in the red

I almost never wear open-toed shoes, partly because I wear jeans to work, partly because my feet get cold without socks, and partly because I'm a slave to comfort.
Even so, I get a pedicure every month, partly because it's a little treat, partly because I love how pedicures last forever, but mostly because I like knowing that underneath my sneakers, my toenails are unapologetically red, and they wink at me every day before I put on my shoes to go to work, and when I come home and take my shoes back off, and it makes me secretly happy.