I was on the phone with my mom today discussing how I  DESPERATELY need a manicure and pedicure; yes, I have my own nail polish/nail polish remover/nail clippers etc but it really is just not the same. The issue is that the "cheaper" places are a little on the dirtier side to say the least and the "nicer" places are rather expensive hence why I have been so hesitant to get one up until now. Yet, knowing that I am going to Berlin at the end of this week to a nice hotel with nice food and shopping and so on I have decided the least I could do is have my nails look nice as well. As I was telling my mom my reasoning on the phone--that if I get a manicure and pedicure at one of the nicer places, even if it costs X amount of dollars, it will still be cheaper than had I gotten one weekly like I normally do at home--I came to terms with the fact that this week would be the week. Besides, the OPI nail polish collection in the salon that I bike past every day has been calling my name.


That being said, I went into town today to have lunch with some friends and I decided to see if any of them had any recommendations as to where I should get my nails done. "Any of you guys know a good place to get a manicure and pedicure?" I asked. "I've never gotten one of those before," my friend responded. "Hmmm," I said. Honestly, what else do I say? Here I am thinking that I really am being economical getting an expensive manicure and pedicure for the first time in two months and now I am being told that one of my Australian friends has never had one before. AS IN EVER!! Somehow my logic doesn't seem so logical anymore...