So here’s a question I don’t often have occasion to ask myself: Am I the kind of person who can wear black nail polish on my toes?
See, I bought this bottle of really pretty, really dark purple nail polish a couple of months ago. (Sometimes it takes me a couple of months to get around to things like painting nails.) And this morning while I was baking bread (I know, I know) I had some time to sit around. So I painted the toes. And the whole pedicure arrangement came out kind of … blackish.
I also know that black nail polish has been trendy for years. But here’s this other thing about me: sometimes it takes me a few years to jump on a trend. And usually, I just don’t. Especially when it comes to things like black nails. But I was in for a penny and I went ahead and did the second coat, which we call in for the pound [1].
And it looks cool, as far as I know. But Kid 3, who is 11 and knows these things, said, “Mom, you look kind of Goth.” Which, naturally, is something we hear all the time around here.
For the record, I’ve never even had a Goth phase. And I always kind of laughed at those kids who tried SO HARD to be unlike anyone else that they looked EXACTLY LIKE EVERYONE ELSE who was trying the same thing. But maybe now that it’s not 1989 and Goth-ism isn’t such a THING, I should just embrace it.
Maybe Black Toes are just the beginning.
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[1] I very well could be using this cliche wrong, but it’s sort of my thing to misuse cliches, don’t you know.
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You used the cliche perfectly, and I think your toes would look uber cool in deep purple. But you as a goth? Hee hee! Tickles me!
You used the cliche perfectly, and I think your toes would look uber cool in deep purple. But you as a goth? Hee hee! Tickles me!
Valkyrie, maybe. You’re way too Nordic to succeed at Goth. Try a purple helmet, perhaps.
Valkyrie, maybe. You’re way too Nordic to succeed at Goth. Try a purple helmet, perhaps.
Um. I dyed my hair purple this summer, remember? I might not be the one to give you fashion advice. Just sayin’. ;P
Um. I dyed my hair purple this summer, remember? I might not be the one to give you fashion advice. Just sayin’. ;P
No pictures? C’mon Man!
No pictures? C’mon Man!
I think you just painted your toes with my favorite purple color and I just remembered I have a bottle of it. Somewhere…
We could totally be Goth twins!
I think you just painted your toes with my favorite purple color and I just remembered I have a bottle of it. Somewhere…
We could totally be Goth twins!
My Jordan must have purchased the EXACT SAME dark purple nail polish, because I’m sporting blackish toenails today, thanks to the pedicure she gave me last night. We match.
For the record, I TOTALLY agree about the rebels who conform to each other. 🙂
So there you go—two slowpoke, nerdy moms trying to buck the trends…and wearing matching black toenail polish. Maybe we’ll start our own trend. 🙂
My Jordan must have purchased the EXACT SAME dark purple nail polish, because I’m sporting blackish toenails today, thanks to the pedicure she gave me last night. We match.
For the record, I TOTALLY agree about the rebels who conform to each other. 🙂
So there you go—two slowpoke, nerdy moms trying to buck the trends…and wearing matching black toenail polish. Maybe we’ll start our own trend. 🙂
lol. That would be very strange to see you gothed up. 😉
lol. That would be very strange to see you gothed up. 😉
I have worn the dark purple/black on my fingernails. Out in the open. Where people can see. I am so so goth it hurts.
I have worn the dark purple/black on my fingernails. Out in the open. Where people can see. I am so so goth it hurts.