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I refuse to spend money on manicures anymore.  I can do just as decent a job in the comfort of my own home for something that will chip within days if not minutes as, like the rest of my generation, I spend my days typing.  (The downside to doing your own nails, of course, is not getting the arm or neck massage that is included while you sit under the drying lamps.)

Benefits of doing an at-home nail job (I came thisclose to making an inappropriate joke completely on accident but caught myself - phew) include:

• Whatever television program you desire as background noise. The cheaper nail salon on Lincoln and Montana (for those Chicago-area readers who care to know its locale) is usually playing a terrible DVD at a ridiculous volume.  I can only see the camel riding scene of Sex and the City 2 rewound so many times before it gets annoying.
• Not spending energy worrying if and what the technicians are saying about you.  The upside for me is the occasional word I catch when the ladies are speaking Chinese.  Unfortunately the only words I catch generally refer to pronouns so I don’t actually know what’s going on, but I feel proud of myself nonetheless.
• Keeping the cash for yourself.

Now, I know you might be shocked to learn that a blogger with a day job in education lives on a budget, but it’s true.  Part of how I live my classy Oh girl, your nails look fresh lifestyle is following Zoya on Twitter and cashing in on their freebies and discounts.

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