Footsies!!

I treated Wayne and myself to pedicures today!  It really came out of the fact that Wayne is having such trouble reaching his own toes to clip his nails, because his left hip is in such a bad state.  He can barely bend at all on that side!

 

His right hip was replaced with what's called a "Birmingham Procedure" five years ago and at that time his left hip was fine, but now the cartilage has worn down completely on that side and he is in a lot of pain with it.

 

So, anyway he asked me to clip his nails for him but I really hate having to do that because his toe nails are so tough and long they are like birds' talons!  He leaves it for ages before he reminds me to do them and then, even with the extra tough toenail clippers I can't cut through them and there is so much grunge behind them .... YUK!!!

 

So, this time, I said "NO!  We're going to my beauty salon and getting them to give us both a pedicure!!".  Wayne was very unsure about this, not only because his nails look so awful, but also because this was not a very manly thing to do.  What would he say to his motor bike buddies??!!  But, I insisted and so off we went.

You can see by the forced smile on his face that he is not exactly comfortable with the whole event, but at least his nails were clipped, filed, cleaned and shaped, along with a proper foot soak and massage, finishing up with a coconut oil massage.


He had a bit of fun chatting with the lady while she was working on his feet and they gave him a cup of coffee and a slice of cake, so he started to relax and enjoy himself.  In then end, I think he was pretty pleased with the whole thing.




Of course, I've been there many times before to have all sorts of things done - eyebrows waxed and tinted, nails done, massages and pedicures.  I've always been happy with how I've walked out of that salon and today was no different ...

 

 

But it was a new experience for Wayne.  I think his feet have never looked so good!

What's so especially wonderful is that, now that we have settled on our house sale, we have the time on a Saturday morning to treat ourselves like this.