The New, the Bad, and the Polished

The New

This week, I tried a tamale for the very first time and, naturally, made a big fool of myself doing it. I had no prior knowledge of the makeup of this exotic food, and I tried to eat the corn husk wrapper. I found out quickly that front teeth just aren't going to cut it (quite literally). So I asked my co-worker who had given it to me if you eat it like a burrito. She said, "You have to take the wrapper off," and I proceeded to tell her how I was "confunding" because I just couldn't figure out why I couldn't bite into it. We both got a good laugh at my expense.

(Image courtesy Life123.com. Disclaimer: I have no idea if it's a good recipe, this was just the picture that looked most like what I attempted to eat)

The Bad
Watching Missouri try and play basketball on the road is just painful. I'm not quite sure why I subject myself to it.

The Polished
There's a bit of a discrepancy between the hubs and I as to when my nail polish addiction started. I say it was sometime during senior year of college (maybe September 2011?), but he says it was much later. No matter the deets, it's full-blown now. I've scoured countless nail polish blogs, typed in all kinds of search terms on Google and Pinterest, figured out what the hell "lemming" means in the polish world, bought a "dupe" of a well-known lemming, and decided that I'm more of an Essie girl than O.P.I. (In case you're wondering, Essie is a lot easier to find in these parts, and I like the thinner brush. There are still O.P.I. polishes that I love, though.) It's been pretty time consuming, but it's not ALL that expensive, and it's fun to search out new colors that make me squeal a little on the inside when I finally get ahold of the bottle and get that shade on my nails. Here are a couple of my favorites at the moment:

Essie Mint Candy Apple (Credit: Haus of Polish)

CM Midnight Imposter (Credit: Goose's Glitter)

In Other News
I spent all day translating, and things went so much better this time around. Feel like I got to build some good relationships and learn a lot more about the children and parents that I'm helping. It made for an exhausting but really good day.

Also, using the Oxford comma still makes me happy every now and again (see post title).