The reason we hung out on a Saturday was because of the Holiday gala at the YWCA. There was crafts, snacks, pictures with Santa and more. Although Lilly wasn't that enthused with any of it she did make a few crafts. They had this cute little booth where one could make a pair of mittens with foam stickers and then pick a real pair from the tree. I thought this was the cutest idea. We were at the Y for about an hour and a half and then Lilly got bored so it was on to the next thing. Lilly's birthday is tomorrow so I took her to get her nails done. She wanted fake nails put on and every place claimed she was too young. Usually soon to be eight year olds don't get fake nails put on but I am not her mom, I can't tell her no. It took us roughly an hour to even find a place that allowed fake nails to be on someone so young. Once we finally found the place, being a Saturday, there was a line out the door. We decided to wait because we really had no choice. I sat in a big massaging chair and Lilly did for awhile to but finally got called for her turn. While waiting for a pot to open, we watched 2 movies, Bridesmaids and then they played a Disney movie, Tangled. I was glad that they had movies playing because it gave Lilly something to do while we waited. Finally, after two and a half long hours, Lilly got called for her turn. She went into the salon thinking that she wanted pink and purple nails; however, she came out with red sparkly nails. They looked super cute on her! The ladies at the nail salon asked if I was her sister and I explained to her my relationship to her. This lady getting her nails done was thrilled when she heard my explanation. She told me that what I was doing was great and told Lilly that she was one lucky little girl. This made me feel so good about my time with Lilly because someone else recognized what I was doing. After Lilly's nails were complete, we headed home. The nail salon took a lot longer than we both intended but it was fine, she was so happy.
A long and crazy 5.5 hours took place today between the Gala at the Y and the nail salon
For a total of: 28.5
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