Spring = shaved legs, haircut, & painted toenails
I’m done being grumpy over my bicycle incident now. Actually, I’ve been done for a while, but it took a bit for the residual effects to wear off.
This weekend, I O-fficially celebrated Spring.
All of this kind of links back to a post by Honestyrain (Honesty Rain, not Honey styrene or Honey strain or whatever else you first thought her name might be).
You see, Honestyrain is also in a location that has a winter season that is faaaaaaaaar far too long. And on March 26th, she asked what we would all suggest she do to to prepare for summer.
Here is an excerpt
What shall I do to prepare for the coming sunshine and skimpy clothes weather? What will I do to lose the winter ooglies and stock up on summer HOT! HOT! HOT!? I’m sure each and every one of you knows exactly what to do to get that sass factor back after hibernating for six severe months. So tell me! I’m waiting! What will I do, dear Internet?
My suggestion was the following:
um…. paint your toenails and get your hair cut?
sorry, I am fresh out of grand ideas. The spa sounds really nice though, doesn’t it? so does the chocolate (of course).
Another suggestion by franchini was this
Shave your legs and tidy up your feet. That is enough effort for now to tide you over until really blistering heat kicks in and you have to start thinking about bikinis etc.
So, guess what I did this weekend?
Did you take notes?
First came the haircut that I’ve needed for a while now.
Second the shaved legs.
And today, TODAY! I went to Target and bought 5 different colors of nail polish for my toes! and I broke out shorts and a tank top.
Note the haircut and the painting of the toes.
Oh wait, you can’t see the painted toes?
WELL, lessee what I can do about that.
I even put my toes next to the newly blooming Lady’s Mantle, so you can see
A) just how tiny the leaves are on the plant right now (hopefully, I’ll remember to take one in the height of summer when it is big, Big, BIG)
B) that it was really warm enough outside today to go out barefoot! with shorts on! and a tank top! and put my toes in the dirt.
C) My beauteous rainbow of colors. (some of those colors were generated by doing one coat of one color and a second coat of a different color)
D) that I need more practice painting my toes. 
Victoria Winters says:
Hi there! I’m a new reader and love your story-telling ability! Good job on the shaving, hair cutting, and toenail painting – I think I’ll do the same!
LadyBug says:
Danielle, you’re so funny. The toenails are very cute and festive and spring-y.
Ahh, I remember the days when I had time to paint my toenails and shave my legs….
jenski says:
Huh. I recently got my hair cut (nothing drastic, just a trim) & painted my toenails (purple!!), and it didn’t occur to me that I was trying to alleviate the cabin fever. I think I’ve started spring cleaning unknowingly as well — I couldn’t resist hanging laundry outside though!!
Danielle says:
Victoria, welcome! I’m excited to have someone new stop by.
Ladybug, hmmm…. lesseee you have daughters right? So, maybe if there is a wee bit of time when Baby Boy is napping you could do a girl’s painting of the toenails/fingernails? I’m sure your girls would love it. Then you ladies could impress Deputy Dad with your new spring glam.
Jenski – for a minute there, I thought you’d written that you’d dyed your hair purple. You know this morning, I did one of those, hmm… last night was Tuesday, not Monday, I wonder if Jenski was by and if she has done her toes yet? I had a feeling that you would’ve. You always have a cool spring look. Isn’t today FABoulous!!? Makes me wanna skip… But here I am. slog slog slog.
SeaQueen says:
hmmm. haven’t done the toes yet. but I think I’ll do it this weekend
btw, I don’t know if it’s spring cleaning or procrastination but you’ll be happy to hear that I finally cleaned my car. I’d fogotten that my carpets were black
Anyway, I appear to have been carting around a small beach (they seem to have used actual beach sand to sand the roads here this year…must have been budget cuts).
Amber says:
Oh, it’s “She’s gotta a ticket to ride and she don’t care”
Oh gosh, the chicken thing, I was singing the wrong words for like a month after I heard that!
And thanks for the info about the trails. I believe I have heard about the Great Bounds Trail. And I have to admit that Minneapolis/St. Paul is very bike friendly. There are so many trails and shops. We’ve been taking advantage of it all. I’m not used to the lakes, though. There are just so many!
Everytime I see a house on a trail by a lake I tell my husband I want to live there. We are house hunting, but we probably are not going to buy a house for a while yet.
BTW I love the colors of your toenails. I haven’t yet officially celebrated spring. I need to get out with some shorts on and bask in the sun. But it’s not quite the weather to do that yet. Eek!
Anonymous says:
i love your toes baby
feetman78 says:
Pretty feet and toes! I would love to see more…or post some at my blog.
feetman says:
Love the toes.
Paul says:
Danielle you are not a bad looking girl but what is up with your toes? The third toe on each foot is soooo much shorter than the second toe. You are nice, but the toes are definetely WEIRD!
tom says:
i have a foot feitsh your feet are beautiful!!
Jake K says:
Danielle, cool spring nails! They look festive and bright – that should get you in the mood!
I just bought a rich blue polish today that I’m going to try on my toes!
Yeah Spring!