A new nail bar opened two weeks ago in Plano. I went with mother-in-law and sister-in-law as a birthday treat to have a pedicure and manicure. Their gimmick is that while you relax they will provide you with cocktails (and shots that the owner will keep trying to give you as he sips his own can of beer while painting a customers nails.) I loved it! A very friendly atmosphere, and for the rest of the month each treatment is 30% off.
So while I was sitting in my massage chair with my feet and hands in bags of liquid wax, Destiny, my manicurist, stared hard into my face and suggested that I get my eyebrows waxed.
"They very big here," she said pointing at the offending hairs.
I agreed, and after my nails were polished and she had massaged my back and face (seriously, they go out of their way to pamper you) Destiny led me to the back where she straightened up my eyebrows. As she was leaning over me and approving her work, her eyes slid down to focus on my top lip.
"You want me to get that too?"
Get what?! Did I have a mustache?! Quickly I told her, "Yes! If there's anything to get, please get it!"
So, there you have it. I went in for a manicure and came out with a bald lip.
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Over the Easter weekend, Austin and I went camping with a couple of friends.
On our way to Joe Pool Lake, we made a pit stop at Fuel City, voted one of the best taco places in Texas.
Fuel City is a large gas station with a taco shop attached and two carts outside that serve you the most amazing cups of corn as you wait. The tacos were indeed superb, and the added bonus is that you get to enjoy them on picnic benches next to a paddock that contains three donkeys, a foal, a zebra and a camel. I kid you not. Also, as we were sat there enjoying our food, a lady turned up with a basket full of puppies for sale. Is this not the best place in the world?!
Fuel City is a large gas station with a taco shop attached and two carts outside that serve you the most amazing cups of corn as you wait. The tacos were indeed superb, and the added bonus is that you get to enjoy them on picnic benches next to a paddock that contains three donkeys, a foal, a zebra and a camel. I kid you not. Also, as we were sat there enjoying our food, a lady turned up with a basket full of puppies for sale. Is this not the best place in the world?!
At Joe Pool Lake, we pitched our tents and made a camp fire. S'mores were eaten (with marshmallows the size of my fist), stories were shared (mainly about toots and peeing in bushes) and dominoes were played. It was a blast!
We went to bed smelling of cedar wood, and snuggled down onto the hard ground (I am definitely buying an air bed next time).
Then, oh, how it rained! Our brand new tent kept us very dry. Only the bottom corner got damp, which was where Austins jumper was (oops!). Our friends, however...
They spent the entire night covering their faces from the rain drops and trying to stay warm. The next morning, the mud was so thick we grew a few inches when we walked from one side of the site to the other. Needless to say, we did not stay for camp fire eggs.
But we will go again! We'll just wait for the April showers to pass, I think.
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