Cuticle nippers. That's how I got nicked.

ETA: I've gotten a scrape with careless filing, as well. No big for me, but your mom has a greater risk with infection, so. I might be overly cautious. But it's your mom, and she has my phone number.

I just had a pedi a few weeks ago. I loooove my nail place--found them on yelp and boy, were those recommendations spot on. They do a fantastic job, and they are right around the corner from my office!

Had a consult on my hair at a dayspa (they were the ones who had the Deva Curl certification that Allyson recced). A very nice young Russian lady (a lot of stylists around here are Russian) who basically said that my standard cut (shorter layers on top, longer ones below) is the way to go due to my thin hair on top of my head (it's been thin for 20-some years). But, she's going to shape it a bit better than it is now (I haven't had it cut since mid-August).

And, she sold me a realllly expensive bottle of hair spray ($35!!!) that does just what it's supposed to do. I can wash and dry my hair like I normally do, and then instead of having to live with the frizz, I just spray and then scrunch for a few minutes all over my head, and I end up with the cutest curls! Every time I've made a bathroom run this afternoon, I keep admiring myself in the mirror. And this is before my cut on Tuesday night, so it'll be even cuter afterwards. I'll take a pic then and show myself off to y'all.

And I just finished my second lab, after working on them for seven hours. Tired, but at least they're all done, and they're not even due until November 30th! Now I get to work on my final, which is also due that day, but not until tomorrow.

Oh I'm so glad your consultation went well, and that the product is working out!

Remember those iconic "Hope" posters during the 2008 campaign, of Obama looking off to the side? Shepard Fairey has a new one: [link]

Very neat.

My nails look good, but something has got to be weird about my cuticles/edges of my fingers, because I get cut at least half the time I get a manicure. Which is why I don't really get them that much.

All except ita:

Here is a list of Amazon's sales next week (looks like mostly media/DVDs):

::not looking::

I have passed on the mani/pedi information off to my mother. Here's hoping she paints her nails. She's more her with painted nails.

Jilli, I was in a BevMo today, skimming through the minibottles section, and I lit upon Absente. Is it any good?

I just found out that UPS has a service called "My Choice" that lets you:

• Give authorization online for UPS to deliver packages without a signature when you're not going to be home to sign in person
• Get proactive notifications via text, phone, or e-mail the day before a delivery
• Request your packages be delivered to The UPS Store® near you for pickup
• Have your packages delivered to another address

I'm not sure if this is a new feature, or just new to me, but it sounds like it should eliminate my primary gripe with UPS.

Oooh, we love a good product that works. I hope the cut is just as happymaking, Kathy.

ETA: I've gotten a scrape with careless filing, as well.

Honestly, I've had more ouches and grrs with careless filing than the nippers. Possibly because I don't keep my toenails mega short so when they trim and get to flesh, it's darn tender.

She's more her with painted nails.

I hope she at least paints them. It's maybe a little thing to a lot of people but it's important in a self-image way. My toes look just weird naked. And not because feet are weird but because I've painted them for decades. So they should have some color.

Ok, strange memory flash...my mom showing off her pretty toenails whenever she was in the hospital. Her toes were always out from under the covers.