “Always Asher” (a deep red, like black cherry) and then threw on some top coat. Yesterday, I had the the co-worker and elevator person. Today, a woman on the train roused me from my iPod induced trance and asked me what shade I was wearing. I gave her the instructions (though I quoted the wrong deep red shade - though it’s a very close color - Essie’s “Rock the Croc.”)

This cheered me up since Sunday’s dinner with the family included my father criticizing my nail polish and saying it’s garish and awful, and that it makes my fingers look shorter than they are. Oh, well. At least they’re neat and nicely polished.

I also wore my new shoes today - ones that I won on eBay last week for $10 whole dollars. I saw them in a shoe store on 14th St (in NYC) for $60, but found them on eBay for a whole lot cheaper. They look like this:

I found two other things on eBay that I will probably bid on over the weekend: one is a set of two tubes of Murad Acne Spot Treatment (which sells for $16 a tube at Sephora - the “Buy It Now” price for 2 on eBay is $23 for two tubes with a nominal shipping fee) and Bumble and bumble Hair Powder in brown ($38 retail). The reason for the second one is the surgery - with this powder, I will be able to wash and style my hair every other day since it works as sort of a “dry shampoo.” It helps absorb the natural oils and keeps it looking nice. We’ll see. I wouldn’t pay $38 for it, but I’ll try it for under $20.

Another thing that people with lighter-colored hair can use is corn starch or baby powder - powder it on the roots of your hair, shake out the excess and then brush it. But if your hair is darker - scratch that. You’ll look grey. The hair powder is actually in a spray (like the Baker’s Secret baking spray with flour already included, I guess - kind of. But better for your hair.) and you brush it through after you spray your hair.

I overslept this morning (well, until 7:15) so I didn’t make it to the blood test in the a.m. I am going to make it tomorrow morning, so I’m getting into bed right about now so I can read for an hour or two and still fall asleep before 11 and get up at 6 or 6:15. The testing center opens at 7 a.m. and they accept walk-ins ONLY; no appointments during the week. So, I might get right in or I might end up waiting a half hour. I want to be there first thing in the morning.

If I finish up way early, yay - and I can treat myself to a breakfast bagel or something and then either sit at the train station for a while reading, or even catch the earlier train, depending on the situation. We shall see.

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