girls day out

elise & i had such a fun time saturday for a "girls morning out". first we went to the mall to get her ears pierced. she was so grown up about the whole thing & was very brave. then we got some breakfast (and ice cream) at the food court. next we headed to get manicures. i had a gift certificate, so for $9.00 elise & i both got manicures. this was a first for both of us and we had such fun. elise picked out a pretty purplish pink--maybe fushia--color for her nails. i had a french manicure & loved it as well. the lady who did elise was soooooo sweet and nice to her. there were probably 5 or 6 women in the salon at that time, too, and after one of them finished she came over to the girl working on elise & handed her some money. she said, "this is for being so sweet with that little girl right there. that is just great!" then she turned and looked at elise and said, "you are such a good little girl." and then she turned to me and goes, "and you are a good mama." it was just really nice. elise and i sure thought we were fancy! =)