Day five...with pretty nails.

I am typing this tonight while diligently trying not to ruin my freshly painted manicure. 

Home-done French-tip!

 

 

 

 

 

Tomorrow night is Jon's company's X-mas party.  So, I decided to actually paint my finger nails.  I was going to go with super bright X-mas(y) Red.  Turns out, though, that I neglected to bring it with me, and the only Red my mom has is very shimmery.  Plus, it's more of a magenta, not the true blue Red I love.  This being the case, I went with super classic French-tipped.  Fortunately, I'm also going for a super classic look with my dress and jewelery tomorrow night, as well.  Unfortunately, I already have to redo three out of five nails on my right hand.  Which is funny, because I'm left handed.  How, you might be asking, did I manage to mangle three fingers already?  To this I have no answer other than, "sigh."  It's because I'm a huge klutz, and I managed to forget I just painted my nails within moments of finishing them.  As in, while I'm cleaning up from having just painted them.  Can I please blame the fibro for this memory lapse?  Please?  Good.

The dress I'll be wearing -- because I silently heard you wondering what it looks like -- is actually my mom's.  She bought it from Nordstrom three or four years ago for a wedding we went to in The City.  (FYI: I've been informed that I may no longer refer to San Francisco as either "San Fran" or "Frisco".  Apparently only tourists do this, and it's anti-Northern Californian to do so)

Anyway...back to the dress.  It's absolutely stunning. 100% black.  Very low cut neck line, that wraps ever-so-slightly at the under-bust area.  A slim black patent leather belt cinches a tiny bit above my natural waist, and a chemical pleated stretch chiffon skirt hits just below my knee.  IT has elbow length stretch chiffon sleeves, and is also beautifully lined.  In other words...YUM.  I have coveted this dress since she purchased it, and the fact that I now get to wear it for an evening out with my husband makes my head spin. 

The dress has a decidedly '50's look to it.  And for jewelery, I have opted to keep to this scheme and wear my grandmother's pearls.  They were falling apart and we had the expertly re-strung and knotted as I wanted to wear them for my wedding.  They are a double stranded, and fall just under the hollow of my throat.  Sort of a gorgeous champagne color to them that goes beautifully with black.  I will also be wearing a pearl bracelet and faux-pearl post earrings. 

For make-up I have decided on a light smoky eye -- something rather subtle -- and a dark red lip.  I have this amazing Red from M.A.C. called Doubonette (not positive of the spelling).  It's the perfect rich berry red with out a hint of orange or pink to be seen.  And having been trained as a make-up artist since...well, birth, I suspect, I know how to apply it so it should stay put most of the evening without feathering into my nose and chin.  A lovely sight, you know?

I will attempt to force my husband into taking at least one good picture of the two of us tomorrow night before we leave so I may post it here.  That way you can see us in all our dressed-up-glory.  It happens so very rarely, both of us being dressed up at the same time, that I absolutely must capture it for our eventual children to see.  Otherwise they might live their entire lives believing we go out in our jeans and t-shirts.  Which is sadly true enough.

Wow, I believe I am quite excited about dressing up and going out tomorrow night.  It's been a while since we've been out together, let alone out while dressed up all glamorous-like.  Jon will even be wearing a shirt that might will need ironing.  I personally can't wait to see him all dressed up.  It's always fun pretending we're an elegant couple going to a fancy party.  I think we'll have a fun evening.  I will post all about it tomorrow night after we get home.  Promise.

Whew!  What a wall of text that was!  I hope most of you made it far enough to finally read my gratitude list tonight.  If you did, thank you for putting up with my rambling.  If you didn't, well...you're not reading this anyway, so I have nothing to say to you!  Hehehe...just kidding.

What I am grateful for tonight:

*  Finding the perfect dress in my mom's closet.  Not only is it exactly what I had pictured in my head for tomorrow night, it's allowed me to not go shopping and wipe myself out before the party.

*  Sitting up with my mom while I painted my nails at the kitchen table.  It reminded me of when I was a little girl/teenager, and we would stay up late and paint our nails and chat.  I must say, the chatting part is much more fun today than it ever used to be!

*  Knowing my dad is going to be able to get me to my Dr. appointment tomorrow afternoon.  It's a huge weight off my shoulders not having to figure out how I was going to get there.  Come mid to late afternoon, I am usually too tired to drive anywhere for a few hours.

*  Being able to find the knitting needles I need to make my friend's blanket.  Finally found them on Amazon.com and purchased them.  Now I just have to wait to get them before I start knitting...and knitting...and knitting! 

Wow, today was actually harder than I thought it would be.  It was rough day, pain-wise.  And while I definitely came through it just fine, it was taxing and I am tired.  Hopefully I will sleep well tonight and wake feeling somewhat refreshed come morning.  Here's hoping, at least!

Sleep well, my lovelies
~j.b.