I spent Friday night – all of it – trying to get my gel manicure off. Morgan told me that at the salon they just soak cotton balls in acetone and then wrap them in tin foil for 20 minutes before scraping off whatever’s left with an orange stick…so I figured, hey, I can do that myself and save the money, right? As it turned out it was a little problematic, being as once one hand is befoiled it becomes pretty close to impossible to foil the other hand, and then once both hands are finished it becomes pretty close to impossible to do…anything.
Anyway, it eventually came off, and to my surprise my nails weren’t completely destroyed underneath. Yay.
(Full DIY gel manicure kit review here.)
On Saturday, I co-hosted Morgan’s baby shower over at our friend Mel’s place.
Theme: Valentine’s Day (since the baby is due mid-February)
Menu: Breakfast burrito spread (such a great, affordable way to feed your guests at a brunch-time party…plus everyone loves it)
Games: Celebrity Baby Names; The Price Is Right (guess the prices of popular baby products; plus the basket of products is an extra gift for the mom-to-be)
Favors: Heart-shaped tins full of pink-and-white candies and a heart-shaped candle
With Mom and the little one (his sweater is H&M and my favorite thing).
Haagen-Dazs, just so you’re aware, makes really spectacular ice cream cakes.
The beautiful guest of honor.
With Michelle, who was wearing an amazing crystal-and-feather fascinator-thing that you unfortunately can’t see in this photo. (But speaking of beautiful hair accessories, I love these crystal Carolina Rodriguez hair combs, available at Lock & Mane.)
We finished off the weekend with a date to see War Horse (shockingly, I cried) and a little tummy time (Virgil helped.)
