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An Indulgence

July 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

When I was in NYC recently, I decided to try getting a pedicure.  Felt like a ridiculous indulgence, but wanted to know what I had been missing out on.  So, $22 later I had a manicure and pedicure done Jackson Heights style.  They had used an actual electric sander on my feet.  This was surprisingly pleasurable, unlike waxing and threading which I have also tried having professionally done this year.  So, when I realized that there was a little nail spa next to Maggie Moo’s ice-cream shop here in Mechanicsburg, I saw my opportunity to give myself a little gift.

Gabriel was armed with his own ice cream creation and a Nintendo DS. And I was oddly excited for power tools to be used on my feet.  This place was a little more upscale, however.  I enjoyed pleasant conversation, watched Olympic diving with the staff while they gushed over my handsome child.  (We are getting that a lot lately…  talk about how “handsome” he is.)  They talked me into the spa pedicure package.  I sat in a massaging chair while someone massaged my legs, hand worked the tough skin from my feet, applied mint and wrapped them in a hot towel.  Quite lovely.

50 dollars later, there is no ethereal glow coming from my lowest appendages as I might have expected, but I can see where the experience makes for a future temptation.

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Tags: Harrisburg · navel-gazing · nyc · parenting