Polish and Yum Yums

I was terrible this weekend. I tried Thai for the first time, and it was amazing. I had masaman curry, which was made with coconut milk, potatoes, peanuts and chicken. It was somewhat spicy, but the coconut milk used to make  it lent it a sweet taste too. It was super delicious. And I ate Mexican for dinner--a deep fried chimichanga. Ooof, so much for eating heathy this weekend. But it was probably the best chimichanga I've eaten, so I have no real regrets. To borrow a phrase from one of my favorite food blogers: "Life is too short to waste on food you don't enjoy!" How true. It was a good day yesterday, though. I need more days where I can get away and enjoy myself.

The fake nails are off again. Now, I used to keep my natural nails quite long. I always felt my fingers looked stubby when they weren't, despite my mother and many others telling me I have quite lovely and long fingers. But lately that has shifted. I still love to paint my nails---my polish collection grows at an alarming rate---but shorter nails are so much easier to keep clean. Plus it's much easier at my barista job, and they aren't as prone to breaking from being exposed to dish soap and the like. The odd thing is, I actually am now of the opinion that shorter nails are more attractive on me; they're "cuter" and feel more natural, and being natural makes me feel sexier. I mean, if I ever get around to getting married, I can't imagine trying to cook for my husband, in-laws or potential future kids while having bejeweled and otherwise heavily decorated nails. Plus it makes wearing fake nails a fun way to dress up.

Speaking of painting them, I haven't painted my little hands in almost a week. I think it's time to fix that. Now, while pink may be my favorite color, blue is a close second, so I have a feeling a nice blue shade is in order this time.

Ahh! Look at my little nail nubbins! Definitely not as glamorous...but still cute, right? Right?

All of the tools I use to polish my fingernails. Might as well do it correctly if you're going to do it.

The colors I decided. China Glaze's Blue Iguana is a beautiful, bright sapphire blue. One of the prettiest blue shades I've ever seen. However, since I always think one can use more sparkle, I'm also using OPI's Save Me as a topcoat over it.

Annnnd we might as well add some little silver stars to the mix too. Silver and blue is such a great, classic (and classy) combination.

The blue and the stars have been added. Now it's time to brush on light coats of the glitter polish and of course, a topcoat to seal everything.

Unfortunately the picture quality isn't the best. It is night, after all. The blue is wonderfully vivid and everything is super sparkly. Just the way I like it.

Now that my nails are looking lovely and are no longer naked, I think it's time to make some ramen. Noodles are such a wonderful comfort food at any time of the day, especially when it's chilly out. Dating an Indian has made me reconsider my flavorings, I think...because lately I find I can't eat noodles without dumping some cardamon, cumin, and chili powder in them! That's right, chili powder for the girl who used to turn up her nose the instant she heard the word "spicy".