<p>Tuesday mornings are the one day a week I have a sitter - i.e. the only mid-week day I can get some work done. Some days I&#39;m so spent I just greet her in my PJs, hand over the kids and let them fend for themselves as I collapse back into bed and pay an exorbitant hourly rate so I can get some sleep.</p>

<p>And then there are days like today, when I greet her at door ready to leave the house in a black 50&#39;s skirt and B&amp;W striped tee (my husband said I look like a cross-dressing mime - I do not!); days when I leave the contacts in the case and wear my nerd glasses (-6.5 right eye, -5.75 left eye - yes I&#39;m blind) and I head out the door to get my first pedicure of the year. </p>

<p>Is there anything more decadent?</p>

<p>Probably. But I have small kids, and at this stage in my life it&#39;s about as good as it gets.</p>

<p>I always spend WAY too much time reading the names of the OPI and ESSIE bottles at the nail salon - tempted by new colors and funny names like &quot;Argenteeni Pinkiny,&quot; &quot;High Maintenance,&quot; and &quot;My Chihuahua Bites!&quot; But I always go with my favorite color, a red so sexy and classic and candy perfect that today a stranger at the coffee shop where I&#39;m working asked me for the name of the color. </p>

<p>Because we&#39;re friends, I&#39;ll tell you guys too: My go-to fail-safe pedicure color is Opi&#39;s Chick Flick Cherry (see it on another woman&#39;s toes <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sanfranannie/1440091988/in/set-72157601900594527/">here</a> because I don&#39;t have a camera with me.) Trust me, it&#39;ll look awesome on you.</p>

<p>Tell me, what&#39;s your favorite polish? Maybe I&#39;ll try it next time I get a pedicure...</p>
