A Revelation

Today, while Lola napped, I spend some time trying to decide which pair of closed-toe shoes would suit my outfit, a pair of Marc Jacobs black and beige cropped pants, a black Rebecca Beeson v-neck tee, and a pink Marc Jacobs jacket with black and beige accents. None of the closed toe options I could come up with seemed quite right. The reason I needed closed toe shoes was simple: I needed a pedicure, and didn't have time to go get one. Then it occurred to me that giving myself a superquick pedicure was faster and easier than trying to pick a pair of pedicure-hiding shoes that I liked, and so, five minutes later, I had a very basic pedicure. And it didn't look half bad. It wasn't salon-quality perfection, of course, but it worked, and I was able to slip into my crystal-encrusted gold Cole Haan flip flops that I'd wanted to wear from the beginning.
What a revelation. How many times have I struggled to make something work, when the real, and often quicker, solution was just to fix what was broken? Whether it's hair that needs washing, legs that need lotioning, or toes that need some pampering, sometimes it's easier to address the problem and move on.