Showing posts with label mani-pedi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mani-pedi. Show all posts

Friday, October 16, 2009

Random (happy) updates

Tonight I'm hosting a Fall Clothing Swap. You may recall I did this for the first time back in the Spring and it was a roaring success. Should be even more fun now that a) I know what I'm doing and b) I'm bringing in a woman to do mani-pedis! Now before you think I've gone all Hollywood starlet on you, I'm not paying for people to get their nails done--but $30 for both when all your shopping and drinking is free is a damned good deal, and my friends seem to recognize that.

Yesterday my agency team (about 60 of us) had an outing/party at the Art Institute's stunning new Modern Wing. I was stuffed from my Bin 36 burger lunch, so I didn't pig out on the cheese and nut platter like I normally would have, but the combination of fine contemporary art and wonderful colleagues made for a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon and evening. I went home all happy, warm and tingly in spite of the wet, cold weather. Happiness equals a few glasses of wine, hearing that one lovely co-worker is pregnant and another is hoping to be soon, and being paid the world's nicest compliment.

Which, in case you were wondering is "You're beautiful." Followed by 5 minutes of expounding and reiterating the hows and ways of your beauty by a tipsy, good-looking gay man who's also a freaking creative genius.

In other awesome news, we're finally replacing our peeling, dull orange laminate countertops with granite, installing a subway tile backsplash and getting a new kitchen sink and faucet.

And I made it to the gym 5 times in the last 2 weeks. That's about 5 times more than I did the entire previous month. I'm on a roll, people!


Saturday, July 12, 2008

Playgroup goddesses

I felt like a lady of leisure as I spent the morning at a spa with my girlfriends. Five of us met for a mani-pedi party complete with free snacks and mimosas. It was so fun! Of my group of friends, I'm the only one who hasn't started getting my hair done at Bertuca. And I can see why: not only do they give cute cuts, they pamper you (chocolate pedicures and chocolate martinis, anyone?) without it feeling the least bit posh or pretentious.

Meanwhile, Josh entertained about half of the dads and a bunch of kids at our place. I came home to toys strewn about and an empty pizza box, but 3 hours of luxury more than pays for 10 minutes of picking up.

I feel like the luckiest mom in the world.