a sparkle in my nose

way back when i was in high school i bought a magnetic diamond nose stud. i loved the look of them, but knew i would never be able to get one because:

1) i am a big wuss face. i have been told by various people that my pain tolerance is below normal
2) my father would kill me

in college, i told aaron that i would love to go to the tattoo shop to just look at the jewelry. i thought maybe it would help me get some nerve up...it ended with me having a panic attack. bad idea.

last august, my friend theresa, wanted to get her nose pierced and i went with her. she was a champ, and i was stunned that watching the actual process made the whole procedure seem much less scary. i think i might have alarmed her with all of the questions i asked afterward.

last friday, theresa accompanied me to slave to the needle, where adam gave me a small diamond stud in my left nostril. i was a little shaky, but was relieved to find that it didn't hurt much at all, there was only a little pinch when he was attaching the jewelry. t was an awesome person to bring along as she kept talking to me and adam the whole time, providing distraction from the actual process. i love the result, it is so pretty! (although the sea salt soaks may be my undoing). i have always heard that tattoos and piercings could be addictive and i never understood why until now, there was definitely tremendous rush associated with it.

we celebrated afterwards with crepes and wine at the crepe cafe. and then more wine and a private viewing of when harry met sally. i hope to surprise aaron when he returns from india in a few weeks. after the last experience 5 years, when he escorted me out of a tattoo shop crying, i'm sure it will surprise him that i garnered enough courage. oh, and my father is still not pleased, but he took the news with much much less yelling than i thought. he might be mellowing...

if nose piercings aren't your thing, and you think i might have ruined my nose forever. relax, i've discovered that many people don't even notice (maybe that's because in seattle, where it's really common). i don't think it jumps right out at you, it's pretty subtle as far as piercings go.